8 Iyar | April 30

23rd Day of the Omer

TO MOVE FORWARD, YOU MUST BE STILL

You must pull back from always doing and periodically fold into simply being.

Like a compass that always searches for the north, constantly search for your center. Take the time to listen to your inner voice, to quiet your mind, to still the external chatter. Breathe, think and breathe some more.

7 Iyar | April 29

22nd Day of the Omer

Debate with the Rabbi

You’ve lost your religion, the Rabbi said.

It wasn’t much to keep, said I.

You should affirm the spirit, said he,

And the communal solidarity.

I don’t feel so solid, I said.

6 Iyar | April 28

21st Day of the Omer

Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the break of dawn.

-Genesis 32:25

5 Iyar | April 27

20th Day of the Omer

4 Iyar | April 26

19th Day of the Omer

Yom Ha'Atzmaut / Israeli Independence Day

Israel is a personal challenge, a personal religious issue.

It is a call to every one of us as an individual,

a call which one cannot answer vicariously…

The ultimate meaning of the State of Israel

must be seen in terms of the vision of the prophets:

the redemption of all…

The religious duty of the Jew is to participate

in the process of continuous redemption,