We were also strangers.
by Melanie Gruenwald Transformative Kabbalah reminds us to pay attention to seen and unseen reality- to connect the finite to the infinite, and recognize how they are each held in the other. In our Soul class- we explore the Ohr/ infinite-light-energy that is sourced in creation and the Kotnot Or/ physical ‘garments of skin’ that […]
Light, Darkness, and Meow Wolf
by Melanie Gruenwald My family recently visited Meow Wolf, an immersive art experience that opened in Denver, September, 2021. Stepping into the exhibit was like traveling down Alice’s Rabbit Hole- a place where time and space were transcended. According to the Meow Wolf website, participants: Discover immersive psychedelic, mind-bending art and an underlying rich narrative […]
Believe.
by Melanie Gruenwald My family and I have been watching Ted Lasso, the popular new show on Apple TV about an American football coach, who is recruited to be a soccer (football) coach in England. Ted Lasso is an unlikely hero, who has no experience on the soccer field. He hangs a sign above the […]
Hineni, Hineni
by Melanie Gruenwald According to the Torah reading over Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish new year)- Abraham is called on by God to sacrifice his son, Isaac. Abraham’s response to God is “Hineni,” or in English, “I am here.” And when Isaac calls to his father to understand what is happening, Abraham responds again, “Hineni.” God’s […]
The Masks of Simone Biles
by Melanie Gruenwald Simone Biles, the 24- year old GOAT (Greatest of All Time) world-champion gymnast, withdrew from the Olympics this past week. After concerns about a physical injury, we were curious to learn more when we heard she withdrew due to mental health concerns. In Transformative Kabbalah, we study ‘masks’ as those we are […]
Sanctuaries in Time
by Melanie Gruenwald Today we celebrate Rosh Hodesh Tammuz, the beginning of the month of Tammuz on the Jewish calendar. Jewish time is marked by the cycles of the moon. A new moon begins a new month. Just at the moment when the light of the moon is most diminished, it begins to grow again. […]
A letter to my moms: In honor of Mother’s Day
by Melanie Gruenwald I am blessed to have two moms in life, the one who gave birth to me, and the one I chose when I married her son. Dear Mom(s), On the Jewish calendar, we are on a path of journeying. We move from Passover to Shavuot, journeying from slavery in Egypt to […]
My Spiritual Journey
by Melanie Gruenwald In early 2020, before we realized COVID was a pandemic, before we spent a year with limited physical and social interactions, David Sanders published Pass Over to Freedom: A Spiritual Journey, Kabbalah Experience’s Haggadah. Reviewing the pages of the book, and preparing for my spiritual journey in these weeks leading up to […]
You Might Not Live Through This
by Melanie Gruenwald March 24th of 2016 (on Purim!) my vibrant, bright-eyed, 11 year old son, Koby, was diagnosed with glioblastoma, an incurable brain tumor. The future we assumed would be his suddenly evaporated. We had in front of us significant recovery, as a result of the damage caused by the tumor breaking, and we […]
V is for Vaccine
by Melanie Gruenwald V is for vaccine. For vulnerability. For victory. For a virus that does not want to be recognized. Every conversation I have lately, seems to have the common theme- are you vaccinated, when are you getting vaccinated, where are you on ‘the list,’ how are you feeling if you have been vaccinated, […]