The Parsha Portal

Raise Your Consciousness

A class on Parshas Naso. Step 1 of entering the desert —> Raise your consciousness. Clean out to fill. Create walls to fill the walls. Get a leash on the animal, and then you can redirect it. Walls and then furniture. The skeleton of our relationship with Gd. Selfless Devotion. Laws. Benefit of the doubt. The offerings of the 12 tribes. On paper, action is the same, only intention is different. We get to have different intentions and meditations, with each seemingly monotonous action. The desert of our lives. The children and the animals. Build a fence. And relax your shoulders. Raise your consciousness.

In the Deserts of Our Lives

A layered and hearty class on Parshas Bamidbar. A recap. How we got here. Bereishes. Where we come from. 2 beginnings. Shemos. Entering exile. The soul enters the body. Vayikra. Can I have of you. Your money. Your time. Your talent. Bamidbar. In the desert. New environment. The lessons live in you. In the structures you built. In your center. We’re ready to show up. Numbers. Each name. The collective. The individual. Factory. Cars. Engines. Structures. Chairs. Desert. Becomes The Promised Land. The integrated. The intention of love (Avraham). The framework of discipline (Yitzchok). The harmonious fusion (Yisrael). Protecting the center. The heart. The song. The center. Body. Heart. Mind. Structure. Emotions. Intellect. Man. Guarding our doors. Guarding our gates. Your input and your environment. First selfless and then assertive. In the human. The pleasure of the journey.

The Art of Being and Transcending

Parsha class on Parshas Behar-Bechukosai. At the mountain. In the mundane. Prisoners of nature. Torah allows us to transcend. Maaser. 6 - 7. The resting period of the land. The 6th year produces more. Against the laws of nature. Yesod - Malchus. Friday - Shabbos. 49 - 50. Ascending. Matan Torah. Beyond the barley. Living for the 7th. Not getting lost in the 7th. In my Chukim. In my engraving. Beyond my understanding. Attachment. Showing up when we don’t get it. Maaser. Your body. Your talent. Your time. Your expression. Find the spot. Give of yourself. You are eternally attached. You are part of His Oneness.

The Breakdown and The Breakthrough

A journey into the portal that is Parshas Tazria and Metzora. Highlights - Hitting breaking point. The wake up call. - Ego and speaking about each other. - Sowing. The seed. Underground. Time to be. To reflect. To process. - The punishment —> the opportunity. - Death and life. The shedding. The processing. - Sharing our stories. Preparing for redemption. Processing exile.

Torah in Transit: A Call to Freedom

A short class on some inner layers of Pesach.