Personal
On this page you will find articles that focus on those chance or passing moments in our personal lives that appear to be outwardly small but are significant nonetheless for their influence upon our mood, our feelings of connection with others, and our spiritual lives.
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Organizing Your Room, Your House, Your Office, Your Affairs, Your Life
When I was a child, I spent hours building a tree house. Every day I’d drop my school
books on the kitchen table and run out in to the backyard. With the help of my best
friend, I build a second floor, put in carpeting and hung up artwork. My parents thought
that it was a wreck. But for me, it was the one place in the world I wanted to be. Away
from the chaos of school and family, I could sit in a world which made sense, on e in
which all the nails were pounded in, the walls painted, the floor swept. Today I stand
before the woolen singles’ bar that is my sock drawer and unite couples that were
meant to be. I pay the bills. I call a friend who I’ve neglected. I clarify my most
personal struggles. I bring order to this chaos one nail at a time.
Blessing:
(upon restoring order)
Baruch hamevi seder l’olam.
Blessed is the One who brings order to the world and who blesses our own efforts to bring
order.
Teaching:
"And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the
deep, and a wind from God moved upon the face of the waters." (Genesis 1:2) From that
beginning, God created the world and the perfect order of nature.
Bayom ha’hu Y’hiyeh Adonai echad u’shmo echad.
On that day the unity of God will be restored.
(CLAL Faculty)
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