Beyond Words: Yom Kippur Yizkor 5782

גרשתי מלבי את כל המלים כי פנה יום – ואמי נרדמה ואמי תישן עד בוא המשיח I have banished from my heart all words, For the day is turning And my mother will slumber- And my mother will sleep until the messiah comes. – Zelda Schneurson Mishkovsky What can we say in the face of

The Ecology of Teshuva: Yom Kippur Evening 5782

I have lived much of my life as if I was a floating head. By which I mean, my default tendency is to intellectualize everything, to the point of at times more or less ignoring the fact that I have a body. I mostly got away with leading with my head, because it usually worked

Wells of Seeing, Wells of Encounter

There is a place called the Everest Hotel. From the name you might think it is located in the Himalayas, or another exotic mountain location. In actuality, this Everest Hotel is a fairly nondescript hotel and conference center, with meeting rooms and a space to host gatherings. It is located in a town called Beit