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

 
Nisan Week 4: Chesed and the Passover Journey
Nisan Week 4: Chesed and the Passover Journey

This Pesach Shabbat may we rest in the beauty of the world blossoming.

May the green buds and the flowers shining yellow, pink and red give us hope.

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Daily IntentionsAway InApril 26, 2019Nisan
Nisan Week 3: Passover—Festival of Liberation
Nisan Week 3: Passover—Festival of Liberation

May we release all that has kept us bound. May we know our connection with all life. And as we listen to the cries for freedom that sound throughout the world, may we hear them as our own.

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Daily IntentionsAway InApril 19, 2019Nisan
Nisan Week 2: Looking Toward Passover
Nisan Week 2: Looking Toward Passover

Each Season has its call,

Each Festival has its light

That shines from the depths

Of the mystery.

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Daily IntentionsAway InApril 11, 2019Nisan
Video: Month of Nisan
Video: Month of Nisan

As the earth continues to guide us into spring

The month of Nisan arrives and calls:

Grow, Blossom, Become.

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Daily Intentions, VideoAway InApril 4, 2019Nisan
Jewish Mindfulness Pesach Haggadah Supplements 5779
Jewish Mindfulness Pesach Haggadah Supplements 5779

During Passover we are urged to feel as if we too are being brought out of bondage into an expanse of freedom and possibility. We are called to soften our hearts so we can hear and respond to the cries of each other.

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Weekly Torah, Weekly FocusAway InApril 4, 2019Pesach 5779
Sing to the Infinite a New Song. Two Months of Adar Conclusion
Sing to the Infinite a New Song. Two Months of Adar Conclusion

May all that has been explored, discovered and revealed through these months of Adar be of benefit and blessing for all.

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Weekly Focus, Weekly TorahAway InApril 2, 2019Adar II
Adar II, Week 4 — The Fires are Lit on the Altars
Adar II, Week 4 — The Fires are Lit on the Altars

Be aware of what you take into your body, through the foods you eat, the news you consume, the people and situations with which you engage.

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Weekly Focus, Weekly TorahAway InMarch 28, 2019Adar II
Time to Align. Adar II, Week 4
Time to Align. Adar II, Week 4

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.

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Weekly Focus, Weekly TorahAway InMarch 26, 2019Adar II
Adar II, Week 3 — Who Knows?
Adar II, Week 3 — Who Knows?

Who knows? Perhaps it was for this very reason we were brought into the world.

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Weekly Focus, Weekly TorahAway InMarch 21, 2019Adar II
Returning to the Present Moment. Adar II, Week 3
Returning to the Present Moment. Adar II, Week 3

As 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.  

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Weekly Focus, Weekly TorahAway InMarch 19, 2019Adar II
Adar II, Week 2 — Draw Close
Adar II, Week 2 — Draw Close

Allow vulnerability.

            Practice gratitude,

            Stand by your word.

            Ask for help.

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Weekly Focus, Weekly TorahAway InMarch 14, 2019Adar II
Who Am I? Adar II, Week 2
Who Am I? Adar II, Week 2

Adar 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.  

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Weekly Focus, Weekly TorahAway InMarch 12, 2019Adar II
Adar II, Week 1 — A Prayer for Rosh Hodesh
Adar II, Week 1 — A Prayer for Rosh Hodesh

May the mighty winds of this time bring blessings of transformation and renewal.

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Weekly Focus, Weekly TorahAway InMarch 7, 2019Adar II
Releasing. Adar II, Week 1
Releasing. Adar II, Week 1

The Mystery is Transformation, the Infinite responds in the moment we call. (Psalm 20:10)

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Weekly Focus, Weekly TorahAway InMarch 5, 2019Adar II
Adar I , Week 4 — Stop, Pause, Rest
Adar I , Week 4 — Stop, Pause, Rest

As 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.

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Weekly Focus, Weekly TorahAway InFebruary 28, 2019Adar I
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
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