Today is the 37th day of the Omer: This daily practice is meant to help us in our healing journey, as we seek to integrate the spiritual Wisdom of our ancestors with our emotions and actions, so that we can feel centered in our faith and integrated in the ways that we live out our … Continue reading Strengthening the Foundations of our Lives: Gevurah and Yesod
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Day #31 of the Omer Counting: Surrendering to a Life of Compassion
Today is the 31st day of the Omer, and the rabbis invite us to focus our spiritual reflection on the ways we can integrate the following two Divine sefirot/attributes in our selves and in our world: Hod (humility/gratitude/surrender) with Tifereth (compassion/beauty/balance). In what ways do we extend grace and compassion to others in such a … Continue reading Day #31 of the Omer Counting: Surrendering to a Life of Compassion
Mark Your Calendars: Upcoming Events at the Reform Jewish Community of Atlantic Canada
The Reform Jewish Community of Atlantic Canada is growing! We have many events coming up and more planned- and we are open to everyone: Jews, Jew-curious, Jew-adjacent, spiritual seekers, those in recovery from organized religion. We don't believe in carding people and our services are primarily in English to be accessible to all, and because … Continue reading Mark Your Calendars: Upcoming Events at the Reform Jewish Community of Atlantic Canada
Counting the Omer: Day 16
This Shabbat corresponds to the 16th day of the counting of the Omer (to learn more about this practice, click here) where we are Called to integrate Gevurah (strength/discipline/courage) with Tifereth (beauty/compassion/balance). The first way to do this is simply pause in meditation and reflection: rather than wonder what the rabbis meant by this, let … Continue reading Counting the Omer: Day 16
Counting the 11th day of the Omer: the discipline that leads to liberation
Tonight the Universe will invite us to double down on our discipline and commitment to dedicating ourselves to following through on our journey to be true to ourselves regardless of the cost. Tonight will begin the 11th day of the Omer, which is the 11th day between the festivals of Passover and Shavuot. The process … Continue reading Counting the 11th day of the Omer: the discipline that leads to liberation
Passover Seder April 5, 2023
Passover is almost here!!!! Join us for a virtual celebration of freedom and recommit to the promise of redemption that begins when we let go of all that oppresses, and embrace the ways we are Called into becoming who we were created to be... All who are hungry for justice, Liberation and healing are invited … Continue reading Passover Seder April 5, 2023
A Shabbat to Bloom
Tonight is the Jewish holy day of Tu Bishevat: the celebration of trees. We celebrate trees in the winter, before they awaken into Spring. This holiday is about hope. It is about remembering that what we see is only a small aspect of a larger whole. This holiday is about planting seeds knowing that we … Continue reading A Shabbat to Bloom
Tisha B’Av: A Jewish Day of Grieving and Remembering
On Saturday night, August 6, 2022, traditional Jewish communities will be observing Tisha B'Av through fasting, prayer and lamentations. This day is a day of communal memorial for the countless acts of violence and tragedy that have befallen our people, and is attributed to be the day that both the first and second Temples of … Continue reading Tisha B’Av: A Jewish Day of Grieving and Remembering
My Sermon: Queering is Redeeming
I was deeply honored to speak on Ash Wednesday at Queer Spirit Church in Halifax, which feels like the ultimate act of queering: a rabbi speaking in a Baptist church, that hosts an emerging queer community of faith, on Ash Wednesday. I reflect upon these apparent contradictions, as part of my larger life's mission to … Continue reading My Sermon: Queering is Redeeming
Who are the true believers?
Many years ago my daughter spoke a truth so powerful that I believe it has the potential to dismantle the oppressive chains of those who claim to be religious yet espouse a theology of hatred: "If G!d is Love, and two people love each other, and others say that they don't believe in the love … Continue reading Who are the true believers?
Queering is Redeeming
When I was invited to speak at Queer Spirit Church, I was profoundly moved by the opportunity to share with a Christian faith community insights from my faith tradition. As a second generation Holocaust survivor, I feel like I am honoring my ancestors who died so that I could live. This is at the core … Continue reading Queering is Redeeming
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