An experience to build connection to Soul, Self, Israel and the Jewish People A joint program with Livnot U’Lehibanot and Tal Orot May 7-12, 2018 A five-day program for exploring personal connections to Judaism for adults, open to men…
Heart to Heart
Upcoming classes November 12 10:30am to 12 noon Introductory class in Transformative Tefillah: an in-depth study of Rabbi Hayyim of Volozhin’s approach to Prayer in Nefesh ha-Hayyim At Congregation Shaarei Tefillah, 35 Morseland Avenue, Newton, MA 02459 November 12 7:00pm …
Rosh Hashanah 5778
Beyond Our Wall
Parashat Va-etchanan 5777 Noam Sendor Weighed down by severe depression and anxiety, the young German poet Rainer Maria Rilke was invited by patron Princess Marie von Thurn und Taxis to seek refuge at the Duino Castle overlooking the Adriatic Sea.…
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…
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…
Discomfort Zone
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…