Spirituality

The Earth as a Source of Wonder

The Jewish practice of blessing natural phenomena awakens us to the fact that the earth is a wonder, a witness, and a spiritual mystery.

Creativity as Spiritual Practice

Judaism teaches that each of us is endowed with creative capacity simply by being human.

How to Experience God in Your Body

Jewish wisdom isn't just meant to be intellectually understood, but embodied. Here's how.

How Hasidic Wisdom Can Change Your Relationship to the Natural World

Hasidic wisdom offers an alternative to the dominant Jewish paradigm which places human needs at the center of our relationship with the earth and its creatures.

How Hasidic Wisdom Can Improve Your Life

Hasidism is a philosophy of devotion, not self-help. But that doesn't mean it won't improve your life.

Hasidic Wisdom on Overcoming Obstacles

The key to overcoming obstacles in life is not to meet them with force.

The Goodwill Shofar

An unexpected thrift store find

What Hasidic Wisdom Teaches About Sadness

Holism, healing and the heart in Hasidic theology.

Hasidic Wisdom for the End of Life

What we can learn from the deathbed stories of Hasidic rabbis.

Holding Chaos and the Divine Simultaneously

The biblical story of creation offers a blueprint for dealing with disasters, like a global pandemic.

Songs for Solitude

Three Hebrew language greats offer us very different poetic perspectives on isolation.