Eight Days of Sukkot, eight days of Qohelet (free to download, share and teach).

Eight Days of Sukkot, eight days of Qohelet (free to download, share and teach).

Eight Days of Sukkot, eight days of Qohelet (free to download, share and teach).

Eight Days of Sukkot, eight days of Qohelet (free to download, share and teach).

Eight Days of Sukkot, eight days of Qohelet (free to download, share and teach).

Eight Days of Sukkot, eight days of Qohelet (free to download, share and teach).

Eight Days of Sukkot, eight days of Qohelet (free to download, share and teach).

Eight Days of Sukkot, eight days of Qohelet (free to download, share and teach).

Today marks 21 days along the journey of the three weeks culminating in the deepest darkness of the 9th of Av– where the crack in everything open to utter destruction. Sitting in the depth of absence exposes complete suffering. On the eve of our destruction, I turn to new fruits offered by the Hebrew poetr, Sivan Har-Shefi. Dr. Sivan Har-Shefi … Read More

19/21: (Monday) Today marks 19 days along the journey of the three weeks where the crack in everything beckons a polishing the luminal darkness of this time. Yearning emerges for finding a lost connection to divine presence amidst apparent absence that becomes more refined with suffering. Such contemplation of this absent presence is expressed here Benjamin Shevili’s recent collection, Poems … Read More