Upcoming Events: Meditation Workshop at Nishmat, for women only July 16, 18, 20 at 7 PM Meditation Workshop in Efrat, July , 7-9 PM For more information, please click on Classes and Events here Parashat Pinchas 5777 Meir Sendor This…
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…
Bites of Reality
Parashat Hukkat 5777 Meir Sendor The other day I was jogging along the switchbacks of the dirt road that winds through the forest of Tzfat, up along the northern side of the mountain, when I came upon a man walking…
Thanks for the Coffee
Parashat Korah 5777 Meir Sendor I took a quick trip to the States last week to officiate at a wedding and to take the opportunity spend good time with family. Things went pretty smoothly and happily until the flights back…
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…
From a Distance
(Originally posted on June 7, 2017) Parshat Beha’alotkha 5777 Meir Sendor This week our Tal Orot meditation group from Zikhron Yaakov came to Tzfat for a two-day workshop. It was wonderful to get some of the Zikhron team together for a…
Peeking Through the Lattice
(Originally posted on May 31, 2017) Parashat Naso 5777 Rabbi Meir Sendor The spirit of the Land of Israel is direct. It’s not just the bright sun in a clear blue sky – you find that all over the Mediterranean…
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…
The Great Blue and White Hope
Parashat Acharei Mot Kedoshim – After the Death of Holy Ones – 5777 Meir Sendor צִיּוֹן, הֲלֹא תִשְׁאֲלִי לִשְׁלוֹם אֲסִירַיִךְ, דּוֹרְשֵׁי שְׁלוֹמֵךְ וְהֵם יֶתֶר עֲדָרָיִךְ מִיָּם וּמִזְרָח וּמִצָּפוֹן וְתֵימָן שְׁלוֹם רָחוֹק וְקָרוֹב שְׂאִי מִכֹּל עֲבָרָיִךְ, וּשְׁלוֹם אֲסִיר תַּאֲוָה, נוֹתֵן דְּמָעָיו…
