by Rabbi Misha
On Rosh Hashanah we say that the Earth is תלוי על בלימה, a poetic phrase meaning something like hanging on nothingness, suspended in air, sitting on a void. The first word, תלוי means hanging or dependent.
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Original niggun and trumpet by Frank London
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by Rabbi Misha
I wake up from an intense dream. I go over its details in my mind. I’m full of the ramifications of this dream: psychological, emotional, spiritual. I turn to a loved one or friend and begin describing it. Their attention fades quickly.
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by Rabbi Misha
The question is how do we respond to such a devastating week? One answer is: with a bell. (If you have one nearby grab it, it might come in handy.)
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by Rabbi Misha
The South Indian spiritual sensation Sadhguru drove his motorcycle across the border from Jordan this week and made his way to Tel Aviv.
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by Rabbi Misha
Non-Attachment is generally considered a Buddhist notion. Jews tend to attach themselves to creatures and objects, then cling to them, and if possible, eat them.
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by Rabbi Misha
I’ve been exhausted all week. No amount of sleep seems to be enough. Nor caffeine. Until Monday morning I was full of energy, the house felt alive and filled with hope. As the news of the leaked draft began to sink in, so did my energy sap. The atmosphere seemed to cloud.
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by Rabbi Misha
In Talmudic fashion, artist Ghiora Aharoni views shattering as the beginning of creation. The Brachot tractate tells us what it means when something breaks in a dream.
by Rabbi Misha
A few days ago, I took the boys on a pilgrimage to Leonard Cohen’s gravesite in Montreal.
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by Rabbi Misha
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by Rabbi Misha
Something beautiful took place this week in Albany. Seniors and disabled people joined their home care workers to occupy the capital demanding a living wage for home care workers.
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Images from our Weaving Project
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by Rabbi Misha
In order to praise our existence with a full throat one has to be a prophet, a poet or suffer from some other form of insanity.
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by Rabbi Misha
Voldymyr Zelensky, in the spirit of the Bíblical prophet, Amos, seems to declare, “I am no prophet nor the son of a prophet. I am a comic actor who was visited by a dream which has overtaken my life. The lion has roared; who can but tremble? The Lord God has spoken; who can but prophesy?”
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From UJA: Ukraine Response
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by Rabbi Misha
One week ago, there were one million less refugees in the world. One week of war creates homelessness on that vast a scale.
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Learn how different families in our community migrated around the world
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