Congregation Beth Mordecai
Congregation Beth Mordecai
An inclusive congregation affiliated with the Conservative Movement.
Your Jewish Home for the Soul!
An inclusive congregation affiliated with the Conservative Movement.
Your Jewish Home for the Soul!
April 15, 2016 By bethmordecai no comments.
Reflecting on an On Being podcast featuring David Whyte...
"Alertness is the hidden discipline of familiarity"
- in "Everything is Waiting for You" by David Whyte
Dear Hevreh,
Imagine that noise has disappeared. You sit or stand without the reverberations of the world around you. Are you scared, elated, or confused by the weight of silence? We must imagine a world full of silence because our lives are not silent; they are a messy mixture of noise and actions. And even when there are opportunities to be still, we cannot. We mindlessly click on our phones when nothing else is going on, reflexively hoping to fill that silence some useful action.
Yet what if we can find a way[...]
Category : Rabbi Rabbi's Journal Shabbat Tag : Alertness David Whyte Familiarity Noise On Being rabbi rabbi's journal sh'ma shabbat shema Silence שמע
October 21, 2013 By bethmordecai no comments.
Learn how to chant the first paragraph of the Sh'ma
Category : Learning Online Learning Ritual Practice Tag : first paragraph sh'ma shema v'ahavta veahavta yisrael
April 25, 2013 By bethmordecai no comments.
Learn to read the 3rd paragraph of the Sh'ma
Category : Jewish Ritual 101 Learning Online Learning Ritual Practice Tag : sh'ma shema tzitzit vayomer