As we come into the final week of Adar Rishon, may we listen in the Torah’s call and be mindful of how we spend our time.

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Time is on Your Side. Adar I, Week 4

We take time during this week to give thanks to our ancestors and send blessings to the children.

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Adar I , Week 3 — There is a Place for You with Me

Listen, the Mystery calls:

There is a place for you with me.

I am standing right beside you.

And this is my name:

Compassion, Grace, Patience, Love, Truth, Generosity, Forgiveness.

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Place these Words Upon Your Heart. Adar I, Week 3

What we focus on—the intentions, ideas and attributes we bring into our system—shapes and guides our actions. Energy follows intention.

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Adar I , Week 2 — Let Me Surround You

Place the sacred before your eyes.

And inscribe visions, ideals and dreams upon your heart.

Bring forth your offerings.

Lift up your gifts.

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Where Does the Time Go? Adar I, Week 2

Adar Rishon, the first Adar, is an extra month—additional time. Added only 7 times every 19 years, its presence calls us to wonder about and explore our relationship to time. How do we engage with this precious gift?

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Video: Rabbi Yael Levy — Months of Adar

The two months of Adar begin this week with a mighty ruach, reminding us to cultivate curiosity and wonder.

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Adar I, Week 1

This first week of Adar Rishon, we ask ourselves with gentle kindness:

What is my relationship with happiness?

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Shevat Week 4 — Coming Down from the Mountain

After the thunder, the lightning, the fire and smoke of Mt. Sinai—

After the experience of the Infinite filling us with light and love—

How do we live?

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18 Shevat 5779 —Listening Deeply into the Heart of All Things

“I”, “we”, “you”, “us” disappear. There is only One. Only One.

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Shevat 5779 — The Ten Utterances

As we stand at Mt. Sinai and amid thunder, lightening and a mountain filled with flames, we listen as the One speaks to our hearts.

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17 Shevat 5779 — Mysterious Unfolding of Creation

Let us recognize and bless the Mysterious unfolding of creation,

In each moment

Now and always.

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16 Shevat 5779 — Garment of Destiny

"We are tied together in the single garment of destiny, caught in an inescapable network of mutuality. And whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly."

Daily IntentionsAway InJanuary 22, 2019Shevat, Martin Luther King Jr.