Welcome!

By Kerrick, office manager

This is Chochmat HaLev's new blog. Here we will be posting, by kind permission of our service leaders, teachers, and community members, some of the drashot and parsha commentaries offered in our synagogue. Since this is new for Chochmat, let me take this opportunity to open the circle and set our intention.

It is our intention to facilitate access to Chochmat HaLev's spiritual teachings. We intend to make the teachings available for those who can't attend particular services, or any services. We would like to give people who are curious about Chochmat a clearer picture of who we are. We would like to record memories of what we have shared together for the future, and we want to facilitate more discussion about our spiritual teachings and practices.

Because we believe that free flow of discussion is vital for spiritual learning and growth, we welcome comments on the teachings we post here. In consideration for your privacy and that of our young community members, comments will be hidden until made visible by the blog moderator. If we decide not to unscreen your comment, if you provide your email, we will get in touch with you and tell you why.

Similarly, if you have a spiritual insight or question you would like to share with the community, please email it to frontdesk@chochmat.org with "blog" in the subject line. I can't promise that we'll publish everything we receive, but again, if we can't, we'll be in touch with you to tell you why.

Everything published on the blog remains the property of the author. If you want to use something you found on this blog, you must get permission from the original author first. You can email frontdesk@chochmat.org with the author's name in the subject line and we will pass on your request if we are able to.

By giving us permission to post something on the blog, you give us permission to leave it up here for good. We won't republish it commercially without getting your further permission first.

Let us in our writings here, as in our speech and in our prayers, be mindful of one another. We are each of us pure souls. When confronted with nothing more than text on a screen, it is easy to forget that. Let us remember: We are all alike in our origins, and all different in the many ways we understand and express Divine reality. The differences and the alikeness alike are holy.