Parashat Balak 5779 by Meir Sendor I was in college in the late Sixties, in those wild and crazy times. I remember a sit-in on the campus quadrangle, a protest against the war in Vietnam. Some of the students, speaking…
The Scream
Purim Consciousness To listen to the class given on Purim Consciousness on March 17, 2019 at Nishmat in Jerusalem, please click on this link. The source sheet can be found here. Parashat Tzav – Purim 5779 by Meir Sendor Mordechai’s immediate reaction…
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…
Bitter but Good
Parashat Beshallach 5779 Meir Sendor We have a lemon tree in our front yard whose fruits ripen throughout the winter season, and this week we picked two large baskets full. We’ve had a very rainy winter in Israel, and though…
Gathering In
Parashat Vayigash 5779 Meir Sendor This week Yaffa Batya DaCosta, the founder of the Israeli organization Ezra L’Anousim came to meet with me, prompted by last week’s blog post that featured the story of a woman from Brazil who discovered…
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…
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…
Four Weddings and a Wedding
Parashat Matot-Mas’ei 5778 Meir Sendor This week I’ve been teaching three sets of shiurim for the summer program of Nishmat: The Jeanie Schottenstein Center for Advanced Torah Study for Women in Jerusalem. One class is learning the second chapter of…
Making Space
Parashat Korah 5778 Meir Sendor The local Moroccan Beit HaKnesset we go to here in Tzfat has a delightful spirit. Though we have found most kehillot open and welcoming, there’s a different style to Moroccan custom. Everyone prays the liturgy…
