The secret ingredient
Tehilla R. GoldbergOct 01, 2009
Break out that bounty! It’s Sukkot! We are here to celebrate the autumn harvest of fruits. The colorful crops we have amassed. Be they in produce, in life, in...
Bridges
Tehilla R. GoldbergSep 24, 2009
Gesher tzar meod The world is a very narrow bridge (Rebbe Nachman of Breslov) FOR 10 days now, our lives are just a little bit different from any other...
Symbolic tastings
Tehilla R. GoldbergSep 17, 2009
I JUST love the Rosh Hashanah table. To me, it is brimming with abundance, blessing and bounty. Every Jewish holiday is rich with food symbolism, and every holiday has...
The symbolic womb
Tehilla R. GoldbergSep 10, 2009
AFTER each sequence and series of the call and cry of the shofar, all of us together as a congregation, like a refrain, say, Hayom Harat Olam, translated literally,...
Wanderin’
Tehilla R. GoldbergSep 03, 2009
YOU know how every night, for a few brief moments in the dark before you fall asleep it’s just you and your pillow and your thoughts . . . and […]
Elul in the Alps
Tehilla R. GoldbergAug 27, 2009
As the full glow of the moon of Av wanes, it reappears new and just barely there: Elul. And so this week begins the journey of our inner work of […]
Two Pestos’ cousin
Tehilla R. GoldbergAug 06, 2009
HAVE I got a sandwich for you ?. . . It all began long ago in a galaxy far far away in King Soopers marketplace in Denver, Colorado. That is […]
The broken shards
Tehilla R. GoldbergJul 30, 2009
Many know the tale of what caused the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem since they were children. The destruction of the Temple came through Kamza and Bar Kamza in...
Part of the fabric
Tehilla R. GoldbergJul 16, 2009
IT seems that adherents of every religion in Israel are respected, given the opportunity to pray at their respective holy sites. Except the Jews in Israel. I know the...
Privacy vs. transparency
Tehilla R. GoldbergJul 09, 2009
WHERE do you draw the line? We each share and hold back a certain amount of our personal lives. Some of us are naturally open, while some of us tend […]
