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What to do about that voice inside your head
“You should have known better”
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Torah's leadership lessons
"Middot -- qualities of the soul--- are taught primarily by example." ~Rabbi Yechiel Perr
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Letting Go is the Real Power
The Torah offers us a radical vision of our relationship with the land in the portion called Behar—“On the Mountain.” There, we are introduced to the…
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When the Torah Whispers
The Torah speaks to us in many ways.
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Knowing Less, Understanding More
We like to feel that we know things.
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A thing, a word....reality.
Energy is all around us, but are invisible sparks contained within letters?
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Getting to the place where we once were
In reference to the portable mishkan /sanctuary, Rabbi Yechiel Perr writes about the differences in spiritual understanding between those ‘on the…
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Sacred Time and Space
This is a week for recovery, after reading about the egregious sin we committed when worshipping, dancing, and cavorting around the Golden Calf last…
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Esther: Grappling with the Hidden
Duality is the created nature of our world, a place where there is light and darkness, joy and sorrow, physicality and non-physicality.
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An Ancient Value Proposition in Terumah
We tend to evaluate opportunities, activities, and commitments in terms of what benefits we’ll receive, namely what is the value proposition for us.
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A deeper meaning within the Shema
What is the deeper message in the Shema?
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Musar is my Waze.
What seems like just a few years ago, when setting out to an unfamiliar destination, I’d print pages of turn-by-turn directions from Google Maps.
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