Thursday, December 19, 2019 – 21 Kislev 5780

Vayeshev: Genesis 37:1 – 40:23

Potiphar’s wife makes sexual advances towards Joseph.  When Joseph refuses, she schemes against him, and Joseph is imprisoned.

Set yourself free to live continually in the moment and stand in your divinity.  (Method, p. 27)

Friday, December 20, 2019 – 22 Kislev 5780

Vayeshev: Genesis 37:1 – 40:23

Joseph interprets dreams for his fellow prisoners, a skill which will eventually earn Joseph his freedom.

If you want to achieve greatness, take one small step at a time.
Bal Shem Tov
(Success, p. 210)

Saturday, December 21, 2019 – 23 Kislev 5780

Vayeshev: Genesis 37:1 – 40:23

When you are living fully, you are totally engrossed in what you are doing:  you and the action become one.  At the point of destiny you will feel total engagement between what you are doing and who you are being; total integration between God’s dreaming in you and your dream; and total union between God’s will and your will.  (Success, p. 221)

Sunday, December 22, 2019 – 24 Kislev 5780

Miketz: Genesis 41:1 – 44:17

Joseph interprets Pharoah’s dreams, and establishes a plan to save the people during the foretold famines.

The energy you give to the things you think, say and do is available for all time and to all people.  Can you imagine what your thoughts, words, and actions of goodness and peace today can do for tomorrow?  When you expand your reality, your possibilities are limitless.  (Nobility, p. 301)

Monday, December 23, 2019 – 25 Kislev 5780 – 1 candle

Miketz: Genesis 41:1 – 44:17

This is the beginning of Chanukah, the Festival of Lights.  Chanukah celebrates the victory of the Maccabees over the Assyrians, the rededication of the Temple (164 BCE), and the miracle of a single day’s oil giving light for eight days.

The only certainty that you can hold on to is the light that God pours into the foundation of your being.  (Wisdom, p. 81)

Tuesday, December 24, 2019 – 26 Kislev 5780 – 2 candles

Miketz: Genesis 41:1 – 44:17

God has dreamed a dream in you, and the realization of that dream is essential to your well-being and the well-being of the universe.  As a vessel of joy for God’s light, your dream effortlessly unfolds.  You will know your dream is real when what you do in life feels naturally good to you and serves goodness to others with ease.  (Success, p. 221)

Wednesday, December 25, 2019 – 27 Kislev 5780 – 3 candles

Miketz: Genesis 41:1 – 44:17

It is difficult to light the way so others will not stumble, then to walk away non-attached.  Your inclination might be to stay and light more candles, watch them glow and burn.  Yet the selfless one realizes that in the lighting of just one candle, a series has begun, whereby one candle will light another, and yet another, and so on.  Your task is only to release the sparks.  (Compassion, p. 133)