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 Elul- Week Four
During the fourth week of Elul, we focus on the teshuvah practice of trayfe da'at ? a torn mind. This week, ask yourself, ?What transition point am I standing at? What is causing sharp feeling in me? Where is my suffering...
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Elul ? Week Three
During the third week of Elul, we focus on the teshuvah practice of sheva she'arim ? seven gates. Really notice, each day this week, how you can use your sensory impressions to make you feel, think, and react in positive...
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Elul ? Week Two
During the second week of Elul, we focus on the teshuvah practice of hitboddedut ? being alone. Hitboddedut is a Hasidic practice that means ?being alone.? Go outdoors a few times this week to be truly alone with your thought...
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Elul ? Week One
During the first week of Elul, we focus on the teshuvah practice of heshbon hanefesh ? internal accounting. Heshbon Hanefesh is a Hasidic practice that means ?take an accounting of your soul.? Take a few minutes before sl...
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What do we learn?
BUILDING LIVES WITH MEANING Community (Kehillah) - Rabbi Sheryl Lewart What do we learn? A person cannot free himself from prison Teaching (Talmud): eyn havush matir atzmo mebayt ha?asurim The prisoner cannot free himself fro...
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What do we learn?
BUILDING LIVES WITH MEANINGCommunity (Kehillah)- Rabbi Sheryl LewartWhat do we learn? The obligation to tell someone else that they are not acting like a mensch rests on our own willingness to accept correction fr...
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What do we learn?
BUILDING LIVES WITH MEANINGFairness (tzedek)- Rabbi Sheryl LewartWhat do we learn? It?s very easy to be swayed by emotion ?There is no greater bribery than the tears of a widow? A Hasidic master once excused himself...
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What do we learn?
BUILDING LIVES WITH MEANINGFairness (tzedek)- Rabbi Sheryl LewartWhat do we learn? The greatest tzedaka is to give anonymously in a way that enables the receiver to become independent. Teaching in the Talmud:"Which is...
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What do we learn?
BUILDING LIVES WITH MEANINGFairness (tzedek)- Rabbi Sheryl LewartWhat do we learn? Being objective is part of being fair ...
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What do we learn?
BUILDING LIVES WITH MEANINGFairness (tzedek)- Rabbi Sheryl Lewart What do we learn? It?s very easy to be swayed by emotion ?There is no greater bribery than the tears of a widow?A Hasidic master once excused himself ...
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What Do We Learn?
Building Lives With Meaning- Rabbi Sheryl LewartResponsibility (Aharayut)What do we learn? One person can change the world.Torah Text:ish echad ish echad lemateh avotav tishlachu kol nasi bahem ?one man, one man from each of...
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Building Lives With Meaning - Rabbi Sheryl Lewart Responsibility (Aharayut) What do we learn? We are endowed with hidden power, and we are sometimes able to do more than we ever imagined. Ki avdeha arav et hana?ar mei-im avi ...
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Spirituality Of Being Created in the Divine Image: B?tzelem Elohim ? Being a Mensch
To be a mensch is to be a good person, a whole person, a person worthy of honor?We are all created in the image of God? ? Genesis 1:27Insights from Rabbi LewartTrustworthiness (Emunah) Trustworthiness Emerges From an Open Hea...
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Spirituality Of Being Created in the Divine Image: B’tzelem Elohim – Being a Mensch
To be a mensch is to be a good person, a whole person, a person worthy of honor
“We are all created in the image of God” – Genesis 1:27
Insights from Rabbi Lewart
Trustworthiness (Emunah) Trustworthiness Emerges From an Ope...
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Spirituality Of Social Responsibility: Manifesting The Holy: Healing Ourselves And Healing The World
Insights from Rabbi LewartCompassion ? (Rahamim) compassion is the link between Heaven and Earth Meditation Practice: This verse, selected from the Book of Psalms or Proverbs, refers to the character quality or trait of comp...
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Spirituality Of Social Responsibility: Manifesting The Holy: Healing Ourselves And Healing The World
Insights from Rabbi Lewart Generosity (Nedivut Lev) generosity develops the habit of sharing This Week?s Quote:If a man gives to another all the good gifts of the world but does so with a grumpy demeanor, the Torah regards it...
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Spirituality Of Social Responsibility: Manifesting The Holy: Healing Ourselves And Healing The World
Trustworthiness (Emunah) ?stand by your word? This Week?s Quote: A trustworthy person keeps his word as the Talmud teaches (Rabbi Zera said, ?One should not say to a child, ?I will give you something,? an then not give it to ...
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Spirituality Of Social Responsibility: Manifesting The Holy: Healing Ourselves And Healing The World
Kindness (Hesed) the world depends on acts of lovingkindness This Week?s quote:?Only a life lived for others is a life worth living.? Albert Einstein This Week?s Inspirational Verse:Extend the hand of love, rescue those wh...
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Spirituality Of Social Responsibility: Manifesting The Holy: Healing Ourselves And Healing The World
Insights from Rabbi LewartCompassion ? (Rahamim) compassion is the link between Heaven and Earth This Week?s Quote:?Issi ben Yehuda says, ?You shall riaise before the aged? Leviticus 19:32 applies to all aged people. Rabbi...
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Spirituality Of Social Responsibility: Manifesting The Holy: Healing Ourselves And Healing The World
Insights from Rabbi Lewart Generosity (Nedivut Lev) generosity develops the habit of sharing This Week?s Quote:One who has a generous eye shall be blessed Proverbs 22:9This Week?s Inspirational Verse: The righteous one...
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Spirituality Of Social Responsibility: Manifesting The Holy: Healing Ourselves And Healing The World
Insights from Rabbi Sheryl lewart Gratitude (Hodayah) ?become aware of the blessings in our lives? This Week?s Quote:To have a blessing flow fully, the one who is blessed must respond by voicing thanks.-MidrashThis Week?s Ins...
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Spirituality Of Social Responsibility: Manifesting The Holy: Healing Ourselves And Healing The World
Insights from Rabbi Lewart Trustworthiness (Emunah) ?stand by your word?This Week?s Quote: A trustworthy person is one ?who stands by his oath even to his own loss? (Psalm 15:1, 4)This Week?s Inspirational Verse: May I walk w...
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Spirituality Of Social Responsibility: Manifesting The Holy: Healing Ourselves And Healing The World
Insights from Rabbi Lewart Kindness Hesedthe world depends on acts of lovingkindness This Week?s quote: ?My friend is one who will tell me my fault in private.? Solom Ibn GabirolThis Week?s Inspirational Verse:Lov...
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Spirituality Of Social Responsibility: ManifHealing Ourselves And Healing The World
Insights from Rabbi LewartCompassion ? (Rahamim) compassion is the link between Heaven and Earth This Week?s Quote: ?Rabbi Yohanan said, ?All the days of the poor are bad? (Proverbs 15:15) This refers to a person who is co...
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Spirituality Of Social Responsibility: Manifesting The Holy: Healing Ourselves And Healing The World
Insights from Rabbi Lewart Generosity (Nedivut Lev) generosity develops the habit of sharing This Week?s Quote:When you see that someone is about to offer you an apology, let go of what separates the two of you. Pardon your ...
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Spirituality Of Social Responsibility: Manifesting The Holy: Healing Ourselves And Healing The World
Insights from Rabbi Sheryl lewart
Gratitude (Hodayah) “become aware of the blessings in our lives”
This Week’s Quote:
Who are rich ? The ones who rejoice in their lot. -Talmud
This Week’s Inspirational Verse:
Love ...
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Spirituality Of Social Responsibility: Manifesting The Holy: Healing Ourselves And Healing The World
Insights from Rabbi LewartTrustworthiness (Emunah) ?stand by your word? This Week?s Quote: If a person is not trustworthy about what she does, how can she be trusted when she attests to what others did?? ? (Mishnah Demai 2:2)...
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Spirituality Of Social Responsibility: Manifesting The Holy: Healing Ourselves And Healing The World
Insights from Rabbi Lewart Kindness (Hesed) the world depends on acts of lovingkindnessThis Week?s quote:?Friends are needed both for joy and for sorrow.? Yiddish proverb This Week?s Inspirational Verse:Send your lovingk...
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Spirituality Of Social Responsibility: Manifesting The Holy: Healing Ourselves And Healing The World
Insights from Rabbi Lewart
Generosity (Nedivut Lev) generosity develops the habit of sharing
This Week’s Quote:
“All who possess these three attributes are disciples of our father Abraham: enerosity, a humble spirit, an...
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Spirituality Of Social Responsibility: Manifesting The Holy: Healing Ourselves And Healing The World
Insights from Rabbi Sheryl lewart
Gratitude (Hodayah) “become aware of the blessings in our lives”
This Week’s Quote:
“You are not the master of what you have, but only its guardian”
-Jacob ben Asher
This Week’s Inspir...
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Spirituality Of Social Responsibility: Manifesting The Holy: Healing Ourselves And Healing The World
Insights from Rabbi Lewart
Trustworthiness (Emunah) “stand by your word”
This Week’s Quote:
“You shall love your neighbor as yourself: without distinction; as yourself: in actual fact” – Rabbi Moshe Luzzatto
This Week’...
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Spirituality Of Social Responsibility: Manifesting The Holy: Healing Ourselves And Healing The World
Insights from Rabbi Lewart
Kindness (Hesed) the world depends on acts of lovingkindness
This Week’s quote:
“A person’s kind deeds are used as seed in the Garden of Eden; thus everyone creates their own Paradise”
- ...
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Spirituality Of Social Responsibility: Manifesting The Holy: Healing Ourselves And Healing The World
Insights from Rabbi Lewart
Compassion – (Rahamim) compassion is the link between Heaven and Earth
This Week’s Quote:
“We are not permitted to leave a person who is near death, so that he should not have to ...
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Spirituality Of Social Responsibility: Manifesting The Holy: Healing Ourselves And Healing The World
Insights from Rabbi Lewart
Generosity (Nedivut Lev) generosity develops the habit of sharing
This Week’s Quote:
“There are three kinds of generosity: generosity with money, generosity with one’s body, and generosity with...
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Spirituality Of Social Responsibility: Manifesting The Holy: Healing Ourselves And Healing The World
Insights from Rabbi Sheryl lewart
Gratitude (Hodayah) “become aware of the blessings in our lives”
This Week’s Quote:
“No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom of night.”
This Week’s In...
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Spirituality Of Social Responsibility: Manifesting The Holy: Healing Ourselves And Healing The World
Insights from Rabbi Lewart
Kindness (Hesed) the world depends on acts of lovingkindness
This Week’s quote:
“Kindness has lighted my way and given me new courage”
- Albert Einstein
This Week’s Inspirational Verse...
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Spirituality Of Social Responsibility: Manifesting The Holy: Healing Ourselves And Healing The World
Insights from Rabbi Lewart
Compassion – (Rahamim) compassion is the link between Heaven and Earth
This Week’s Quote:
“Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find pe...
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Spirituality Of Social Responsibility: Manifesting The Holy: Healing Ourselves And Healing The World
Insights from Rabbi Lewart
Generosity (Nedivut Lev) generosity develops the habit of sharing
This Week’s Quote:
“ Don’t keep your goodness in your pockets” Yiddish proverb
This Week’s Inspirational Verse:
“What profi...
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Spirituality Of Social Responsibility: Manifesting The Holy: Healing Ourselves And Healing The World
Insights from Rabbi Sheryl Lewart
Gratitude (Hodayah) “become aware of the blessings in our lives”
Meditations On Gratitude (Hodayah)
This Week’s Quote:
If you eat and drink and don’t bless God it’s as if you stole the...
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Spirituality Of Social Responsibility: Manifesting The Holy: Healing Ourselves And Healing The World
Insights from Rabbi Lewart
Trustworthiness (Emunah) “stand by your word”
Meditations On Being Trustworthy (Emunah)
This Week’s Quote:
“You shall love your neighbor as yourself: without distinction; as yourself: in act...
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Spirituality Of Social Responsibility: Manifesting The Holy: Healing Ourselves And Healing The World
Insights from Rabbi Lewart
Kindness (Hesed) the world depends on acts of lovingkindness
This Week’s quote:
"The highest wisdom is kindness"
Talmud
This Week’s Inspirational Verse:
“One who sati...
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Hanukah – A Spiritual Thought For Each Night
By Rabbi Sheryl Lewart
Hanukah offers opportunity for spiritual growth. Each night of Hanukah is numbered, 1,2,3,6,5,6,7,8. In Hebrew these numbers appear as letters: alef, bet, gimmel, dalet, heh, vav, zayin, and chet. It ...
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Spirituality Of Social Responsibility: Manifesting The Holy: Healing Ourselves And Healing The World
Insights from Rabbi Lewart
Compassion – (Rahamim) compassion is the link between Heaven and Earth
This Week’s Quote:
“Rav Yehudah said in the name of Rav:
Hospitality is more important even than encountering God’s Intim...
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Spirituality Of Social Responsibility: Manifesting The Holy: Healing Ourselves And Healing The World
Insights from Rabbi Lewart
Generosity (Nedivut Lev) generosity develops the habit of sharing
This Week’s Quote:
“ Don’t keep your goodness in your pockets”
Yiddish proverb
This Week’s Inspirational Verse:
“Wha...
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Spirituality Of Social Responsibility: Manifesting The Holy: Healing Ourselves And Healing The World
Insights from Rabbi Sheryl lewart
Gratitude (Hodayah) “become aware of the blessings in our lives”
Meditations On Gratitude (Hodayah)
This Week’s Quote:
Don’t despise small favors (Talmud)
This Week’s Inspirational Ve...
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Spirituality of Social Responsibility: Manifesting the Holy: Healing Ourselves and Healing the World
Insights from Rabbi Lewart
Trustworthiness (Emunah) “stand by your word”
This Week’s Quote:
“If you want to keep close to the love of your friend make it your concern to seek his welfare.” (Dereh Eretz Zuta, ch 2)
This ...
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Spirituality Of Social Responsibility: Manifesting The Holy: Healing Ourselves And Healing The World
Insights from Rabbi Lewart
KINDNESS – HESED – “the world depends on acts of lovingkindness”
Meditations On Kindness (HESED)
This Week’s quote:
“Don’t open a shop unless you know how to smile” –Yiddish proverb
This We...
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Kindness - (Hesed)
By Rabbi Sheryl Lewart
“The world depends on acts of lovingkindness”
The Talmud teaches that kindness (hesed) is the highest wisdom. Jewish tradition maintains that the world is sustained by acts of lovingkindness. In the...
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Tishrei, Week 4
By Rabbi Sheryl Lewart
To help you experience Tishrei Week IV to the fullest, here are some key rituals and customs along with insights from Jewish tradition. See the Blessings for Tishrei at the end of this article.
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Tishrei, Week 3
By Rabbi Sheryl Lewart
To help you experience Tishrei WEEK III to the fullest, here are some key rituals and customs along with insights from Jewish tradition. See the Blessings for Tishrei at the end of this e-mail.
Week ...
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