by Student Rabbi Roberta Glick
There are 2 themes: gratitude and tsheuvah that I want to talk about today with regards to Hanukkah. Hopefully something old and something new for everyone.
We sometimes think of Hanukkah as a “minor” holiday, maybe celebrated to balance against another big holiday in December. And we know Hanukkah is about a war that the Jews won against the Greeks, against […]
My Grandson recently said this about his twin Aunts:
“Whenever I see a tree it always feels deep inside me that I am earth.
And when I am with Beth and Ella it feels like they are earth with me.”
While this haunting call to Oneness comes from the heart of a six year-old, philosopher Ken Wilber also calls us to mindfully live in the light of […]
By Student Rabbi Stacey Robinson
Sing praise and
shout hallelujah
as bullets sing their siren song
and death is never far;
and sing praise
while fires rage and
children fall silent
behind barbed wire fences, and
children fall silent
with bellies distended, and
children fall silent
as their homes are devoured,
and they race against monsters and time.
Sing praise, for the monsters are winning.
Free the captive.
Feed the hungry.
Give shelter to those in need.
This is my song,
this praises […]
By Stacey Robinson
Put the stone under your head
and rest; don’t be disturbed
by the kaleidoscope of angels
on their merry ride of
up and down,
between heaven and earth
and there and back again.
They may be lost,
those angels, or at least
Stuck, intractable in their
proscribed tracks,
their lesson a cautionary tale
in thinking heaven is up.
Let your stone,
cold and hard,
remind you that
there is no place God is not,
even in that rock,
and all […]
In the Jewish tradition, the number 18 represents the word “Chai” or Life.
Congregation Bene Shalom and Hebrew Seminary invite you to join us
In an affirmation of life and unity and gratitude
Sunday, November 18, 2018
Beginning at 2:30pm
Chai Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
held at Congregation Bene Shalom
Different clergy leaders from our diverse […]
Well-being includes physical and spiritual health.
We return to health from sickness when our body and soul are balanced.
Join Hebrew Seminary for a panel discussion on
NEW DIMENSIONS IN MEDICINE:
Where Body and Soul Meet
Sunday, October 28, 2018 from 2:00-3:30 pm
Rabbi […]
by Student Rabbi Dr. Roberta Glick
Malchyot: Kingship. What relationship does that word evoke in you?
Is it the “radical amazement” of Heschl trying to explain the awesome mystery of the transcendent Divine Presence?
Is it the fear and trembling of judgment, like Adam when he heard the kol of G-d who asked: “Ayekah? Where are You?”
Sometimes we need a Malchyuot, someone else to be in charge. […]
By Student Rabbi Stacey Z Robinson
This is about the 19th iteration of my personal reflection. The 19th of today, and the 19th written down. There have been infinitely more than 19 iterations playing in my head, ever since I was so kindly asked me to write one for Rosh HaShanah. Knowing what I want to write has not been the issue. Getting it right, finding […]
By Student Rabbi Stacey Z Robinson
Ribbono shel olam,
Master of eternity,
Who numbers the stars
and the dust,
Who counts our souls –
our deeds –
our days.
You, who remembers
what time has forgotten,
Who writes and seals –
though we tell our own stories,
and live our own lives –
Blessed is the One
Who opens the gates
that we, ourselves, have closed.
God of stillness and secrets,
whose name is hidden
within our own,
Let me draw near
so that […]
I had intended…
Wait. Let me start again, this time in the present. I intend…
Ugh. I have no idea what I intend, what I had intended, what I will have intended.
What I know is that I love the English pluperfect– past, present and future, all rolled into one. Even more than the pluperfect tense, I love that in Hebrew, we consider not necessarily past, present or […]