Adar can demand a lot of one’s body, mind and spirit. These months can shake us to the core by challenging our habits and beliefs, by questioning the roles and limits that define us and by demanding that we face our vulnerabilities and fears.
Read MoreWho knows? Perhaps it was for this very reason we were brought into the world.
Read MoreAs we reach this third week of Adar Sheni, we return to wondering about time—asking ourselves to notice how much time we spend in the present moment and how much time we spend turning toward the past or reaching into the future.
Read MoreAdar Sheni challenges us to notice the masks we put on to appear acceptable to ourselves and others and to perhaps let these masks fall away allowing ourselves to be revealed in more of our fullness.
Read MoreMay the mighty winds of this time bring blessings of transformation and renewal.
Read MoreThe Mystery is Transformation, the Infinite responds in the moment we call. (Psalm 20:10)
Read MoreAs we come into the final week of Adar Rishon, may we listen in the Torah’s call and be mindful of how we spend our time.
Read MoreWe take time during this week to give thanks to our ancestors and send blessings to the children.
Read MoreListen, 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.
Read MoreWhat we focus on—the intentions, ideas and attributes we bring into our system—shapes and guides our actions. Energy follows intention.
Read MorePlace the sacred before your eyes.
And inscribe visions, ideals and dreams upon your heart.
Bring forth your offerings.
Lift up your gifts.
Read MoreAdar 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?
Read MoreThe two months of Adar begin this week with a mighty ruach, reminding us to cultivate curiosity and wonder.
Read MoreThis first week of Adar Rishon, we ask ourselves with gentle kindness:
What is my relationship with happiness?
Read MoreAfter 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?
Read More“I”, “we”, “you”, “us” disappear. There is only One. Only One.
Read MoreAs we stand at Mt. Sinai and amid thunder, lightening and a mountain filled with flames, we listen as the One speaks to our hearts.
Read MoreLet us recognize and bless the Mysterious unfolding of creation,
In each moment
Now and always.
Read More"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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