Parashat Pinchas 5779 by Meir Sendor The anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing and Neil Armstrong’s walk on the moon, fifty years ago this Shabbat, has prompted reminiscences from a variety of perspectives. The business community is especially interested in…
Remedies
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…
Family
Parashat Hukkat 5779 by Meir Sendor Israel is convulsed by the death of Solomon Tekah, alav ha-Shalom, a nineteen year-old Israeli of the Ethiopian community in the greater Haifa area, shot by an off-duty policeman. The details of the incident…
Star Power
In Jerusalem for women Three classes at Nishmat July 7-11 Maimonides, Hassidut, Prophecy, and Meditation in the evening https://www.talorot.org/classes-and-events/ Parashat Korach 5779 by Meir Sendor As we continue to settle into our neighborhood in Tzfat we’re always on the…
What a question!
In Jerusalem for women Three classes at Nishmat July 7-11 Maimonides, Hassidut, Prophecy, and Meditation in the evening https://www.talorot.org/classes-and-events/ Parashat Shelach 5779 by Meir Sendor I’m asked occasionally by a local hotel to give a tour of Tzfat and the…
From God’s Mouth
Parashat Beha’alotkha 5779 by Meir Sendor We were in the Old City of Tzfat for Shavuot, and after the all-night Tikkun, teaching shiurim and learning Torah with friends, we went to the Beit HaKnesset Abuhav for the sunrise minyan. After…
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…
