We will hold a new series from January 10 through February 14 on Tuesday evenings, 8 PM Israel time. As with our first series this year, it is only meditation without text work. Our winter meditation series will build on…
Blessings for Rosh HaShanah 5783
בס”ד by Meir Sendor In the Mahzor for Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur we pray to HaShem that all God’s creatures “become together a single bond to do Your Will with a full heart.” In his commentary on parashat…
Cultivating Mutual Responsibility in a Time of Toxic Tribalism
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Just in case you didn’t catch it the first time
Thank you to all of you who wanted to make sure we are all healthy. We’re doing very well, thank G-d. We had written in our yearly newsletter on September 5 that This year, we will take a break from having…
Simchat Torah and Parashat Bereishit
Here are some old posts about Simchat Torah/Shemini Atzeret: The Power to Bless 2016 Waterworks 2019 Eternal Renew of the New 2019 Life Cycle 2020 And about Parashat Bereshit: Saying Yes to the Universe 2018 No Man is an Island…
Lift the Gates
בס”ד Parashat Nitzavim 5781 – Rosh HaShanah 5782 The process of Teshuvah is the Torah version of depth psychology, encouraging us to probe the conscious, semi-conscious and unconscious dimensions of our minds to understand the motives for our behavior, and…
My Brothers’ and Sisters’ Guardian
בס”ד Parashat Shoftim 5781 Meir Sendor With new strains of the pandemic surging here, and all around the world, the government, trying to avoid a full lockdown, is calling for a sense of responsibility from all citizens: to get vaccinated;…
Matchmaker, Matchmaker
בס”ד Parashat Va’etchanan, Shabbat Nachamu 5781 by Meir Sendor This Shabbat is also Tu B’Av, the fifteenth of the month Menachem Av. Following the mournful period that just concluded with Tisha B’Av, in contrast, Tu B’Av is one of the…
Higher Criticism
בס”ד Parashat Matot – Mas’ei 5781 Rabbi Meir Sendor (יב) תהלים פרק צד אַשְׁרֵ֤י׀ הַגֶּ֣בֶר אֲשֶׁר־תְּיַסְּרֶ֣נּוּ יָּ֑-הּ וּֽמִתּוֹרָתְךָ֥ תְלַמְּדֶֽנּוּ: Assured is the person You chastise, God, and from Your Torah You teach him (Ps. 94:12) Many years back we…
The Whole Truth
בס”ד Parashat Korach 5781 Rabbi Meir Sendor Israel’s political system is going through dangerous convulsions at the moment, with some alarming similarities to the recent elections in the United States and to the toxic cancel culture that continues to plague…
