We’re going back to Melbourne next week! Information about classes at the Blake Street Hebrew Congregation can be found here on our Classes and Events page. Parashat Ki Teze 5779 by Meir Sendor Among the endearing features of Israeli street…
All in the Details
Parashat Va-etchanan 5779 by Meir Sendor We’re traveling outside Israel right now, teaching some meditation workshops and visiting family. We’re grateful for these precious opportunities, but we also have to admit that there’s something painful about leaving the Land of…
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…
To Number Our Days
Parashat Emor 5777 Meir Sendor As Lag BaOmer approaches an electricity builds up here in the Galil. This day signifies the end of the plague that decimated the students of Rabbi Akiva as related in the Gemara Yevamot 62b. Throughout…
It’s All in the Details
Lekh Lekha 5777 Rabbi Meir Sendor This week we visited Agamon ha-Hula, the nature preserve in northern Israel that is one of the premier birding spots of the world. Israel’s location puts it at the pivotal center of the migration…
A Mitzvah Draws a Mitzvah
Parshat Ki Teze 5776 Rabbi Meir Sendor A project called Be Kind received an endorsement recently on an Israel advocacy Facebook feed. It’s a nice idea that developed out of a popular Israeli TV show, משהו קטן וטוב , “Something Small…
Not-So-Simple Gifts
Parshat Ekev 5776 Rabbi Meir Sendor We met this week with the Chief Rabbi of Tzfat, Rav Shmuel Eliyahu, shlit”a. Since we have moved to Tzfat to teach in his jurisdiction, it was the thing to do, to introduce ourselves…