To reach the point where we really have the intelligence we are struggling to grasp, we will need to sacrifice something – our stories and myths.

Mar 23 2010

I have just published a new book for the counting of the Omer, designed like Simon Jacobson’s but much much different.  You can order by paying $15 through paypal and including your address.
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Intro to week of chesed -

Chesed is the willingness and capacity to be present and make contact despite unknowns, anxieties [...]

Mar 16 2010

Welcome back!  We explore Rav Kook’s description of the Birthpangs of Moshiach – we’re right in the middle of it (hopefully closer to the end).  Knowing what is happening allows us to stay afloat in such difficult times.  Rav Kook’s prescription for how to manage is quite surprising.

Aug 12 2010

Spirituality can be an escape toward the light.  How does it fit?  An exploration of ruach and neshama, of spirit and soul, up and down, Jung and Torah.

Oct 19 2009

Anger, says Rav Kook, is really understandable, though not excusable.  By understanding what it is, we can understand how we are supposed to respond to it when it comes…

Apr 26 2010

We continue in our wide view of how personality and interaction actually function by looking at a variety of traits that make up a situation.  Today we explore tikkun and tochachah, which fit quite well with our recent work on anger and love.  We have learned that ‘anger=time to connect’, but how do we connect?  [...]

Apr 26 2010

Welcome back!  We explore Rav Kook’s description of the Birthpangs of Moshiach – we’re right in the middle of it (hopefully closer to the end).  Knowing what is happening allows us to stay afloat in such difficult times.  Rav Kook’s prescription for how to manage is quite surprising.

Aug 12 2010

This essay deals with the attempt to manifest the supernal reality of the Jewish nation into a body, and its struggles.  This particular session also deals with the question of when and how Mashiach will come.  Please note these segments are not in chronological order.

Oct 05 2009

Welcome back!  We explore Rav Kook’s description of the Birthpangs of Moshiach – we’re right in the middle of it (hopefully closer to the end).  Knowing what is happening allows us to stay afloat in such difficult times.  Rav Kook’s prescription for how to manage is quite surprising.

Aug 12 2010

Chanukkah and the Yosef story are always intertwined.  This year we explore how Hanukkah and the Tzaddik can help us see what is and also what could be.   Yosef helps the brothers see who they are and then see what is possible, and Hanukkah helps us look at our own lives in order to truly [...]

Dec 28 2009

Ratzo v’shov – the cycle of life – is like a NASCAR race.  Two very different kinds of time.  Mastering the balance between the two is essential.  And quite possible.

Aug 12 2010

Rebbe Nachman is describing what happens at the top of the ladder – silence, shame, the Hidden, realization.  But this would be a good time to be realistic about where, exactly, we are holding. 

Aug 12 2010

When we enter into a new ‘world’ – a new era, a new stage of life, we are beset by negative forces – illusion, desire, confusion.  The way to move past these elements is to embrace the expansiveness of being a new place.

May 04 2010

In this class, we discuss one of the most esoteric of Rebbe Nachman’s concepts – the column of souls wherein each of us occupies a space that is unique but completely related to the one above and below.  When we move, the one above us moves in a certain way.  Very deep stuff.

Apr 12 2010

The incense is a gift from the angel of death.  It was given to Moshe when he embraced his full humanness.  When we embrace all the wonderfully flawed aspects of being a human,  we can conquer death.  parshat korach ketoret all of me

Aug 12 2010

Doing the work to get invested in something that I am not naturally committed to – this is the highest level.  The ability to make the mitzvah precious to me makes me precious to G-d.   Only this movement TOWARD Hashem creates attachment.  

Aug 12 2010