Feeding the body is how we survive, but feeding our soul allows us to thrive. In the portion of Terumah, God instructs Moses: “Build unto me a Tabernacle, so that I can dwell within you.” In this story, there is a disagreement between Moses and Bezalel, the chief artisan of the Tabernacle, regarding how it should be constructed....
“When in doubt, do nothing. Let the situation evolve around you.” This was something my late husband, Rav Berg, would often say. We see this concept illustrated at many a turning point throughout the Bible, including this week’s portion of Beshalach – most famous, perhaps, for the splitting of the Red Sea. At The Kabbalah Centre, we...
On the surface, this week’s portion of Chayei Sarah is a simple story about a woman named Sarah, who passes away at the age of 127. Yet, when one sees through the eyes of the Zohar, it becomes something so much more than a story. It becomes a code. For instance, the Bible tells us that Sarah was 127 years. What does it...
A new beginning. How do you feel when you read those three words? What does it bring to mind? A clean slate, perhaps. A chance to make things different. A new and improved version of ourselves, our lives, and maybe even our world. That is precisely the possibility that this week affords us. This 7-day...
When get together to pray as a group, the thousands of people listening to us online and the thousands of people who fill our Centres throughout the world, we are drawing a powerful force, lifting our hearts to say, “Are you listening, God?” We need to be able to bring spirituality to the world so...
There is a story about a simple shepherd boy who did not know how to pray. He was sad because he did not know how to reach the Gates of Heaven. Nevertheless, he desired so strongly to know and be close to the Creator that he stood outside the house of prayer, took his whistle,...
Music is a universal language. Leonard Bernstein said, “Through music you can reach the unreachable and communicate the unknowable.” In music we can find love. We can find joy, even sadness. Anything that you choose to find, you can find in the world of music because it is a creative language that speaks to the...
There’s a Kabbalistic story about a person who goes to his teacher and says, “I have been calling to God, begging, pleading and asking Him for this one thing and he never seems to answer me.” The teacher turns to the student and says, he has answered you. The answer is no. It’s a simple...
Most of us never call to God when we are really happy, when everything is going great. Oftentimes, we only find the space to call out the Creator when we need something from Him, and sometimes its almost like He has to make a reason for us to so much as think about Him On...
