May 13, 2024 | Eshel Out Loud
Our upcoming Celebration of Eshel is our version of a B*Mitzah party. We are celebrating all that we have accomplished so far in the past 13 years, and looking forward to our bright future. As we prepare to enter this next stage, we asked some of our friends (including our honorees) to reflect on what [more]
Apr 15, 2024 | Eshel Out Loud
At 3:27 on Monday, April 8th in Crystal Lake, Vermont the moon totally covered the sun for three minutes. The recent total eclipse was among the most stunning natural experiences of my life. I've seen Niagara up close and I rafted for a week on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. Both were wildly [more]
Feb 12, 2024 | Eshel Out Loud
Another new month! Last month, we explored journaling as a form of reflection. This month, as we enter Adar Aleph and February (a double leap year), let’s explore journaling as a form of self inquiry. Leap years are the way our calendar resets so that we don’t drift too far away from the cycles of [more]
Jan 8, 2024 | Eshel Out Loud
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Jul 14, 2023 | Eshel Out Loud
One of the most beautiful and fundamental teachings of the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of the Chassidic movement, is that every thought, feeling, and experience contains Divine light, and through this Divine light, everything connects to its Source. In the words of the Zohar, “Memaleh Kol Almin” – “(Hashem) fills all worlds”, and therefore [more]
