Sublime

The Talmud tells us that in the world to come, everyone will be called to account for all the desires they might have fulfilled in this world but chose not to. The things we desire—the desires themselves—are sacred.

Every breath, R. Hanina reminds us, is both a summons and an opportunity to be grateful.

The courage that is shaped by practice The guidance that is revealed through faith The clarity that comes from surrender The insight that rises with action.

Our loving actions bring forth healing.

Tiferet shows us the beauty and brokenness of the world and says, Open to all of it, this is where you live.

We are B’nei Yisrael because we are meant to live in this world, to deal in materialism, but to continually find ways to elevate it.

Connecting the Hebrew word for “image” (tzelem, as in tzelem Elohim, the image of God) with the word for “shadow” (tzel), Rabbi Yeruham Levovitz teaches that a human being is God’s very shadow. Since a shadow cannot appear without a presence that casts it, when we see a human being, it is as if we were beholding the divine presence (shekhinah)

There is great strength to be found in opening to whatever is coming forth.

the Knower, and the Known (as Rambam refers to Hashem), one can trust that all is for the ultimate good and live peacefully and without worry.