Enduring Discipline, 11 Days Omer 5785
Today is eleven days, which is one week and four days of the Omer in the year 5785. נצח שבגבורה, Netzach ShebeGevurah, Enduring Discipline. With any characteristic, Endurance is difficult to maintain. How do we maintain Discipline in the face of forces internal and external pushing us to let go?
Compassionate Discipline, Ten Days Omer 5785
Today is ten days, which is one week and three days of the Omer in the year 5785. תפארת שבגבורה , Tiferet ShebeGevurah, Compassionate Discipline. When we recognize our impact on other people and choose the path that allows us to be of service wholeheartedly. We help others see The Way with compassion. We walk The Way, allowing Compassion to lead us towards Grace, rather than Ego leading us towards Hubris.
Essential Discipline, 9 Days Omer 5785
Today is nine days, which is one week and two days of the Omer in the year 5785. גבורה שבגבורה, Gevurah ShebeGevurah, Discipline within Discipline. The core of Discipline is understanding the Right Path and choosing to follow it. Making time to contemplate our unique paths and discerning the way towards spiritual liberation and expanded consciousness.
Loving Flow within Discipline, 8 Day Omer 5785
Today is eight days, which is one week and one day of the Omer, in the year 5785. חסד שבגבורה, Chesed ShebeGevurah, Loving Flow within Discipline. Choosing the path of Discipline creates space for Love to Flow. Without boundaries, we fall into the lure of the Yetzer HaRa, the Inclination towards Destructiveness.
Indwelling of Flowing Love, Seven Days Omer 5785
Today is the seventh day of the Omer, which is one week in the year 5785. שכינה שבחסד, Shekhinah ShebeChesed, Indwelling of Flowing Love. Where is the space within us to hold Flow? How to we maintain connection to the Love that seeks us?
Foundation of Flowing Love, Six Days Omer 5785
Today is six days of the Omer in the year 5785. יסוד שבחסד, Yesod ShebeChesed, Foundation of Flowing Love. Intentional Relationships and Intentional Community create space for Love to Flow.
Splendor within Flowing Love, Five Days Omer 5785
Today is five days of the Omer in the year 5785, הוד שבחסד, Hod ShebeChesed, Splendor within Flowing Love. Have we honored the Splendor of Love? Does our physical space fully represent the Love surrounding us?
Enduring Love, Day 4 Omer 5785
Today is four days of the Omer in the year 5785, נצח שבחסד, Netzach ShebeChesed, Enduring Love. Connecting with the soul within. Allowing Love to penetrate each moment, each encounter, each thought.
Harmonious, Compassionate Love, Day 3 5785
Today is three days of the Omer in the year 5785. תפארת שבחסד, Tiferet ShebeChesed, Harmonious, Compassionate Love. Beyond Time, we are nourished by the harmonious flow of Love, the compassionate arms that always hold us through life’s darkest struggles.
Bounded, Flowing Love: Two Days Omer 5785
Today is two days of the Omer, 5785. גבורה שבחסד, Gevurah ShebeChesed, Boundaries within Flowing Love. Accepting boundaries to allow Love to flow.
Ever Flowing Love, Day One Omer 2025
Today is one day of the Omer, Chesed within Chesed, Ever Flowing Love. Forty Nine days of ritual counting, refracting elements of the Divine. Together we can walk towards our deepest selves.
Flags on the Bimah
Text of sermon for Veteran’s Day 2023, in light of the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. Reflecting on Haninah S’gan HaKohanim’s desire for us to pray for the wellbeing of the government.
Background on Israel, Palestine, Hamas, Hezbollah, and the PLO
Background information for understanding the Hamas - Israel War.
Today We Are Reborn, Yom Kippur Sermon 5784
Yom Kippur is a time for renewal. A time for sinking into the people we want to be. What are the elements of life we desire to bring forward in this new spiritual year? Sermon for Yom Kippur Morning Service 5784.
Tzedakah: Righteousness Is When People Give Money to the Poor. Kol Nidre Sermon 5784
Giving tzedakah, money to the poor, is one of the ways to make our lives better. I internalized this teaching through chevruta with a Bar Mitzvah student. Kol Nidre sermon, 5783.
Returning to the Path of Goodness and Truth: Teshuvah
Returning to our deepest selves. Returning to the path of Goodness and Truth. This is the Teshuvah expected of us on Rosh HaShanah. We must apologize to the people we’ve harmed and clarify the people we want to be.
Self-Reflexive Self Actualization: The Life Changing Power of Tefillah, Jewish Prayer
Jewish tradition relies on three pillars: Prayer, Returning to the Path of Authenticity, and Righteous Action. This Erev Rosh HaShanah 5784 sermon explore Jewish prayer, Tefillah.
Requesting Forgiveness, Selichot 5783
How do we return to our authentic selves? How do we forgive ourselves for not living up to our ideals? How do we ask for forgiveness from people we have harmed? Selichot, Penitential Prayers, support us in returning and renewing our lives.
Enveloped By Divine Presence, 49 Days of Omer 5783
Forty nine days of the Omer, which is seven complete weeks. שכינה שבשכינה, Shekhinah ShebeShekhinah, Enveloped By Divine Presence. Acknowledging God, creating Sacred Community, and building paths to soul transformation.
Foundation of Divine Presence, 48 days of the Omer 5783
Today is 48 days of the Omer, which is 6 weeks and 6 days. Foundation of Divine Presence: reflecting on the ways we make space for the Holy and the Good throughout our days. Connecting to the soul within and the Conscious Community that helps us live into our best selves.