by RabbiOlivier | Sep 6, 2013 | Adult Learning, High Holy Days Meditations, Torah Reflections
The Ten Days of Awe between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur, are an opportunity to enter into a time of personal retreat, the theme of which is “forgiveness.” The path of forgiveness is one of the most powerful spiritual paths available to us. Forgiving...
by RabbiOlivier | Sep 2, 2013 | Adult Learning, Torah Reflections
Nitzavim – Vayelech Deuteronomy 29:9 – 31:30 Embracing Our Unpreparedness My heart is beating a little bit faster than usual today. No, I didn’t have one cup of coffee too many. But it just so happens that the combined Torah...
by RabbiOlivier | Mar 15, 2013 | Torah Reflections
Mah Nish’tanah? What Has Changed? Although we closed the Book of Exodus last week, with Passover around the corner, its stories linger still in our consciousness. This is the time of the year, personally, when I delight in re-opening the Passover Haggadah and in...
by RabbiOlivier | Dec 15, 2012 | Community, Events, General, Israel
We spent part of the day at the beach in Tel Aviv today. It was good, on this second day, to be able to bathe in the sun, get our feet buried in the sand and dip our toes in the Mediterranean Sea. To me, these moments are a doorway to a deeper presence, to a relaxed...
by RabbiOlivier | Dec 13, 2012 | Community, Events, General, Holidays, Israel, Press
Could you pinch me please? I am having a hard time believing it, but we are here—we are all here—in Israel, ready to embark on a new journey of self-discovery through the landscape and the people of this magical land. I took a taxi from the airport to Jerusalem on...