What a journey you and I are on right now. Together. We have had trips canceled, weddings postponed, jobs lost. We have had holidays and funerals over Zoom. We walk outside with masks. Not only have we removed events from our calendars, but we have also had to "shed" the skin we have had until now. When this is all over, we will be new Continue Reading
Find Your Place
I remember one clear moment when I knew I had found "my place." In my 4th year of rabbinic school I participated in a 5-day Jewish spirituality retreat.* We studied the Zohar's interpretation of the Torah portion “Lech Lecha." The Zohar, Judaism's mystical interpretation of the Hebrew Bible, has a fascinating read on this text in Genesis. It is in Continue Reading
Day Seven, Journey of the Soul: Making the Omer Count
WALKING THE SPIRITUAL PATH WEBINARS BEGIN TUESDAY 4/30. CLICK here for more info! DAY SEVEN* Welcome to the seventh day of the journey. We continue with this week’s kavannah (intention), which is Waking Up. (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 Continue Reading
Day Six: Journey of the Soul: Making the Omer Count
DAY SIX* Welcome to the sixth day of the journey. We continue with this week’s kavannah (intention), which is Waking Up. (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.) WALKING THE SPIRITUAL PATH WEBINARS BEGIN TUESDAY 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