Kodesh House

10/23/2024

Meditating in the woods, praying that our Sukkot experience brings us a Sukkat Shalom.
Chag Sameach!

09/27/2024

On this last Shabbat of the year, I wish you, and the entire community a New Year filled with an abundance of blessings. May we all witness revealed miracles, may the hostages and their families be reunited, may they be granted comfort and courage. May we be granted courage as well.
With love,
SHABBAT SHALOM
SHANA TOVA!

09/20/2024

With the mitzvah of bikurim, bringing first fruits to the Beit Hamikdash, comes the concept of "firsts".
First thing in the morning, as I wake up, I am quite vigilant in reciting "Modeh ani".
For the past year, as I recite it, I have been wondering what the hostages say every morning, ..."Yet another day?"
A book filled with the emotions that translate our collective trauma has been published by the Academy for Jewish Religion and features a piece by myself and by my dear friend Larry Lesser.
You may purchase it here:
https://a.co/d/8R5AGO2
SHABBAT SHALOM!

09/13/2024

It's amazing that this parasha happens at exactly the right time of the year to help us prepare for Rosh Hashanah. Then again, it's the Torah, what else should we expect? 😀
SHABBAT SHALOM!

09/06/2024

It is the month of Elul and we are in mourning. Eicha...
If I happen to have any merit from my spiritual work this month, I dedicate it to the grieving families, that they should be comforted and that they should receive abundance of blessings.
With love,
SHABBAT SHALOM

09/04/2024

Starting at the beginning of Hebrew month of Elul until the end of the High Holy Days, we are told to recite 27 daily. As of today, we also blow the Shofar until Rosh Hashanah.
Here is a recording of this Psalm with shofar blowing as a powerful daily meditation.
CHODESH TOV!

Psalm 27 is traditionally recited daily during the days of awe, starting on the month of Elul, throughout Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and ending on Hoshanah Ra...

08/30/2024

The opening words of Re'eh speak to me so strongly.
How can I be as much as possible a source of blessings in our broken world?
May all of our prayers this Shabbat bring much repair and manifest beauty, blessings and G!d, Amen!

08/23/2024

May this Shabbat bring us good news, amen!
With love, Shabbat Shalom.

08/16/2024

In this parasha, 4:35, it says "Ein od milvado", "there is none beside Him".
I am repeating this over and over to myself as we usher into holy Shabbat...
Shabbat Shalom!

08/09/2024

Devarim... words.
"Words that emanate from the heart enter the heart".
I am reflecting on what is in my heart as I prepare for Shabbat right before Tisha b'Av.
The reality that our generation went through October 7 and that it is to this day a reality for the people still in captivity and the thousands going through PTSD.
So I let the words of Torah, the words of King David in his Psalms enter my heart.
May they enter your heart as well for a beautiful and blissful Shabbat.
SHABBAT SHALOM!

08/02/2024

What a strange, heartbreaking journey our community is going through...
May this Shabbat bring the seeds for Light in our world, bringing good news, amen.
With love,
Shabbat Shalom!

07/26/2024

Inner peace...
I consciously cultivate inner peace, praying that it will spread.
May all of the hostages -released and still in captivity- be granted the blessing of finding inner peace.
With love, Shabbat Shalom!