Repentance Inside
What does it take to internalize a deep sense of repentance, so that real change is possible? What will it take to be the man G-d…
Read articleLet Your Heart Stir
This three-stanza prayer/poem reflects the spiritual journey of t’shuva, repentance and return. The first stanza represents the month of Elul, when we are literally called to…
Read articleRules for Being Me in Jerusalem
This is a private meditation. That is, I don’t expect that it speaks fully to or for anyone but me. I wrote it several months ago, but it didn’t…
Read articleRhythms, Revised for Elul 5772
This meditation is about contrasting rhythms of life, time moving in a straight line and holiness moving in circles. Although it can be said at any…
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