The meditation videos are finally uploaded and viewable for those of you who are members of Tal Orot! To become a member, please go to this link on our website. Parashat Tzav 5780 by Meir Sendor I’m not serving as a community rabbi…
Mind over Matter
The meditation videos are finally uploaded and viewable for those of you who are members of Tal Orot! To become a member, please go to this link on our website. Parashat Vayikra 5780 by Meir Sendor The major strategy for…
Stop & Go
Parashat Vayakhel/Pekudei 5780 by Meir Sendor The restrictions of social distancing to combat spread of the Coronavirus are a great challenge for many of us. Some people find themselves in limited space with their whole family, including rambunctious young children.…
Crowning Glory
Parashat Ki Tissa 5780 by Meir Sendor This week’s parashah recounts one of the worst calamities of the wilderness journey of the Jewish people, yet it turns into an opportunity for one of the most vital divine revelations. The sin…
Going Viral
Parashat Tetzaveh 5780 by Meir Sendor Heidi Wyle, a friend of ours, is a principal with a startup in China and reported first-hand in a powerful op-ed last week in the Boston Globe on the way the Chinese have responded…
World Class
Parashat Mishpatim 5780 by Meir Sendor This week thousands of Jews gathered at the Kotel to pray for the people of China, afflicted by the coronavirus that broke out there and is threatening their entire country, and the whole world.…
Armed and Ready
Parashat Shemot 5780 by Meir Sendor Rabbi Yosi in the Gemara Hagigah (12b) says: Woe to people who see but don’t know what they are seeing, who stand but don’t know what they are standing on. The earth, on what…
Rise Up
Parashat Vayigash 5780 by Meir Sendor As this week’s parashah opens, Yehudah steps up to Yosef, who he thinks is a powerful, antagonistic Egyptian noble, to defend his youngest brother Binyamin against a false charge of theft. The situation seems…
Crossroads
Parashat Vayeshav 5780 by Meir Sendor At the heart of this week’s parashah is a strange encounter that seems like a minor and unnecessary detail in the narrative, yet turns out to be pivotal. Yosef is sent by his father…
All In
Parashat Hayye Sarah 5780 by Meir Sendor This week our eldest daughter and granddaughter were visiting Israel – our granddaughter is checking out study programs for next year. She also happens to be interested in engineering, so we visited Zomet,…
