Parashat Bechukotai 5779 by Meir Sendor (nod to Bob Seger) We’re in a heatwave right now in Israel, with temperatures expected to climb to the 40 degrees Celsius range, over 100 Fahrenheit, by the end of the week. In anticipation…
Nothing Doing
Parashat Behar 5779 by Meir Sendor On Yom HaAtzmaut last week, one of the first beautiful days of this year’s late spring, we took a long walk to Mount Avnit in the Biriyah Forest, the next mountain over, not far…
In the Midst of Our People
Parashat Emor 5779 by Meir Sendor We were in the midst of our Tal Orot training course for meditation teachers Tuesday night, in the meditation room high atop Livnot U’Lehibanot overlooking Mount Meron and the valley of Nachal Amud, when…
What Love’s Got To Do With It
Parashat Kedoshim 5779 by Meir Sendor Traveling in the Golan this week with good friends, we visited Gamla. Two millennia ago it was a thriving community, but it was besieged and destroyed by the Romans in 67 C.E., most of…
Graven Images
Parashat Mishpatim 5779 Meir Sendor We spent a few days in Tiberias last week, on the shore of the Kinneret. It’s only forty minutes or so from our home, but at 200 meters below sea level, it was significantly warmer…
Remember Who You Are
Parashat VaYeshev 5779 Meir Sendor The congregation of the Beit HaKnesset we attend is largely Moroccan. It was founded by a building contractor who directed the construction himself, and he took care with it, so it’s pretty nicely appointed. As…
Badge of Courage
Parashat VaYishlach 5779 Meir Sendor Israeli journalist Hanoch Daum recently featured on his Facebook page the story of Captain Ziv Shilon. Six years ago, Captain Shilon was critically wounded by an explosive device while on patrol along the border of…
Rock and Roll
Parashat VaYetze 5779 Meir Sendor In the midst of the bombardment with 460 or so rockets that Hamas launched this week against the Israeli civilian communities of the South causing death, injury and destruction, in the midst of Israel’s retaliation…
