by Sarah Zadok | Oct 22, 2014 | Music and G-d
Music was my first introduction to spirituality. Chassidic philosophy was my second. I choose music like I choose friends: I stay close to good vibed, good hearted and truth telling artists, inevitably dipped in the blues, rock, jazz and grit. My inner soundtrack...
by admin | Oct 12, 2014 | Life Lessons, Personal Development
This morning found me at the hospital with one of my kids waiting to check in for a small, out-patient procedure. The number 699 flashed in red above the reception desk, I pulled number 714 and looked for a seat. I scanned the chairs and noticed four men in matching...
by Sarah Zadok | Sep 28, 2014 | Grief & Loss, Personal Narrative, Relationships
I learned early on that prayer is primarily about communication. l learned this first from watching Harold and Maude, then years later in a Torah class. For the most part, my M.O. as far as prayer is concerned has been to simply talk to G-d, kind of like I would to a...
by admin | Aug 14, 2014 | Personal Development
G-d communicates with us all the time. The Ba’al Shem Tov brought this simple truth to life with his famous teaching: “There is not one leaf that falls from a tree that is not divinely ordained.” The idea that G-d is constantly engaged with our world is a not new...
by admin | Jun 17, 2014 | Israel, Personal Development
I’m not the best pray-er in town (as I’ve mentioned elsewhere), but these past few days I’ve been saying psalms with more intention and intensity than I have in a long time.Tough times have me leaning a little harder on G-d, ain’t no two ways about it. The news of the...