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Month: March 2025

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Psychedelics or Zohar?

Psychedelics or Zohar? The former has informed my spiritual journey way back when. In the 90s, way before my Rabbinic ordination, I had the unusual privilege of joining my Rabbi and spiritual teacher along with his colleague in smoking the ganja (weed) before a Kabalat Shabbat event. Undoubtedly, with the

A Hawk, a Dove, and Hamas True Motivation

A Hawk, a Dove, and Hamas True Motivation

My friend and colleague, Rabbi Jan Salzman, said shortly after October 7th 2023 that there are both a Hawk and Dove residing within her head and heart in equal measure. I believe many of us can relate. We are living through a challenging time in which previously set assumptions about

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Handling Tragedy During the Month of Adar

In Tractate Ta’anit, it is stated: “Just as during the month of Av we decrease in joy, so too, during the month of Adar we increase in joy.” Indeed, the sages instruct us to encourage and amplify joy not only on the days of Purim itself but throughout the entire

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