About the Author
Sara Yoheved Rigler
Sara Yoheved Rigler is the author of three best-sellers: Holy Woman, Lights from Jerusalem, and Battle Plans: How to Fight the Yetzer Hara (with Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller). She is a popular international lecturer on subjects of Jewish spirituality. She has given lectures and workshops in Israel, England, South Africa, Mexico, Canada, and over thirty American cities. A graduate of Brandeis University, after fifteen years of practicing and teaching meditation and Eastern philosophy, she discovered "the world''s most hidden religion: Torah Judaism." Since 1985, she has been living as a Torah-observant Jew in the Old City of Jerusalem with her husband and two children. She presents a highly-acclaimed Marriage Workshop for women [see www.kesherwife.com] as well as a Gratitude Workshop. To invite her to your community, please write to slewsi@aol.com.
Sara Yoheved Rigler's new book, God Winked: Tales and Lessons from my Spiritual Adventures is now available. The tales collected in this book span the breadth of her colorful, adventure-filled life. The lessons derive from a dizzying variety of sources: A Hassidic Rebbe in Jerusalem; A guru in Varanasi; A Kabbalist in rural Israel; Girls at a Calcutta orphanage; A clown; A cat on a dangerous military mission, and more. The tales in this book will make you laugh - and cry. The lessons will transform your life. Click here to order.
Sara Yoheved Rigler’s free introductory webinar for married women is available at http://www.jewish-e-books.com/syrfreeworkshop.html.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
Jerusalem's Old City and Temple Mount – the focal point of Jewish destiny – is in danger of being relinquished.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
A yeshiva student's heroic choice.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
Prominent scientists show the efficacy of trust in God to treat anxiety.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
The Chanukah battle isn't over yet.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
Breaking the empathy barrier this Yom Kippur.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
We are finally recognizing that reality includes a spiritual dimension. But somehow God has gotten lost in the shuffle.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
What would a world without Torah look like?
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
Actualizing your potential on the Days of Awe.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
January 2001: a cross-section of hundreds of thousands of Jews gather to express their love for Jerusalem.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
The current turmoil and the memory of miraculous redemption.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
A meditation for Shavuot.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
How did my father transform himself into gold?
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
Twelve years after contracting Lou Gehrig's Disease, Dr. Rahamim Melamed-Cohen, now totally paralyzed, enjoys a life of productivity -- and love.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
I was introduced to Dvir at his funeral.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
Passover is about redeeming our core identity.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
Rav Noach himself was the living embodiment of the fire of Torah.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
A day on the home front.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
The urgent imperative of Jewish unity.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
Most interactions are with people whose private pain is hidden from us. How can we make sure that we do not add to their distress with a harsh word?
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
Quite the contrary. Learn how to choose freedom this Passover.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
Countering the economic meltdown with a spiritual climb up.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
Judaism is not a fast-food religion.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
Do we each have our price?
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
How an 8-year-old is holding down the borders of Israel.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
This Passover stop the backseat driving.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
Some surprising lessons are unearthed with Saddam Hussein.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
Quite the contrary. Learn how to choose freedom this Passover.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
How the Jews can win when we can't win.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
The joys of living with the family.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
Sukkot and Judaism's bailout plan.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
People who do great things become great people.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
If Jews believe in a blissful afterlife, why does death cause us such inconsolable grief?
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
My neighbor, my superhero.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
What no Jew can ignore.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
One woman's experience of Israel's national nightmare.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
A diary written in German unravels a mystery that changes a woman's life.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
How can someone so great be so humble?
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
Extracting the significance behind the party.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
The eternal value of cheering up sad people.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
Passover: Why redemptive things happen to good people.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
What was the secret of her greatness?
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
How to bring God's palpable presence back into our world.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
Beware. Forces of Estrangement are lurking everywhere.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
The idealism and faith of Israel's Army.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
A funny thing happened on my way to saving the world.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
They're wrong, but are you right?
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
Seventy-five orphan girls in Calcutta taught me the real meaning of thanksgiving.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler
Is it a Jewish value to yield or to resist?