Ruth Schapira3 minBeing in the Wilderness: A Shavuot ExperienceThe quiet allows the voice of our soul to emerge On the week before Shavuot, we begin the fourth book of the Hebrew Bible, known in...
Ruth Schapira2 minYom Kippur JuxtapositionsHow can I reach the heavens when all I can think of is that I need some caffeine? Yom Kippur heightens the juxtaposition between the holy...
Ruth Schapira2 minThere’s no secret sauce: we already know the recipe for Jewish engagementHow many ants does it take to move an elephant? That’s what the traditionally bureaucratic Jewish community feels like to me sometimes,...
Ruth Schapira2 minQuestions and a Meditation Before Yom Kippur“…and after the earthquake a fire; but The One was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice….” Kings I 19:12 Am I coming...