How to Hanukkah Here & Now: The Secret of the Spinning Top

 What’s Shmita got to do with Hanukkah – and what’s the real reason for the Spinning Top AKA Dreidel or Svivon? Check it out – *3 min. vid. *a quick read *and an invitation to read 8 short inspirations for each night, including my take on this joy toy.   3 min. video:  Amichai’s Secret of the […]

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Ready to Reset? Fallow Lab Begins this Week!

Ready to Reset?    I’m excited for this coming Wednesday, 10/22: First FallowLab Study Salon in NYC + online  This first salon is about charting the year ahead  – what are our personal goals for better balance between digital and actual? Why and how do we plan to reclaim an ancient agricultural system as a modern tool for […]

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34 of 40: Let’s talk about sex, porn & how to heal & upgrade the sacred life erotic.

Prepent: 40 daily reminders to change for good and go into a new year, better. read more/subscribe 34 of 40 Sep 29/Elul 4   There is this mystical prayer that entered the synagogue liturgy for Yom Kippur about a 100 years ago, recited just before Kol Nidrei, and only by men. It’s called Tefillah Zaka – the Pure […]

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The ancient Jewish farming practice that could cure your Facebook addiction

http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-features/.premium-1.617234#               The ancient Jewish farming practice that could cure your Facebook addiction A new shmita-themed program in New York called Fallow Lab aims to help get Jews offline. By Judy Maltz | Sep. 23, 2014 | It’s ancient biblical law meets digital detox movement. Or, what does laying […]

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