The Torah that G-d gave to Moses and the Jewish people at Sinai contained two parts: The Written Torah (the Five Books of Moses), and the Oral Torah, which explains how the Written Torah is lived, understood, and applied. From the days of Moshe Rabbeinu (Moses) until the time of Rabbeinu Hakadosh, the Oral Law […]
The soul’s strengths are awe and love. The mind lets you live through those strengths. Trauma weakens awe. Not because the soul is broken, but because the nervous system learned to stay guarded. When the mind focuses on the Creator’s greatness and oneness for a few minutes, it creates awe. Awe opens you emotionally. That […]
*Correction on previous posts: Chabad Rebbeim explain feelings of aggression are through the Sefirot/energies of Netzach/Victory and Hod I write G-d below, because a Jewish tradition is to bury pages in the ground with G-d’s name when they are no longer used, instead of throwing in the garbage, it’s an act of reverence, it helps […]
Not far away watching from the outside. Kabbalah uses light to explain how G-d connects to the world. Not because G-d is light, but because light helps us understand something important. Light has two simple qualities: 1. Light shows there is a source If you see light, you know something is shining. 2. Light is […]
Not because sadness is the goal. But because sadness is part of awe. Awe is when something feels bigger than you and you realize you are connected to it. It stretches you. It humbles you. It reminds you that life matters. Sadness is often the feeling of touching something meaningful and realizing it isn’t fully […]
has no beginning, and created the universe because He wants a relationship, because His essence is unconditional love itself, one question becomes impossible to avoid: “What are we doing with our lives?” A relationship happens when there is a ‘you’ or ‘I’ that is connecting. Connection begins with a felt awareness and grows through appreciation, […]
Sinai was a one-time event. There will not be another Sinai style revelation. No thunder and lightening. No mountain shaking. No voice from the sky. Not because G-d is now far away. But because the work is different now. Nothing new is being added. Every idea. Every insight. Even the wisdom of the future. It […]
“Creation has a beginning, the creator does not, we know this b/c the universe reveals infinite power and wisdom, and infinite means no beginning” A real relationship isn’t just belief or effort. It’s something you can feel. If there’s no joy, intimacy isn’t really happening. Many people feel like something is off in their relationship […]
Perfectionism isn’t one thing. It depends on how a person learned to feel safe. Trauma adaptive fight, flight, freeze, and fawn all try to be “perfect” in different ways, and all of them try to avoid a hard process. 1. Fight perfectionism “I must be right.” Arguing, controlling, overpowering others. Harm gets explained away as […]
Not because he was mean. Not because he held a grudge. But because they never asked him themselves. After Jacob (Israel) passed away, the brothers got scared. They did not go talk to Joseph. Instead, they sent messengers. And the messengers said: “Your father said before he died, Please forgive now your brothers’ crime and […]