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Day Three: Journey of the Soul: Making the Omer Count 2019

April 22, 2019 by Rabbi Jill Zimmerman Leave a Comment

(Journey of the Soul: Making the Omer Count is a project of Rabbi Jill Zimmerman and Rabbi Cindy Enger. To subscribe and receive each Omer day in your email, please click here.) DAY THREE* Welcome to the third day of the journey. We continue with this week’s kavannah (intention), which is Waking Up. On day one, we wrote of God’s call of Ayeka Continue Reading

Day Two: Journey of the Soul: Making the Omer Count

April 21, 2019 by Rabbi Jill Zimmerman 4 Comments

(Journey of the Soul: Making the Omer Count is a project of Rabbi Jill Zimmerman and Rabbi Cindy Enger. To subscribe and receive each Omer day in your email, please click here.) DAY TWO* Welcome to the second day of the journey. We continue with this week’s kavannah (intention), which is Waking Up. Today we share a poem by David Whyte, Continue Reading

Day One: Journey of the Soul: Making the Omer Count 2019

April 20, 2019 by Rabbi Jill Zimmerman 1 Comment

DAY ONE* (begins Saturday evening April 20, 2019, after sundown) Welcome to the first day of the journey. This week’s kavannah (intention) at the journey's beginning is Waking Up. Every journey begins with a call: the moment when we become aware. Whether the “call” is internal or external, quiet or quite loud, there are moments in our lives when Continue Reading

Shabbat is The Day We Let Go of the Illusion…

March 29, 2019 by Rabbi Jill Zimmerman Leave a Comment

Shabbat is the day we let go of the illusion that we are in control. We accept the world as it is given, rather than trying to mold it to our wishes. We are free to impose our will by DO-ing six days of the week. On the seventh day, Shabbat, we are supposed to take a breath and just BE. I love Rabbi Alan Lew's teaching that on Shabbat, God takes a breath. Continue Reading

When You Are Lost, Stand Still

March 20, 2019 by Rabbi Jill Zimmerman 2 Comments

When you feel lost, the best advice is to stop, breathe, and stay right where you are. Some of you are dealing with situations filled with unknowns: a new diagnosis, impending retirement, financial distress. You do not yet know the way forward. The pathway is obstructed or unclear, and it feels scary and shaky. Because of the fear that uncertainty Continue Reading