Shevi’I shel Pesach – Parashat Shemini 5780 Meir Sendor It’s often the case that a crisis doesn’t hit as a single, momentary event but unfolds in a series of oscillating waves, and it’s vital to stay awake and shift tactics…
Ask Yourself
Pesach 5780 by Meir Sendor מה נשתנה הלילה הזה מכל הלילות Somewhere down the line the common English translation of this well-known phrase went off the track. It’s not “why is this night different,” but “what is changed about this…
Flexible System
The meditation videos are finally uploaded and viewable for those of you who are members of Tal Orot! To become a member, please go to this link on our website. Parashat Tzav 5780 by Meir Sendor I’m not serving as a community rabbi…
No Self Radio
Shevi’I shel Pesach 5779 by Meir Sendor It’s Hol HaMoed Pesach and Israelis are on the move all over the country. Getting out to enjoy the natural beauty of the Land is a favorite activity, and together with the Israel…
Freedom Ride
Online Course in Jewish Meditation Instruction We’re now in the process of forming an online course in Jewish Meditation Instruction. If you are interested, please let us know! Parashat Metzora – Shabbat HaGadol 5779 by Meir Sendor We voted in…
What’s Up, Doc?
Parashat Tazria – Parashat haHodesh 5779 by Meir Sendor Jewish historians have noticed an odd recurring image in a number of medieval illuminated manuscripts of the Pesach Haggadah. Like modern haggadot, these medieval versions are decorated with pictures illustrating the…
True Blue
Hol haMoed Pesach 5778 Meir Sendor During Hol haMoed we took a day trip with some of our children and grandchildren to Kibbutz Nahsholim on the Mediterranean coast just south of Haifa, to attend the Marine Tour sponsored by Ptil…
Delicacies New and Old
Pesach 5778 Meir Sendor Among the long-term challenges of olim hadashim is achieving full fluency at speed in conversational Hebrew. We’re progressing, and I teach a few shiurim in Hebrew, but I’ve still got a long way to go, and…
Open Season
Shabbat HaGadol – Parashat Tzav 5778 Meir Sendor We were in Netanya earlier in the week on the way to teach a shiur, and took time to walk along the seacoast promenade on a warm and partly sunny afternoon. (I…
