Parashat Noach 5778 Meir Sendor With the blessing of the first rains of the season, we discovered a leak in our roof and called a few local roofers to come take a look and give an estimate. We live in…
Rain Dance
Hoshana Rabba 5778 Meir Sendor Since we’re relatively new to the neighborhood, I’m just learning the customs of the local Kehillah (and starting to get familiar with Moroccan nusach). So I asked the Rav where to get the Hoshanot, the…
Hope for the Best, Prepare for the Worst
Sukkot 5778 Meir Sendor Tzfat is built on top of two mountains, and towards evening the wind often picks up. On the high, open northeast edge of town, where we live, that wind can really roar through the night at…
Tal Orot Newsletter Elul 5777
Meir and Anne Sendor Where do we stand After a year in operation, we presently have ongoing meditation groups in three cities in Israel. We also had a two-day seminar in Tzfat in the summer, which was well-attended and well-received.…
Broken Vessels
SAVE THE DATES! May 7-12, 2018 A five-day program for exploring personal connections to Judaism for adults, open to men and women of all backgrounds In the beautiful mystical city of Tzfat In conjunction with Livnot U’Lehibanot Details to follow!…
Horsefeathers
Parashat Ki Teze 5777 Meir Sendor [Please check out four opportunities to connect to an Ellul workshop in Israel, in Pardes Hanna (in Hebrew), Efrat, Jerusalem, and Zikhron Yaakov. You can see more about them here.] Our home borders on…
A Song of Ascents
Parashat Shoftim 5777 Meir Sendor This week the thirtieth annual Klezmer Festival came to Tzfat. For three evenings, first-rate bands gathered from around the world, playing hour-long sets until midnight and beyond, on five open-air stages placed around town. The…
Better and Better
Better and Better Parashat Re’eh 5777 Meir Sendor When we put up our mezuzot in our new home, we said the berakhah “to affix a mezuzah,” plus the berakhah for newly acquiring a house. It was a moving moment to…
The Good Land
Parashat Ekev 5777 Meir Sendor We moved to a new home this week. It’s still in Tzfat, but a different corner of town. Actually, a different mountain, called Har Kena’an, in a suburb of Tzfat. It was a wild experience…
