Upcoming classes November 2 Meditation class in Pardes Hanna 11 AM Efrat 8 PM November 4 Meditation class in Jerusalem 8 PM November 12 10:30am to 12 noon Introductory class in Transformative Tefillah: an in-depth study…
Hope Springs Eternal
Meir Sendor Parashat Devarim 5777 In these Nine Days approaching Tisha B’Av, our thoughts are on Jerusalem, our holy city, on the crises that engulfed her in the past and the current orchestrated unrest that is a continuing result of…
Where Are We?
Parashat Devarim Guest post by Rav Noam Sendor Last Shabbat our collective heart was broken yet again with the horrific murder of Yosef, Chaya, and Elad Salomon HY”D. Unfortunately, our Facebook feeds were bombarded with the brutal images of the crime…
Stand By Your Word
Parashat Matot-Mas’ei 5777 Meir Sendor תהלים פרק סה פסוק ב לך דמיה תהלה אלהים בציון ולך ישלם נדר: To You silence is praise, God, in Zion, and to You shall vows be fulfilled. Tensions are high on the Temple Mount…
Deep Thought of Journeys
Guest post by Rabbi Noam Sendor Parashat Matot-Mas’ei 5777 What is the meaning of life? It is, of course, forty-two. So states Deep Thought, the computer system in Douglas Adams’ novel “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” after seven and…
Open and Shut
[For information about upcoming classes in Jerusalem this month, please click here] Parashat Balak 5777 Meir Sendor Over the last few weeks we have enjoyed wonderful visits from friends, giving us the opportunity to introduce them to some of our…
If You Will It
Parashat Shelach 5777 Meir Sendor Last week Ryan Bellerose came to Tzfat. He’s a Métis, one of the First Nations from the area of what is now Northern Alberta. Ryan’s a political activist for the First Nations in Canada and…
To Number Our Days
Parashat Emor 5777 Meir Sendor As Lag BaOmer approaches an electricity builds up here in the Galil. This day signifies the end of the plague that decimated the students of Rabbi Akiva as related in the Gemara Yevamot 62b. Throughout…