By Rabbi Dr. Douglas Goldhamer
Alef Meditation #2
SO THAT WE ARE A CHANNEL THROUGH WHICH THE ENERGY OF DIVINITY AND HUMANITY FLOW IN BALANCE.
Korach, Numbers 16:01-18:32
In contemporary commentary, Korach is sometimes described as a demagogue. Just as often, Talmud Brachot 58a is quoted: “Just as the faces of people do not exactly resemble one another, so too their opinions do not exactly resemble one another.” In our time, just about everyone, leaders on both sides of the aisle included, can be accused of responding with demagoguery. In […]
How to Identify the Inner I with the Greater I
A meditation taught by Rabbi Dr. Douglas Goldhamer from Healing With God’s Love.
Find a comfortable place and use this room, or part of this room, as your holy sanctuary. You should meditate in the same room every day, as then you will increase the energy in that place. The ancient Kabbalists call such a special […]
From the Pen of Executive Director Alison C. Brown
Parsha Tezaveh discusses the materials and steps necessary to perform service to God in the Sanctuary. As a metaphor, “Achieving any form of spiritual growth requires sustained effort and daily rituals.” [1] We call this avodah, service. Our intentional efforts and rituals create a space, a groove, carved into our life through practice that allows a […]
From the Pen of Executive Director Alison C. Brown
It is said that the tabernacle described in Exodus is a metaphor for our inner realms, the way our spirit works together with our mind to negotiate life. Parsha Terumah delineates the myriad details necessary to construct the Tabernacle. Commentators note, “God’s presence is not found in a building. It is found in the hearts and […]
Learn to hear the still small Voice of God.
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Our lab school, Congregation Bene Shalom invites you to join them for Saturday morning Kabbalistic services. These services are quite wonderful in that they offer not only scholarship in Jewish meditation but Rabbi Dr. Douglas Goldhamer also makes every effort to compare Jewish meditation with other meditation systems.
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From the pen of Hebrew Seminary Executive Director Alison Brown
First thing every morning my mind begins its chatter. What is the order of my day? What needs doing at work? What needs doing after work? In my mind tasks skirmish for priority. On the occasion that I disengage, I pat myself on the head with compassion. The mind works loves to conjure up problems […]
Hebrew Seminary President Rabbi Dr. Douglas Goldhamer teaches that each of us has the opportunity to create a Prayer Vision in preparation for the High Holidays. “We need to visualize, think, and write down all the wonderful things that we want to happen to us in the New Year … and this is what I’m going to do for God in return.” Below we […]
Part II, by Hebrew Seminary President Rabbi Dr. Douglas Goldhamer
During the month of Elul, our Kabbalah teaches us that each of us needs to create a Prayer Vision. That is we need to visualize, think, and write down all the wonderful things that we want to happen to us in the New Year. When we create a prayer vision, our Kabbalah encourages us to […]