In her book The Path of Blessing*, Rabbi Marcia Prager describes the practice of blessing – things, people, moments – as work of the soul. “As we grow in the path of blessing, we open to a more expansive way of being.” I love the sound of that. To me it means being open and Read More
Category: Omer
Omer Offerings 5786 – Week 7: Malchut
Image credit: Minnesota Indivisible Alliance Holy wow. The past six weeks have flown by. It’s been an honor to curate this series of Omer offerings. If you missed any I hope you’ll go back and read them all. I feel blessed to be in community with those who shared their reflections with us and for Read More
Omer Offerings 5786 – Week 6: Yesod
Our writer this week is Debra Seltzer. I can think of few more qualified to speak about Yesod, the sephirah dedicated to strong foundations. Debra is one of our longest-standing members and served many years on our Board, including as its Chair. In that role and all other leadership she provides our community, Debra lends Read More
Omer Offerings 5786 – Week 5: Hod
This week’s post comes from another new voice in our community. Ian Ghidossi made his leadership debut in Sukkat Shalom at our Adult B’nei MItzvah in March. His offering here is at once deeply personal and universal. He draws a clear connection between last week’s sephirah, Netzach, and this week’s, Hod, helping us seeing how opening Read More
Omer Offerings 5786 – Week 4: Netzach
on the Cowboy Trail in northern Nebraska When it came to curating an author to write about Netzach, I immediately thought of Doug Calem. As many readers know, in 2021, at the age of 61 Doug completed a cross-country bicycle trek that required lots of Netzach – often translated as endurance. He wrote a, hopefully Read More