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Jewish Contemplatives: Shavuos: Sinai in our Hearts (May 2013)
The visions of Isaiah and Ezekiel have provided Jewish sages, mystics, and scholars with profound material for philosophy, theology, and countless methods of contemplative prayer. They have inspired esoteric mystical associations and entire schools of Jew...
Dateline: 2013-05-12 2:32pm -07:00T (286 words)
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Jewish Contemplatives: Shabbos: The Shelter of Encounter (March 2013)
Parshas Ki Sissa contains the revelation of G-d's Compassion to Moses in the Cleft in the Rock (Exodus Ch.33:21 to Ch.34:9), and it also reminds us that Shabbos is a sign of eternal remembrance. (Exodus 31:13). The two are forever linked in my mind be...
Dateline: 2013-05-05 4:32am -07:00T (489 words)
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Jewish Contemplatives: The Communal Prayer of the Solitary (April 2013)
Parshas Ahare Mos describes the detailed instructions for the liturgy of the High Priest on Yom Kippur, the Day for Atonement. Parshas Kedoshim speaks of the ways we are enjoined to “love our neighbour as ourselves” (Leviticus 19:18). The two are, no...
Dateline: 2013-04-19 2:40am -07:00T (764 words)
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Jewish Contemplatives: Shabbos HaGadol: The Great in the Small (March 2013)
Shabbos HaGadol takes its name from the phrase “Yom HaShem hagadol v’hanorah” in Malachi 3:23. (the day’s haftarah). The verse declares:“Behold, I will send you the prophet Elijah before the coming of the great and awesome Day of HaShem.”...
Dateline: 2013-03-22 3:59am -07:00T (456 words)
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