That Pain You’re Feeling Is Peoplehood | SAPIR Journal
Tiferet shows us the beauty and brokenness of the world and says, Open to all of it, this is where you live.
Rabbi Levy • Journey Through the Wilderness: A Mindfulness Approach to the Ancient Jewish Practice of Counting the Omer
What is the pain that is pressing on your heart right this moment? That’s what you need to make Teshuvah about. You need to make Teshuvah about your fractured mind and your fearful heart.
Alan Lew • This Is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared: The Days of Awe as a Journey of Transformation
Judaism would be emotionally impoverished by the removal of its darker, more tragic side. The loss of a more powerful sense of the past is a loss to Jewish identity and religion.
Irving Greenberg • The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays
when catastrophe shattered the vision, Jews spent their lives renewing it. The question is: From where can these people draw the strength to renew their dream again and again? The answer of Jewish tradition is: Give people just a foretaste of the fulfillment, and they will never give it up. The Shabbat is that taste.
Irving Greenberg • The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays
longing to connect with others who can help hold the pain, a need to share what we’ve learned in the trenches, and a desire to give, even when we ourselves have barely caught our breath.