The Experience of Contemplative Prayer Prayer is one of our most important spiritual instruments. Tefillah is just talking to God – but how do we know when we are really communicating with God, Who is one, infinite, eternal but hidden? We…
Where Art Thou?
Parashat Devarim, Shabbat Hazon 5780 Meir Sendor The Mishnah says “When the month of Av enters, decrease joyfulness (Ta’anit 4:6)” This year it won’t be much of a stretch to get in the mood – but will we get the…
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…
Smoke Signals
Parashat Devarim – Tisha B’Av 5778 Meir Sendor The yahrzeit of Rabbi Yitzhak Luria, the Ari z”l, is the 5th of Menachem Av, and people gathered this week from all over Israel to visit his gravesite in the holy cemetery…
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…
