Va’eira
Do you plague the world or does the world plague you?
It is one thing to take the body out of slavery, it is quite another to take the slavery out of the body. Transforming the finite into the infinite requires a process. The steps are called plagues. It begins with water into blood, cool indifference into hot life. Then comes frogs, followed by a tale of lice and men; then wild beasts, pestilence, boils, and a hail cocktail one part fire one part ice. Pharaoh’s heart is like a hard rock café – only without the café. Seven plagues later and the people are still enslaved in Egypt.
Vaeira: Why is Paris Burning?
Inside “secrets” provide perspective to current events in France — and the world — illuminating for us: why is Paris burning? Why is France, of all places, at the forefront of today’s upheavals?
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Man Is a Tree of the Field: Of Trees and Men
“Man is [like] a tree of the field,” and the Jewish calendar reserves one day each year—the “New Year for Trees” on the 15th of Shevat—for us to contemplate our affinity with our botanical analogue and what it can teach us about our own lives.
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Vaeirah: Your Life: The Ultimate Journey
For what purpose did your soul come into this world? Discover your collective and individual purpose and gain insight into spiritual existence.
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Vaeirah: Jerusalem Diary II
A detailed account of a trip to Israel (part II) including a visit to the Old City and the Dead Sea and the meaning derived from them.
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