by Melanie Gruenwald This ten-day period between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur is often referred to as “The Days of Awe.” In Hebrew, this is expressed as “Yamim Noraim” (יָמִים נוֹרָאִים) How do we understand this word, nora נורא? In the bible, nora appears as awesome, or awe-inspiring—As in, “how Read more…
by Dr. David Sanders Inside the walled city of Gerona, Spain in the 13th century, Abraham Cantor penned a hopeful prayer which has been added to the Sephardic Rosh Hashanah liturgy since its composition. It is a short song of only nine stanzas and is known by its title “Little Read more…
We are delighted to announce the addition of four remarkable individuals to the Kabbalah Experience (KE) Board of Directors. Their diverse backgrounds, expertise, and shared passion for the spiritual growth of our community will help guide KE’s mission as we continue to expand our reach and deepen our impact. Meet Read more…
by Melanie Gruenwald Today is a heavy day for Jews around the world. A day when our hope has been cracked. Cracked, not broken. The semantics here matter. When something is cracked, from the outside it seems to be broken. But wisdom is knowing that a crack only allows more Read more…
by Dr. David Sanders A prominent theme in Kabbalah over the past 500 years has been the rebalancing of masculine and feminine energies on a communal level. At first this was presented only as a theoretical or as something that might need to wait until messianic times. The ascendency of Read more…
by Melanie Gruenwald I have two stories to share. A friend visited a neighbor’s house and saw a sign of political intent. You know the kind of metamorph- the sign on the front yard or the shirt that promotes a candidate. It led to discomfort, and wondering if Read more…
by Dr. David Sanders I have a general rule when it comes to the length of books I am willing to read. I don’t remember how this personal rule started. It may have been the three times I tried to read the entirety of Robert Pirsig’s classic, Zen and the Read more…
by Melanie Gruenwald My husband and I were in the mountains this past week, enjoying the Colorado summer. It’s a gift to live here, and to have time to bike, hike and explore together. We have been married almost 23 years. We’ve learned to navigate both quiet and busy and Read more…
by David Sanders Dedicated to Robin Glickstein Ten years ago we introduced into our curriculum a course on Holding Opposites. Within a year, the course was developed into a year-long curriculum. Many students have told me that what is taught in Holding Opposites indelibly informs their thinking and their Read more…
by Melanie Gruenwald Malchut: manifestation Making Time Count Over the past seven weeks, many people in the Kabbalah Experience community and the greater Jewish community have been mindfully engaged with the counting of time. We count up 49 days, marking the Israelites journey from slavery in Egypt, to accepting the Read more…
