As the Spirit Moves Me

Do you ever question your beliefs about Your religion? Do you question God’s word, the value of the commandments, the teachings of the forefathers, the meaning of the rituals and prayers? They say the Jewish people are God wrestlers. We don’t always accept God’s word or anything to do with our religion without questions, without [...]

December 16th, 2011 | Tags: God wrestling, Matisyahu, religious beliefs, religious practices, shaving | Category: consciousness, container for receving, Jewish mysticism, Judaism, Kabbalah, moving through fear, religious practice, spiritual path, spiritual practice | Leave a comment

As I wrote in yesterday’s post, we must give as well as receive. The two are integrally connected. Indeed, when we give, we open ourselves to receiving. We also become “like God,” since God is the Giver and we are the receivers. We, therefore, move closer to God, reducing the separation we tend to feel [...]

January 6th, 2011 | Tags: connecting to God, desire fulfillment, Giving, Rabbi Ashlag, Receiving | Category: conscious creation, consciousness, container for receving, Deliberate Creation, Divine Purpose, Giving, Kabbalah of Conscious Creation, Rabbi Ashlag, Receiving | Leave a comment

One of the major premises in my work, both my writing and teaching, revolves around the need to give as well as to receive. The two are integrally connected. Indeed, when we give, we open ourselves to receiving. Yet, we don’t want to give in order to receive. When we give, we make room to [...]

January 5th, 2011 | Tags: connecting to God, Giving, Kabbalah of Conscious Creation, Rabbi Ashlag, Receiving | Category: conscious creation, container for receving, Deliberate Creation, Giving, Jewish mysticism, Kabbalah, Kabbalah of Conscious Creation, Rabbi Ashlag, Receiving | Comments (1)

The Hebrew word kabbalah comes from the Hebrew verb “lekabbel,” whose root kbl means “to receive” or “to welcome.” Thus, Kabbalah means “receiving” or “reception.” Most people define Kabbalah as a wisdom tradition or mystical tradition received from teacher to student, handed down from generation to generation. Thus, we receive it from someone. We become [...]

June 8th, 2009 | Tags: how to receive, Kabbalah, kabbalah means received, kabbalah means reception, Kabbalistic, light, Mitch Chefitz, Rebbe Nachman, Receiving, Still Small Voice How to hear God, what is Kabbalah | Category: container for receving, Jewish mysticism, Kabbalah, Rebbe Nachman, Receiving | Leave a comment

I’ve been mulling over how one can seemly go from lack to abundance in one fell swoop. Maybe it’s simply a mindset, though, a change in perspective. My husband felt the lack of a job so profoundly for the four and a half months he was unemployed. He also felt the lack of any job [...]

April 21st, 2008 | Tags: tikkun olam, tithing | Category: abundance, container for receving, lack, Rebbe Nachman, Receiving | Comments (1)