by Rabbi Belgrad | Aug 27, 2020
Chevre, To understand what it means to live b’chavana, with intention, let’s consider the opposite: doing things by rote; living on autopilot; habit without awareness. Being satisfied with the same-old, same-old. Not thinking, never mind not thinking outside of the...
by Rabbi Belgrad | Aug 20, 2020
Chevre, When first I shared my vision for this community with you, I explained that I chose the name B’Chavana – intentional – because I wanted this to be a community designed with intent and because I wanted to support people in their desire to live lives of meaning....
by Rabbi Belgrad | Aug 13, 2020
Chevre, “The sword comes into the world, because of justice delayed and justice denied” (Pirkei Avot 5:8) “Man bites dog,” they say, will make the newspapers; “dog bites man” will not. And if “man bites dog” appears frequently in the newspapers it becomes another “dog...
by Rabbi Belgrad | Aug 6, 2020
Chevre, Recently, I received an email from a colleague whom I respect and esteem. He invited me to join “Rabbis for Biden,” whose goal is to “help Joe Biden become President of the United States.” Even though I think Mr. Biden is the better candidate, I will not be...
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