Sidesteps

In this guided visualization, we'll explore the places in our bodies that hold anger, fear, sadness, joy, and love; with each aspect of self, we'll take time to examine the feeling, clean and clear it, and put it back for better use later.

Delight in what makes you uniquely you. Scan through your body, reflecting on what is special, amazing, and beautiful about each part. Great for self-image and before bed!

Where Leviticus and Charles Dickens meet: "Useless to change institutions without a change of heart"

On Refugee Shabbat, the Torah shares its wisdom for resisting tyrants.

C.S. Lewis said, “Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.” It's also a piece of Giving Up and Letting Go - Thomas Friedman, America 2022: Where Everyone Has Rights and No One Has Responsibilities

 

Claim your identity, but be open to review

Returning to our Heska Amuna Synagogue, what lessons can we begin to piece together? What do we keep and what do we give up?

Inhale your authentic self, and exhale your superficial self. Based on Robert Alter's translation of Ecclesiastes, "Merest breath."

Is "Brit" a (a) compact, (b) contract, (c) covenant, or (d) none of the above?

Good for Rosh HaShanah, or any time you need to release past regrets or future worries!