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Finding Our Way: Week 5 of Journey of the Soul (Day 29)

May 13, 2014 by Rabbi Jill Zimmerman Leave a Comment

Welcome to the twenty-ninth day of the Journey of the Soul. This is the first day of the fifth week. This week’s new kavannah (intention) is Finding Our Way. In this fifth week of the journey, we find ourselves more than half-way through the Counting of the Omer. This week in the wilderness, we explore what is needed to find our way through. The terrain Continue Reading

Experiencing the Desert

April 30, 2014 by Rabbi Jill Zimmerman Leave a Comment

This is a newsletter article written by Rabbi Cindy Enger. In our work together creating our daily Making the Omer Count emails, Cindy recalled the time she spent in Israel during her first year in rabbinic school. We excerpted part of this beautiful article in one of our emails. The full text is below. (If you'd like to subscribe to the Journey of the Continue Reading

Responding to our Soul’s Calling

April 20, 2014 by Rabbi Jill Zimmerman 2 Comments

(This is a sermon I gave in November of 2008 at the Women of Reform Judaism Biennial convention, held in Seattle Washington. I'm posting it today because this explains, in part, why I felt called to become a rabbi at age 47. This is part of my life's journey. In this week's Journey of the Soul: Making the Omer Count; we have focused on Waking Up. Today, Continue Reading

Lovingkindness (Chesed) Practices and Resources

March 28, 2014 by Rabbi Jill Zimmerman 5 Comments

Judaism holds that the world was built with chesed (lovingkindness) We read in Psalms: Olam Chesed Yibaneh עוֹלָם, חֶסֶד יִבָּנֶה (The world is build with chesed*) Psalm 89:3. Our entire world is not only built with chesed but continually sustained our acts in the world. A few weeks ago, in our Hineni community, I taught a beautiful practice that I Continue Reading

“On What Disturbs, Then Nourishes” A guest post by Dani Shapiro

February 21, 2014 by Rabbi Jill Zimmerman Leave a Comment

One of my very favorite authors and people - Dani Shapiro, writes about her frequent traveling, coming home and a poem (YES by David Whyte!!) that inspired wisdom within the constancy of change. Thank you Dani for allowing us to share this. Check out Dani's blog - link at the bottom. And check out her latest book, "Still Writing" about...the art of the Continue Reading