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Rabbi Jill’s Meditation & Mindfulness Booklist

Jewish Meditation & Mindfulness Books (* most highly recommended) As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support! *Meditation App: I use Insight Timer (available on the Apple & Android app stores.) See you there! Bloomfield, Diane. Torah Yoga: Experiencing Jewish Wisdom Through Classic Postures. Jossey-Bass, 2004. *Boorstein, Sylvia. That’s …

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Lovingkindness (Chesed) Practices and Resources

Judaism holds that the world was built with chesed (lovingkindness) We read in Psalms: Olam Chesed Yibaneh עוֹלָם, חֶסֶד יִבָּנֶה (The world is build with chesed*) Psalm 89:3.  Our entire world is not only built with chesed but continually sustained our acts in the world. A few weeks ago, in our Hineni community, I taught …

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Connecting with Breath and Spirit

Every living being breathes.  From our first breath to our last, we are given this unasked-for gift.  Our breath arrives for us each moment like a miracle.  And then our bodies answer, with our exhale out into the universe – letting go, releasing a bit of who we are to the All.  It is the …

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Blessing Practice

As we begin to turn toward the season of forgiveness, for ourselves and others, there are several practices, we can learn that help soften our souls.  One beautiful (and effective) practice that helps us cultivate compassion in and for ourselves and for others is called Blessing Practice (or Lovingkindness Practice). My teacher Sylvia Boorstein teaches …

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The Breath

Our class yesterday, entitled “Connecting with Breath and Spirit” was all about how to begin or continue a mindfulness practice .  We looked at a few verses from the very beginning of Genesis that reflect how core breathing is to all life.  We read that “Adonai/The Mystery/Source of All formed the human being of the …

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