Juliet I. Spitzer

The Omer period in the Jewish calendar are the 49 days between Passover and Shavuot. During this time, we have the opportunity to rectify deficiencies by focusing on balancing various attributes within ourselves. According to Kabbalah, each of the weeks we count represent one of the lower seven sefirot/Divine emanations. Each day of the week […]

The rabbi of Berdichev saw a man hurrying along the street, looking neither right nor left. “Why are rushing so much?” he asked the man. “I’m rushing after my livelihood,” the man answered. “And how do you know,” said the rabbi, “that your livelihood is running on before you so that you have to rush […]

I am determined to cultivate only thoughts that increase trust and love, to use my hands to perform only deeds that build community, to speak only words of harmony and aid. — Thich Nhat Hanh “Angola_general” by SIM USA is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 

You need not do anything Remain sitting at your table and listen You need not even listen, just wait You need not even wait Just become quiet and still and solitary and the world will offer itself to you to be unmasked It has no choice It will roll in ecstasy at your feet It […]

Open me to silence, Sound Creator; Clear my ears from the background of my life, Quiet the highway of my  emotions As they growl with gridlocked traffic. When I calm my soul I can hear You. Open me to silence, Sweet Singer; Switch off the electronic noise makers, The automatic switches I flip unawares, That […]