10 Iyar 5773 | April 20, 2013
25th Day of the Omer
Learn to be quiet.
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 learn to be quiet, still and solitary.
And the world will freely offer itself to you unmasked.
It has no choice,
it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.
Franz Kafka
9 Iyar 5773 | April 19, 2013
24th Day of the Omer
8 Iyar 5773 | April 18, 2013
23rd Day of the Omer
The longer I live, the more important people have become to me. At this stage of my life, nearly everything I do-even related to personal growth-is motivated by a desire to help others.
7 Iyar 5773 | April 17, 2013
22nd Day of the Omer
It's possible that I am pushing through solid rock
In flintlike layers, as the ore lies, alone;
I am such a long way in I see no way through,
And no space: everything is close to my face,
And everything close to my face is stone.
In the wake of recent tragic events, we offer this prayer.
To the City of Boston
By Rabbi Karyn D. Kedar
Suddenly,
in the light of day
darkness was revealed.
We are in shock. Stupefied. Angry.
Sad.
God,
If the heart of every living being is good,
and if the soul you have given us is pure,
how does evil appear?
Hear our prayer!
Help us to have faith when there is doubt.
Bring healing to those in pain.
Comfort us in our grief.
Give us courage in our confusion.
Grant us strength
to look straight into the darkness,
defiant and determined
to pursue peace and establish safety
in our fractured world.
Oseh shalom bimromav
You who make peace in the high heavens
Help us find the way to make peace here on earth.