Terumah | Gifts from the Heart
A video talk offered as part of the “A Shtickele Toyrah” (a “small piece” of Torah) with the Woodstock Jewish Congregation.
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Exodus | Shemot
Terumah | The Gift of a Willing Heart
As we build sanctuaries in our own hearts for each other we are uplifted. The better world we dream of arises as the collective body of the people build it and govern with willing and receptive hearts.
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Tetzaveh | Our Actions Are Our True Belongings
This week’s moment in the Torah Exodus story continues the journey of the desert wanderers from constricted slave-owning hearts to the qualities of heart needed to fulfill the human promise.
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Ki Tisa | What Illusion Do You Worship?
This week’s essay draws on Thich Nhat Hanh’s Buddhist teaching that this moment is the only moment. Looking deeply, we see that past and future are only alive in this very moment. This is good news! This means that we can heal the past and prepare a better future when we stay fully present and aware of our choices and how they affect everyone around us.
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Vayak’hel-Pekudei | Assembling for Healing
On six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a sabbath of complete rest, holy to יהוה; whoever does any work on it shall be put to death. You shall kindle no fire throughout your settlements on the sabbath day. (Exodus 35: 2-3)
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Pekudei | Bearing Witness
Once again we are bearing witness to the horrors of war, this time in Europe. This week’s Torah at the Intersection takes inspiration from the Bearing Witness Retreats of the Zen Peacemaker Order. At these retreats people from dozens of countries throughout the world come together to witness human suffering wrought by war and violence, to deeply examine the causes of war and violence and pledge to dedicate ourselves to live and work for a world without war, violence and hatred.
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