In our parsha, Va'etchanan, Moses warns the Israelites to obey and follow Torah lest they be exiled from the land, dispersed throughout the world. He then proceeds to predict that his warnings will go unheeded and indeed, the Israelites will eventually find themselves in galut, or exile, dislocated and distanced from home.  But, says Moses, if you seek G-d from that place (Heb. mee'shom), you will find the Divine. 

Finding G-d where we are now, beginning the journey home from our current situation is not easy at all. Often we are like children who ask, 'are we there yet?', restless and uncomfortable with where we are, we can lose sight of this profound teaching from Moses our teacher.

"Mee'shom: From Where You Are": Rabbi David Ingber on Parshat Va'etchanan, 5782

Excerpt from a farbrengen With Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, a celebration in honor of a their friendship. 

From the Schachter-Shalomi Collection, Archives, University of Colorado. http://libcudl.colorado.edu/zss/

Reb Shlomo's Message for the Torah and Dharma Conference

In honor of Parshas Emor, in honor of the six million, in honor of the millions who are coming home
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Reb Shlomo speaking to R' Zalman regarding the Torah and Dharma Confrence

An Elul teaching on sound and silence, song and imagination, return and recharge. Class handout: http://issuu.com/shiryaakov/docs/jcc-teshuva-songsheet

Rebbe Naftali Tzvi of Ropshitz proclaimed that the Heichal HaNegina (the heavenly Mansion of Melody) was next to the Heichal HaTeshuva (the heavenly Mansion of Return or “Repentance”), and the person who did not jump from the former into the latter was an absolute fool because the doors were interconnected. Regarding this statement, the Divrei Yisrael [of Modzitz] added: “Everybody says that the Heichal HaNegina is next to the Heichal HaTeshuva. But I say that the Heichal HaNegina itself is the Heichal HaTeshuva.”
Sefer Imrei Shaul, p. 309


The Palace of Return is Music Itself

STILL IN THE GAME

Highlights from a two-hour lecture by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi given 4/5/1981 at the B'nai Or Religious Fellowship in Philadelphia, PA. Originally entitled "Pesach for Adults". Learn more about Jewish Renewal at https://www.aleph.org

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14 What Are Your Four Questions About Judaism

Poetic meditation on the disquietude of a nation.

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Recordings of songs taught by participants in the niggun share at the 2017 Havurah Institute at the University of Hartford, CT.

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Basya and Scott bring you an electrified Hannukify this week, including songs by Basya, the Indigo Girls (yes, you read that right), DeLeon, Cantor Moshe Oysher, and Adam Green. Chhhhhapppy Chhhhhanukkah everyone.

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"Mee'shom: From Where You Are": Rabbi David Ingber on Parshat Va'etchanan, 5782

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