by RabbiOlivier | Aug 21, 2015 | Torah Reflections
Shof’tim Deuteronomy 16:18 – 21:9 The Healing Power of Self-Awareness This week marks the beginning of the month of Elul, the last month of the Jewish year. Less than 29 days separate us from Rosh HaShanah, New Year’s Day. Elul is a month of...
by RabbiOlivier | Dec 12, 2014 | Torah Reflections
Vayeishev Genesis 37:1 – 40:23 You Make a Difference Reuben is a character that is mostly overlooked in these weeks’ Torah portions dominated by the stories of Jacob and Joseph. Reuben is Jacob’s firstborn son, from his...
by RabbiOlivier | Dec 5, 2014 | Torah Reflections
Vayishlach Genesis 32:4 – 36:43 Awakening Beyond Silence One of the first revelations that meditation allows is one’s encounter with the unbelievable noise which lies within us, right behind our closed eyes. As if by magic, as soon as our eyes are closed...
by RabbiOlivier | Nov 1, 2013 | Adult Learning, Torah Reflections
Toledot Genesis 25:19 – 28:9 Breaking Free From The Great Teachers At the opening of our Torah portion, we find Isaac pleading with God, in the presence of his barren wife Rebecca, that she might — after twenty years of waiting...
by RabbiOlivier | Jun 15, 2012 | Adult Learning, Torah Reflections
The Key to The Promised Land Sh’lach L’cha Numbers 13:1 – 15:41 This week’s Torah portion holds the famous story of the spies that Moses sent to scout the Promised Land at the Eternal’s command. For forty days and forty nights, twelve...
