Parashat Ekev 5779 Rabbi Meir Sendor This week we were invited by dear friends to hold a Tal Orot workshop in their beautiful New England home. This was not a retreat – I never have liked that term – I…
Unified Vision
Parashat Devarim – Shabbat Hazon 5779 by Meir Sendor This week included the yahrzeit of Rabbi Yitzchak Luria, the Ari z”l, on the 5th of Menachem Av. It’s an important occasion, especially here in Tzfat, where he revealed and taught…
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…
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…
From the Mouths of Babes
Shavuot 5779 by Meir Sendor This week we attended a ceremony celebrating our granddaughter and her kindergarten grade receiving their first Chumash – appropriate preparation for the upcoming Yom Tov of Shavuot. It was cute – but also more than…
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…
Student Teacher Ratio
Parashat Vayikra 5779 by Meir Sendor A Tzfat resident complained to me a few weeks back that he was interested in learning something about Kabbalah, since it’s the town specialty, but every rabbi in town he had approached had just…
Off Road
Parashat Terumah 5779 Meir Sendor We took some time from our usual schedule last week and visited the nature reserve at Mount Arbel on a beautiful sunny day. The Arbel features steep cliffs with dramatic views overlooking the Kinneret and…
