Kabbalah

Receiving Life and Dealing with Death: Impurity!

Posted on April 4, 2014April 4, 2014 by Nico Socolovsky

Yeshayahu Leibowitz explains that the reason to couple the Torah portions of Tazri’a and Metzora (Leviticus 12:1-15:33) in the Jewish communal reading of the Torah is that they both deal with b... Read More

In Another Gilgul: Forgiveness, the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict, and Bedtime

Posted on March 10, 2014March 10, 2014 by Alex Weissman

Every night before we go to sleep, Jewish liturgy offers us the opportunity to forgive. The Bedtime Shema begins: “Master of the universe, I hereby forgive anyone who angered or antagonized me or wh... Read More

Uniting the Transcendent and Immanent: A Jewish Way of Saying “Amen” in an Uncomfortable and Challenging Prayer Space

Posted on January 19, 2013January 21, 2013 by Ari Saks

A couple of months ago, I was recording a video for my community when I heard a sudden knock on my office window. Startled, I quickly finished the recording and went to the nearby door to see who ha... Read More

What On Earth Is Lag b’Omer?

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Lauren Tuchman

Today is Lag b’Omer, a relatively obscure Jewish holiday, yet one which is deeply meaningful for many, particularly those with a Kabbalistic or more mystical orientation. Lag b’Omer, whic... Read More

Musar, Mindfulness and Counting the Omer

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Lauren Tuchman

On the Jewish calendar, we are currently in the period known as Sefira or Sefirat HaOmer—the Counting of the Omer, a forty-nine day period between Passover and Shavuot. Each evening, beginning on th... Read More