The Healing Power of Psalms
Reciting Psalms to aid in healing is an ancient Jewish tradition and echoes today in shuls, churches, hospitals and homes around the world.
The Psalms lyrically vibrate in communication with our soul.
A Kavannah of Hanukkah
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 […]
Hanukkah and Our Highest Self
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 […]
We Return to Health When Our Body and Soul are Balanced
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 […]
Where Body and Soul Meet
Well-being includes physical and spiritual health.
We return to health from sickness when
our body and soul are balanced.
Join Rabbi Dr. Douglas Goldhamer, Dr. Gary Slutkin
and Dr. Roberta Glick for a panel discussion on
NEW DIMENSIONS IN MEDICINE:
Where Body and Soul Meet
Sunday, October 28, 2018 from 2:00-3:30 […]
An Absence of Color and Light
By Student Rabbi Stacey Robinson
We sat among the willows,
and we wept,
there by the river
that flowed
clear and cold and swift,
–branches dancing,
barely dancing–
as they swayed
and swept the ground.
We stood among the weeping trees,
Prayers mixed with
visions of ash.
and smoke
that rose and billowed,
Black against purple-stained blue
— the blue of periwinkles
and royalty–
and a sky smudged with soot and
an absence of color
and Light,
and the altars we had left behind.
How can we […]
For You!
Visit Hebrew Seminary at
the Greater Chicago Jewish Festival
this Sunday 11am-6pm!
We would love to meet you, tell you about our program and give you a note card print of Dr. Rabbi Douglas Goldhamer’s painting Yetzer Ha-Ra and Yetzer Ha-Tov.
See you there: Cook County Forest Preserve
Oakton Street West of Lehigh
$5 suggested donation
jewishfestival.org
Practical Applications of Kabbalah for Your Daily Life
“Practical Applications of Kabbalah for Your Daily Life”
A ten-session class
With Rabbi Dr. Douglas Goldhamer
Sundays, February 25 – May 6
12:00 – 1:30pm
Kabbalah has many important practical applications that can impact your life on a daily basis – your health, your finances, your relationships with others. Learn how to connect with Hashem, and activate the Divine within you. In this class, noted scholar and author Rabbi […]
Even Adam Kvetched About the Long Winter Nights!
We all know the story of Hanukkah. But, there is another narrative that many of us don’t know. Last week, Hebrew Seminary faculty member Rabbi Daniel Vaisrub taught us a lesser known story that prominently features Adam.
The better known Hanukkah story is derived from the Babylonia Talmud, Shabbat 21b. The text tells us that the Greeks entered our Temple and defiled all of the […]
Toldot & Thanksgiving
by Alison C. Brown, Executive Director
Fear not, while it currently feels as though some of our world leaders have purposefully severed our ancestral roots, I suspect every generation feels that way.
Parashah Toldot is a Jewish narrative about our ancestral roots and serves as another installment in the guide to being fully human. Together with the many Jewish texts redacted and commented upon over the […]