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By Sarah Schneider Where does the Jewish obsession with food come from? Actually, there are some deep spiritual roots to the Jewish obsession with food- what, how, and when it should be consumed...
By Sarah Schneider There will come a time, blessed and welcomed by all, when the feminine will have greater access to transcendent consciousness, and when that happens, she will bestow and man will receive from her...
By Sarah Schneider The main work for this time is to formulate our goals, visions, and resolutions for the coming year. We are given hints by G-d regarding what we should pray for, both in a positive and negative sense, by awakening in us specific yearnings and fears...
By Sarah Schneider The collective vessel of the people of Israel is an organism unto itself that has its own life path and journey from birth to maturity...
By Sarah Schneider The “vessel” of one’s life is too small right now to receive and perceive this new increment of good (and G-d). It must stretch beyond itself to accommodate the new light, which is forcing its way in. The process is painful. The dilation hurts. One sees ...
By Sarah Schneider Iyar is the only month in the year where every day has a special, time-bound commandment to perform. This newborn chunk of soul is receiving daily work on ourselves...
By Sarah Schneider A circle has no beginning or end, and every point is equidistant from its center; so it is for souls. Truly, it is impossible to rank them, for each is the most beloved in the scale of values that is its perfected virtue...
By Sarah Schneider The development of the feminine is the rectification of the world
By Sarah Schneider The Torah’s account of the petition presented to Moses by the daughters of Zelophehad is relevant both to women seeking halachic support for change, and to the rabbis who are ruling on their questions.
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