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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In Each and Every Generation
Information about our upcoming series, Hide & Seek,the Challenge of God Awareness, can be found here on our website. Erev Pesach 5782 Rabbi Meir Sendor The approach to Pesach this year finds the world, the State of Israel and the…
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…
Smoke and Mirrors
בס”ד Parashat Ki Teze 5781 This week a massive fire devastated the forests of the mountains just west of Jerusalem. As of this moment, Wednesday evening, it has been brought under control, though it’s not yet fully extinguished. The fire…
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;…
Land of the Living
בסײד Parashat Ekev 5781 Meir Sendor Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk made Aliyah with three hundred Hasidim in 1777, first to Tzfat and finally settling in Tiveria. He was considered the foremost student of the Maggid of Mezritch, with extraordinary…
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…