Ruth Schapira
Your soul is speaking, are you listening?
Aren't I the only one here? What's this business about me, a soul and all this spirituality stuff? There's a lot of talk about soul (not...
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Ruth Schapira
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I wonder who atheists thank?
The saying “there are no atheists in foxholes” presumes that once under the threat of death, the most avowed atheist will plead to God...
Ruth Schapira
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Why should I change?
How different am I this week than I was the week before? The chameleon has it relatively easy. Spending not too much energy, he gets a...
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spirited prayer from an unlikely source
Several years ago, on a lazy Sunday morning toward the end of a weekend getaway, my husband and I were strolling down the main street in...
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Seeing and Not Seeing: Hagar's test
In what ways do I acknowledge God as the Source? Do I see the miraculous every day, or am I blinded by my own security in the regularity of
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Your Inward Journey: Lech Lecha
"One of the greatest religious problems is that people fear having a relationship with God and consequently distance themselves from...
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Add your light to the darkness
In the times of Noah, there was total lawlessness in the world. Just 10 generations (according to tradition) after Adam, the world is in...
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sharing my Jewish journey with you
(Posted originally on “Reclaiming Judaism”) This blog has become an intimate part of my life. I began writing it in 2011 as part of a...
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A corona Yom Kippur
If you would have asked me what words come to mind when I think about Yom Kippur, the word joy would never have made the top ten list....
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I needed to make the first move
It was not hard to take a back seat to my own spiritual growth. As a youngster, I dutifully attended High Holiday services but felt that...
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The True Jewish Meaning of Love
This is a new experience for me, responding to a reader request! After reading a post on Gratitude, I was asked to write about Love....
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Elul: The vanity of individualism
“..the more enamored we are of our selves, the more fixed we are in our own ‘realities’, limiting the possibilities of our awareness.”...
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The Secret Hebrew Meaning of Gratitude
The Joy of Gratitude Hebrew is a language with deep meanings that go way beyond an outer definition, and to understand foundational...
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What is a mitzvah, really?
Mitzvah. Good deed? Commandment? You might be most familiar with the word mitzvah as it appears in Bar or Bat Mitzvah which is usually...
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