
Book Club, Breaking False Dichotomies, Compassion and Empathy, Compassion for difficulties, Hold Dualities Together, Longform, This Week In Wisdom, Uncategorized |
October 20, 2022
Building Peace, One Powerful Personal Story At A Time
The only people now who are deliberately and seriously working for peace are the peacebuilders...
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The film Love and Stuff caused me to reflect on my own experience of losing my mother. ...
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This Week In Wisdom, Turning The Mundane Into The Sacred, Uncategorized |
September 20, 2022
Why do we need Moses to keep talking?
According to the commentator, Nachmanides, Moses finishes reviewing the commandments and stipulations of the Torah by Deuteronomy 26:16. This already comes most of the way through a book of the Torah that some commentators view as a recapitulation of the other four books – and which some contemporary scholars view as a later addition altogether. So why are we here, three chapters after the most generous reading of the Book of Deuteronomy indicates Moses has fully conveyed the content of the Torah? Why is Moses relating a review of a review within......
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Spirituality & Faith |
September 20, 2022
The Jewish Month Of Elul Reminds Us That Nothing Ever Stays The Same
Elul reminds us that change is the only guarantee in the physical world....
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I’m not packing my son off for college–some families have other transition stories
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The song reminds us that, despite life’s challenges and brokenness, we can still choose to send praise into the universe. ...
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