Golda Meir once said, "Don’t be so humble; you’re not that great." Humility is a quality we love to see in others, and we try to feign in ourselves, but I'm not sure what passes as humility is actually humility.
humility in community
making space for other
humility in the age of facebook
sources & resources
part 5 - prayer as meditation
We conclude the class on how to use meditation to converse with G-d through prayer (12mins).part 4 - contemplation and visualization
Here we present more advanced meditative techniques. These are not for beginners and only for those well established in Torah, Mitzvot and have a mentor (21mins).part 3 - meditation techniques
Now the rebbetzin explores specific techniques of meditation, including understanding different states of thought and how to meditate on Scripture (36mins).part 2 - inner hitbodedut
On this page, rebbetzin malkah takes over the lecture and introduces us to the inward journey of hitbodedut (14mins).part 1 - self seclusion and hitbodedut
Here is our introductory class to Jewish Meditation. On this page, rav rafael gives an introduction to meditation and explores external self seclusion (25mins). cleanliness and filters
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in this podcast, rebbetzin malkah relates the lessons of parasha kedoshim (Lev. 19) on speech and forbidden mixtures as it relates to cleanliness of heart and mind.
counting and cleanliness
clean garment of speech
cleanliness and Godliness
choose well
Most people have had the experience of going to a restaurant with other people and having to wait on one person who can’t make up their mind over what to order. The person ordering agonizes over what to get, and meanwhile, everyone else is hungry and waiting, because their order won’t be placed until the indecisive individual comes to a decision. You just want them to order anything just to get the ball rolling.
finding your strike zone
the steady journey
omer and order
Of all the biblical holidays, only Shavuot – the time of the giving of Torah – lacks a specific date. Instead of giving a month and a day as with other holidays, the Torah tells us to count forty-nine days from the offering of first fruits during Passover. Then on the fiftieth day we celebrate Shavuot.
Shema: 4D approach to life
Do you like to make choices? Whether you do or not, it seems as though for each of us there is a never-ending stream of options that place demands upon our time and threaten the normal and easy flow of our lives. With the blessings of the information age, come even more options, more choices and a still greater demand upon our lives.
order in the midst of chaos
During the last half of December through the month of January, I was recuperating from surgery and was, for the most part, bedridden. To pass the time, I played an online game called cityville. The point of the game was to build a city from scratch. Since I had time on my hands, I started out with a one horse town I named Michaelville.