(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
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…
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
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
The Power of Not Knowing
What if “not knowing” is more important than "knowing"? For many of us, our identity is wrapped up in “what we know." What if real wisdom is being open to what you “do NOT know”? We spend so much time in our early years acquiring knowledge so that we can be “experts” in our chosen fields or endeavors. This is not a bad thing in and of Continue Reading
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