Starting in May, 2020, KZoom sessions became available on Shefa’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7eHYlx6H7hsWN0o89ti4aQ/. December, 2021 On Thursday, December 30th through chant we encountered God’s Presence in this moment of revelation. True Face Whose Face? Wise Heart Shehechiyanu: A Meditation on This Moment During the KZoom session on Thursday, December 23rd we were sent onto the … Continue reading KZoom Archives 2017-2021 →
Chapter 8:6-7 Set me as a seal upon your heart, A sign upon your arm, For Love is as strong as Death Its passion is as harsh as the grave, Its sparks become a raging fire, A Divine Flame. Great seas cannot extinguish love No river can wash it away, If a man tried to … Continue reading Shir HaShirim (Nitzavim) →
Chapter 8:3-4 His left hand beneath my head, His right arm embracing me, Daughters of Jerusalem swear to me That you will not awaken love Until it is ripe. Who is that rising from the wilderness Leaning upon her beloved? I awakened you beneath the apple tree, In that same place where your mother Conceived … Continue reading Shir HaShirim (Ki Tavo) →
Onward and Inward The advances of technology are truly astonishing. When I have a question, I go and ask the oracle — Google. When I want to see my grandson who is far away, we use FaceTime. My computer has become a portal to the wide, wide world. Now, I grew up watching The Jetsons, … Continue reading Yom Kippur 5777 (2016) →
If someone handed me a Judaism that was formed and fixed and said, “Here this is yours,” I would reject that “thing,” knowing that if I accepted it, it would constrict me, imprison me in a closed system. Its internal logic would be compelling and I would be trapped. The offer that I heard was … Continue reading Judaism Is a Verb →