Building New Identities
Life After Divorce Is About Repairing, Not Building Anew
Although divorce changes things about your life, the basic structure remains. The real work lies in repairing what you already have.
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Rachel Barenblat
Rachel Barenblat writes as The Velveteen Rabbi, and her blog of the same name was listed as one of the top 25 sites on the internet by TIME in 2008. Ordained by ALEPH as a rabbi and spiritual director, she serves Congregation Beth Israel in North Adams, MA. In 2012 she was chosen as a Rabbis Without Borders Fellow by RWB/CLAL. Rachel is author of 70 faces: Torah poems (Phoenicia, 2011) and Waiting to Unfold (Phoenicia, 2013); her third book of poems, Open My Lips, is due in 2015 from Ben Yehuda Press.
Daily Life
How To Embrace Living In The Unknown
Learning to view times of uncertainty as an opportunity for growth.
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May 01, 2017
Spirituality & Faith
Purim Reminds Us That Cultivating Joy Is An Important Spiritual Tool
The festive Jewish month of Adar reminders us that joy does not always arise from spirituality, rather it is our job to cultivate it.
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March 06, 2017
There's More To You Than You Realize
Everything Breaks. It’s What We Do With The Pieces That Matters.
Just as objects can become more beautiful after being repaired, so too can people.
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January 09, 2017
Turning The Mundane Into The Sacred
Evolving, Like Pokemon
The spiritual lessons hidden deeply (or maybe not so deeply) in Pokemon.
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December 07, 2016
Bring The Sacred Down To Earth
Here Is Your Life. What Will You Do With It?
An exploration of the deep themes of a new poetry collection by Yehoshua November, a Hasidic poet.
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November 14, 2016
Turning The Mundane Into The Sacred
Lessons Of Divorce In A Cup Of Wine
How the Jewish symbolism in a cup of wine has helped me tap into the challenge, and the promise, of my recent divorce.
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October 19, 2016
There's More To You Than You Realize
You’ll Never Be Ready To Grow
Why truth growth only happens when we act before we feel "ready" to.
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September 21, 2016
There's More To You Than You Realize
When Life Feels Like A Wilderness
When life is full of obstacles, and nothing seems clear, how do we make sense of it all? And is there a purpose to this confusion?
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August 22, 2016
There's More To You Than You Realize
Exploring My Imperfection During My Divorce
When we face what hurts, without flinching or turning away, we begin the journey of healing.
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