Welcome to Shabbat Awakenings, a weekly reflection as we make our way toward Shabbat. You can listen to it as a podcast HERE. Sometimes the simplest instructions are the hardest to do. This week we turn to the prophetic reading in II Kings 5.  There we learn of the commander of the Aramean army, named Na’aman.  His name meant […]

  This year Passover is an experience of mindfulness. It has been the opportunity to be present in a time when the magnetic force field of Covid 19 persistently draws our anxiety and attention to it. We must be vigilant in that regard. The virus threatens our very existence and we ignore it at our […]

Welcome to Shabbat Awakenings, a weekly reflection as we move toward Shabbat. You can listen to it as a podcast HERE. Welcome to Shabbat Awakenings, our weekly reflection as we make our way toward Shabbat and this week, Passover. The Israelites knew suffering. They understood cruelty and demeaning labor. How could they not as slaves? […]