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…
Standing Together
Parashat Ha’azinu 5779 Meir Sendor Israel mourns the martyrdom of Ari Fuld, zekher kadosh livrakhah, murdered by a terrorist this week in Gush Etzion. He was a heroic figure in the Gush and far beyond, much admired for his strong,…
De-Construction
In Melbourne, Australia Parashat Ki Teze 5778 Meir Sendor We’ve been trying to find the source of a mysterious leak in one of the rooms of our house for the better part of a year now. While most rooms of…
