THE KABBALAH OF TIME: The Jewish Calendar is the master key to unlock the hidden rationale behind the formal structure of ancient sacred texts, as well as to understand and experience the most profound mystical concepts, which reveal the spiritual energy of each week, serving as a practical guide for self-analysis and development.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Jacob, Israel
Jacob, Israel
I try so hard
In every way
To get Your smile
And get Your say
Perhaps one day
After all that trying
After all that living
After all that dying
My seeds will grow
To become trees
And testify
About that child
And then that man
Who tried so hard
And finally got
What he couldn't see.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Allah huAkhbar
G-d is Great
He is All and
More
People peep
Like mice at bar
Holes
And make Him
small.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Through the Cracks
Through the Cracks
In sealed windows
The students peaked
At passing cars.
Modern flashy
Models, foreign
Convertibles.
Fast exposing
All that South Beach
Had to offer.
Class was dismissed,
Car pollution
Now filled the air.
The kids had failed
To focus on
The interior,
The future proud
Lessors bound to
Repeat afresh
Rookie mistakes.
The new teacher
Still deciding
If to stand for
His principals.
It was too late
The cracks had long
Been open to
The heat and dirt.
The solution
Was to shed more
Light and reach for
The Menorah
For the dealer
Across the street
Had captured the
Imagination.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Torah Portions
Devarim: The Desert in Words:
Ki Tetzeh: Tackling the "Evil" Inclination
Shoftim: Justice as a Communal Obligation
Re'eh: Destroying by Failing to Destroy
Ekev: G-d's Committment to the Land
Va'etchanan: "Giving it All You've Got"
Devarim: "All of Israel"
Bamidbar: Words in the Desert
Ma'asei: The Journey as the Cure
Matot: Verbal Agreements
Pinchas: Earning One's Place
Balak: Horrible Bosses
Chukat: Miriam, the Red Heifer
Korach: Human Calculations
Shelach: Ants, Grasshoppers
Beha'alotcha: Inverted Situations
Nasso: Brides
Bamidbar: Being Dear to G-d
Vayikra: In Service
Bechukotai: Pursuit and Self-Persecution
Behar: Working the Land, Working the Soul
Emor: Speak Softly and Carry a Big Kohen (Kohen Gadol)
Kedoshim Holiness, Sexuality
Acharei Mot: After Mourning
Metzorah: Life's Challenges
Tazria: Life and Death
Shmini: Knowing When to Be Quiet
Tzav: Elements of a Spiritual Work Out
Vayikra: The Fine (Humble) Line Between the Holy and the Unholy
Shemot: Leaving Egypt
Pikudei: Focusing on Actions (Not Their Amazing Results)
Vayakhel: Shabat, Leadership and Community
Ki Tissah: The Right Way and the Wrong Way to Connect to the Tzadik
Tetzaveh: Glory, Humility, Tiferet
Terumah: To Give or Not to Give
Mishpatim: Trust versus Initiative
Yitro: The Importance and the Danger of Foreign Influences
Beshalach: Singing and Dancing
Bo: The Importance of Acting as One
Va'eira: Getting to Know G-d
Shemot: Purposeless Work
Bereshit: In the Parasha Series
Vayechi: Shechem in the Parasha
Vayigash: Oded in the Parasha
Miketz: Daniel in the Parasha
Vayeshev: Rachel in the Parasha
Vayishlach: Korach in the Parasha
Vayetzei: Jerusalem in the Parasha
Toldot: David in the Parasha
Chayei Sarah: The Four Exiles in the Parasha
Vayerah: Uriel in the Parasha
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