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Rabbi Yael writes kavanot as well as authors meditations and suggestions for practice based on the cycles of Jewish time.

 
Time is on Your Side. Adar I, Week 4
Time is on Your Side. Adar I, Week 4

We take time during this week to give thanks to our ancestors and send blessings to the children.

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Weekly Focus, Weekly TorahAway InFebruary 26, 2019Adar I
Adar I , Week 3 — There is a Place for You with Me
Adar I , Week 3 — There is a Place for You with Me

Listen, the Mystery calls:

There is a place for you with me.

 I am standing right beside you.

And this is my name:

 Compassion, Grace, Patience, Love, Truth, Generosity, Forgiveness.

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Weekly Focus, Weekly TorahAway InFebruary 21, 2019Adar I
Place these Words Upon Your Heart. Adar I, Week 3
Place these Words Upon Your Heart. Adar I, Week 3

What we focus on—the intentions, ideas and attributes we bring into our system—shapes and guides our actions. Energy follows intention.

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Weekly Focus, Weekly TorahAway InFebruary 19, 2019Adar I
Adar I , Week 2 — Let Me Surround You
Adar I , Week 2 — Let Me Surround You

Place the sacred before your eyes.

And inscribe visions, ideals and dreams upon your heart.

Bring forth your offerings.

Lift up your gifts.

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Weekly Torah, Weekly FocusAway InFebruary 14, 2019Adar I
Where Does the Time Go? Adar I, Week 2
Where Does the Time Go? Adar I, Week 2

Adar Rishon, the first Adar, is an extra month—additional time. Added only 7 times every 19 years, its presence calls us to wonder about and explore our relationship to time. How do we engage with this precious gift?

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Weekly Focus, Weekly TorahAway InFebruary 12, 2019Adar I
Video: Rabbi Yael Levy — Months of Adar
Video: Rabbi Yael Levy — Months of Adar

The two months of Adar begin this week with a mighty ruach, reminding us to cultivate curiosity and wonder.

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Daily IntentionsAway InFebruary 7, 2019Adar I, Adar
Adar I, Week 1
Adar I, Week 1

This first week of Adar Rishon, we ask ourselves with gentle kindness:

What is my relationship with happiness?

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Daily IntentionsAway InFebruary 4, 2019Adar I
Shevat Week 4 — Coming Down from the Mountain
Shevat Week 4 — Coming Down from the Mountain

After the thunder, the lightning, the fire and smoke of Mt. Sinai—

After the experience of the Infinite filling us with light and love—

            How do we live?

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Weekly Focus, Weekly TorahAway InJanuary 31, 2019Shevat
18 Shevat 5779 —Listening Deeply into the Heart of All Things
18 Shevat 5779 —Listening Deeply into the Heart of All Things

“I”, “we”, “you”, “us” disappear. There is only One. Only One.

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Away InJanuary 24, 2019
Shevat 5779 — The Ten Utterances
Shevat 5779 — The Ten Utterances

As we stand at Mt. Sinai and amid thunder, lightening and a mountain filled with flames, we listen as the One speaks to our hearts.

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Weekly Focus, Weekly TorahAway InJanuary 24, 2019Ten Utterances
17 Shevat 5779 — Mysterious Unfolding of Creation
17 Shevat 5779 — Mysterious Unfolding of Creation

Let us recognize and bless the Mysterious unfolding of creation,

In each moment

Now and always.   

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Daily IntentionsAway InJanuary 23, 2019Shevat
16 Shevat 5779 — Garment of Destiny
16 Shevat 5779 — Garment of Destiny

"We are tied together in the single garment of destiny, caught in an inescapable network of mutuality. And whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly."

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Daily IntentionsAway InJanuary 22, 2019Shevat, Martin Luther King Jr.
15 Shevat 5779 — Remembering and Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King
15 Shevat 5779 — Remembering and Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King

In honor of Dr. King may we love more.
In the name of love may we reach out to each other and offer help and solace.

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Daily IntentionsAway InJanuary 21, 2019Shevat, Martin Luther King Jr.
Shevat Week 2 — At the Shores of the Sea
Shevat Week 2 — At the Shores of the Sea

Stopping will help you discover what gives you faith and courage.

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Weekly Focus, Weekly TorahAway InJanuary 17, 2019
10 Shevat 5779  — And the Waters Became Sweet
10 Shevat 5779 — And the Waters Became Sweet

He cried out to the One

            And the One showed him a tree.

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Daily IntentionsAway InJanuary 16, 2019Shevat
9 Shevat 5779 — Truth of the Earth
9 Shevat 5779 — Truth of the Earth

May we listen to the truths the Earth is telling.

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Daily IntentionsAway InJanuary 15, 2019Shevat
8 Shevat 5779 —Do Not Be Afraid
8 Shevat 5779 —Do Not Be Afraid

Do not be afraid. Stand and see the transformation that is possible.  

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Daily IntentionsAway InJanuary 14, 2019Shevat
7 Shevat 5779 — Everything We Do Mends the Cosmos
7 Shevat 5779 — Everything We Do Mends the Cosmos
Daily IntentionsAway InJanuary 13, 2019Shevat
4 Shevat 5779 — I Am in the Shattering
4 Shevat 5779 — I Am in the Shattering

The Mystery calls: Come toward what is difficult,

What is painful or frightening—And I will be there.

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Daily IntentionsAway InJanuary 10, 2019Shevat
Video: Month of Shevat
Video: Month of Shevat

The trees, rivers, rocks and sky are our companions and guides.

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Weekly Focus, Weekly Torah, VideoAway InJanuary 10, 2019Shevat
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