Ma'yan Tikvah's Divrei Earth

Spiritual Wisdom from Earth and Torah

Sep 92 min read

Earth Etude for Elul 7 Love Psalm from Elohim

Dear Ones, This Elul we greet and meet in fields of anguish, barely chanting salutations trapped in unrequited prayers waiting to be...

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Sep 82 min read

Repentant and Grounded: Allship in Elul

One of the reasons that we are called “Earthlings,”1 b’nei adam in Hebrew, is because our ability to return to a pristine state of...

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Sep 71 min read

Why Is Despair So Compelling?

The Chasidic Rabbi Nachman of Braslav (1772-1810) was a lifelong sufferer of what was likely depression. When, towards the end of his...

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Sep 51 min read

Earth Etude for Elul 4Arise

Arise / לָקוּם Enough! Too long have you stood still. Arise! Draw near and walk the verdant woodland trails with Me. אָז רַב לָכֶם...

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Sep 51 min read

Earth Etude for Elul 3The Tides of Teshuvah

Midrash Tehilim 65:4: “Teshuvah is like the sea which is never barred, so that whoever desires to bathe in it can do so whenever they...

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Sep 32 min read

Earth Etude for Rosh Hodesh Elul: Turning Earthward

I sit in my backyard on a cool and beautiful August day. Cicadas and crickets buzz. It’s a workday, but if my laptop’s on, even hours I...

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Sep 31 min read

Earth Etudes for Elul: An Introduction

Elul is a time for reflection, a time for teshuvah, return to G!d and to our best selves, in preparation for the Days of Awe, the holiest...

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