Breathe. Deeply.

Posted by Elaine Zecher
On February 22, 2019
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Welcome to Shabbat Awakenings, a weekly reflection as we make our way toward Shabbat. Do not underestimate the power of Shabbat. If you breathe, you appreciate Shabbat. Everywhere we look now, scientific studies assert the importance of pausing, stopping, turning off and breathing deeply as a healthy practice in the course of our lives. Our […]

Posted by Elaine Zecher
On February 15, 2019
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Welcome to Shabbat Awakenings, our weekly reflection as we move toward Shabbat. What does God really want from us? The Torah, then the Mishnah and joined by the Talmud seek to understand the desires of the Divine. In this week’s Torah portion, we learn how to ascertain what God wants. That is the good news. […]

Posted by Elaine Zecher
On February 8, 2019
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Welcome to Shabbat Awakenings, a weekly reflection as we head toward Shabbat. It is a curious explanation. Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them. (Exodus 25:8) Let me explain. We have moved from redemption as slaves in Egypt to the acquisition of Torah at Mt. Sinai and, in this week’s […]

Posted by Elaine Zecher
On February 1, 2019
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Welcome to Shabbat Awakenings, a weekly reflection as we move toward Shabbat. As we move from the focus on the Ten Commandments in last week’s portion, we turn our attention to the legislation of kindness this week. Through these verses, we discover a methodology to practice caring whether it is our enemy and his ox […]

Posted by Elaine Zecher
On January 25, 2019
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Welcome to Shabbat Awakenings, a weekly reflection as we make our way toward Shabbat. This is the first, the wildest and the wisest thing I know: that the soul exists and is built entirely out of attentiveness. Mary Oliver, the poet extraordinaire, wrote these words, but even more, she lived them. We can, too. We […]

Posted by Elaine Zecher
On January 18, 2019
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Welcome to Shabbat Awakenings, a weekly reflection as we move toward Shabbat. As we embark on this Shabbat of Justice and the days to follow, we enter into the great moment of redemption of the Israelites. We relive that moment of glory when the sea opened up and the people made their way toward freedom. […]

Posted by Elaine Zecher
On January 11, 2019
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Posted by Elaine Zecher
On January 4, 2019
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Welcome to Shabbat Awakenings, a weekly reflection as we move toward Shabbat The past Wednesday night, I participated in the Inaugural Interfaith Service of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor, an invitation-only service at Morningstar Baptist Church in Mattapan. It was my honor to be asked, and to offer the closing remarks, which I share with […]

Posted by Elaine Zecher
On December 27, 2018
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Welcome to Shabbat Awakenings, a weekly reflection as we make our way to Shabbat. The beginning of the book of Exodus begins with a master lesson on hate with a hint to its antidote. It begins with clear information: what are the names and the total number of those of Jacob’s family who ended up […]

Posted by Elaine Zecher
On December 21, 2018
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Welcome to Shabbat Awakenings, a weekly reflection as we make our way toward Shabbat. Elie Wiesel said that the opposite of love is not hate; it is indifference. But, when it came to define the opposite of a righteous person, a Tzaddik, he pointed directly to its opposite, to that of an evil person, a […]

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Adult

Youth

Breathe. Deeply.

Light and Wholeness

The Silent Cry of the Soul

Empathy: A Lesson

Attentiveness

Seeds of Redemption

Apocalypse Fatigue

Leadership

Hate and Its Antidote

The Righteous and the Wicked