The Soul of Sukkot: Circumcising our Hearts
September 28, 2023
It is true that circumcising our heart does open us to feel pain, but also joy, and wonder, and community, and connection.
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson
Lessons Learned from My Cancer
September 6, 2023
As we curve into the penitential season of the Jewish calendar, some of the thoughts inspired by my more recent medical experiences are pertinent to the soul work we are all invited to do during these holy days.
The Gift and Possibility of Joy
June 28, 2023
In this year buffeted by anxiety, depression and isolation, I take heart in the fact that we are commanded to rejoice.
“On The Eighth Day, In Every Generation”: A Guide To Brit Milah
May 11, 2023
The mitzvah of brit milah, ritual circumcision, is among the oldest continually practiced rituals in the world.
Shiva Minyan: The Embarrassment and the Necessity
May 10, 2023
The Shiva Minyan restores a lost vision of how to live, how to retain order, goal and direction in a shattered world.
Plunging In Before the Sea Splits
February 24, 2023
Leadership, then as now, means going first. It means walking into the waters before they have parted, making them split by our courage, our determination that they must indeed part.
Two Kinds of Fasts
September 29, 2022
How we construe something changes our experience entirely, which also changes our reactions to it.
Tisha B’Av: Our Sufferings and Our Hope
July 28, 2022
Tisha B’Av, by forcing us to recognize a trail of tragedy and a psychology of division, is the crucial first step toward transformation and transcendence.
On Prayer
July 20, 2022
Prayer lets God into the world; prayer lets humans into God’s presence. Prayer allows us to become truly human.
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