Av: Disaster and Consolation
by Rebbetzin Tziporah HellerThe same covenant that promises suffering, promises redemption.
The same covenant that promises suffering, promises redemption.
With only 30 days left in the year, Elul is a time of yearning, forgiveness and return.
Looking at the world from its inner spiritual core outward.
How the High Holiday season actually culminates with Chanukah.
Now is the time to put into action all the hopes, prayers and resolutions we made at the start of the Jewish New Year.
Cheshvan is when darkness reigns, yet growth begins deep beneath the surface.
Each of us has to fight off darkness in our own way.
The spiritual significance of the month of Shvat.
Purim teaches us to appreciate the world's awesome beauty, amidst so much chaos and horror.
The month that moves us out of being enslaved to our egos.
The power of turning the bitter into sweet, sickness into healing.
At Sinai we moved above and beyond, where the whole truth dwells.