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Guiding hearts toward wholeness, compassion, and the living presence of peace.

Newsletter · By Rabbi Melinda Bernstein 🕊️ · Official site

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Sep 25, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 25, 2026

    Under an Open Roof (opens the original)

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    Dear friends,Sukkot begins tonight.For seven days, we are invited to leave the solidity of our homes and enter a temporary dwelling—a sukkah—with walls that may shake and a roof deliberately open to the sky.Sukkot may be one of the most honest holidays we have.We leave the solidity of our homes and enter a temporary dwelling—a sukkah—with walls that may shake and a roof deliberately open to the sky.It does not promise permanence.It does not promise protection from everything.It asks us to sit in

  2. Issue · Sep 20, 2026

    How Forgiveness Is Landing This Year (opens the original)

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    Yom Kippur begins tonight.It is our sacred invitation to reflect, make amends, forgive, and release what we no longer need to carry.And forgiveness is landing well for me this year.Maybe because I am older. Maybe because I have addressed my own health challenges and am finally emerging from the burnout of years of caregiving. I still care for others, but I no longer disappear inside the caring.And maybe because I’ve finally come to terms with grief I couldn’t name for a long time.Mostly, I think

  3. Issue · Sep 11, 2026

    The Birthday of the World (opens the original)

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    Dear friends,Rosh Hashanah is sometimes called the birthday of the world.I love that image.Not because the world suddenly becomes new when the calendar turns, but because it reminds us that creation is still happening.Around us.Within us.Through us.A new year gives us a moment to ask:What do I want to create from here?But perhaps there is another question worth asking:What am I willing to give myself this year?More compassion.More rest.More honesty about what I need.More time with the people who

  4. Issue · Aug 30, 2026

    A Season for New Beginnings (opens the original)

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    Dear friends,There are times in life when we are invited to begin again.Not necessarily because everything has changed, but because something within us has. We see more clearly. We recognize what we are ready to release. We remember what matters. And perhaps we become willing to take one small step toward living differently.The Jewish sacred season that begins with Rosh Hashanah and carries us through the High Holy Days into Sukkot is built around this ancient human journey.But you don’t have to

  5. Issue · Aug 23, 2026

    Five New Psalms for the Human Heart (opens the original)

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    Dear friends,Sometimes the soul needs somewhere to place what words cannot hold.I’ve written five new psalms for some of the tender places we encounter in life. Perhaps it is no coincidence that these psalms emerged as we enter Elul, a month that invites us to turn inward, tend to what remains unresolved, and prepare our hearts for renewal.All five are… Read more

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