by RabbiOlivier | Aug 7, 2011 | Adult Learning, Torah Reflections
Parashah (portion) Behaalot’cha – Receiving Torah with a Kiss Numbers 8:1 – 12:16 This month our community value, our midah, is Torah Study. And what better time to begin exploring this value than today, on the holy day of Shavuot. Shavuot is the...
by RabbiOlivier | Aug 7, 2011 | Adult Learning, Torah Reflections
Parashah (portion) Nasso – Freedom from the Yoke of Desires Numbers 4:21 – 7:89 In my last Torah Reflections, I defined mindfulness practice as the art of being present to each moment, of paying attention to each experience in our everyday life. I...
by RabbiOlivier | Aug 7, 2011 | Adult Learning, Torah Reflections
Parashah (portion) Bamidbar – The End of The World, Again Numbers 1:1 – 4:20 Congratulations! You have survived the latest end of the world prediction. For those of you who might not know, a certain Harold Camping predicted that Judgment Day, ushering in...
by RabbiOlivier | Aug 7, 2011 | Adult Learning, Torah Reflections
Parashah (portion) B’chukotai – The Path of Mindfulness in Judaism Leviticus 26:3 – 27:34 Had I planned it, I could not have chosen better verses than the two with which this week’s Torah portion begins, to reflect upon this month’s...
by RabbiOlivier | Aug 7, 2011 | Adult Learning, Torah Reflections
Passover: Reading the Haggadah – Mandatory Generosity at our Seder Tonight, at our first Passover Seder, we will begin telling the story of our exodus from Egypt raising the matzah and saying in one voice: Ha lachma anya… This is the bread of affliction,...