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You may have noticed that we鈥檙e in an election season.

Undoubtedly, the standard of living has improved since the industrial revolution, particularly for many in the West. There was a time not long ago that phones, colour TVs and cars were only for the rich, and the poor could only dream of having them.

Imagine a young woman whose leg is injured. She walks with a limp. Though she puts in effort, it seems as if her leg will never fully heal. Eventually, she gives up trying.

Going Down to Go Up Judaism is overflowing with maps of spiritual transformation. One prominent example from 岣�asidic Mysticism is the path of descending for the sake of going higher [ yerida l鈥檛zorekh aliyah ].

Rabbi Matthew Ponak is offering a four-part online lecture series on August 12, 19, 26 and September 2, 2021 all from 6-7:30 pm PT It is a myth that Judaism 鈥渉as always been this way.

Where do our moral and ethical values come from and how are they related to our religious and ethnic identities? Clearly, our moral judgments evolve over time.

Please take a minute or two to reflect on all the times in your life when you felt really happy. For example, those that you can term as ecstatic experiences (hope you had a few of them). Recollect two or three of them.

鈥淭he invisibility at the heart of things was traditionally named the deus absconditus , the 鈥榗oncealed god鈥�,鈥� but ours is 鈥渁 culture that marginalizes the invisibles.鈥� So says psychologist James Hillman鈥檚 The Soul鈥檚 Code .

The world at the moment faces many difficulties, and the foundations of our civilization have been threatened. One of those challenges is religious prejudice.

Like many I was so pleased to be back in my place of worship last week. COVID in many ways has given us the opportunity to view our world differently.