Thursday, March 28, 2019 – 21 Adar II 5779

Shemini: Leviticus 9:1 – 11:47

The dietary laws are given to distinguish between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten, and thereby sanctify the people by avoiding the unclean.

Notice the many ways Infinite energy becomes a possibility in your life.  It is possible in the way you care for your soul by the thoughts you think; in the way you nourish your body by the foods you eat; and in the way you nurture your relationships by the actions you take.  (Intention, p. 47)

Friday, March 29, 2019 – 22 Adar II 5779

Shemini: Leviticus 9:1 – 11:47

“You shall sanctify yourselves and you shall become holy, for I am Holy.”

I believe that God created each one of us to be who we are and to continue to unfold the magnificence of who we are becoming.  (Living Waters, p. 323)

Saturday, March 30, 2019 – 23 Adar II 5779 – Shabbat Parah

Shemini: Leviticus 9:1 – 11:47

Shabbat Parah occurs on the shabbat after Purim.  Its special Maftir contains the account of the red heifer cow, which is pure and without blemish.

My God, the soul
you placed within
me is pure, you
created it, you
fashioned it, you
breathed it into
me, and you
protect it in me.

Talmud
(Intention, p. 40)

Sunday, March 31, 2019 – 24 Adar II 5779

Tazria: Leviticus 12:1 – 13:59

God speaks to Moses regarding the cleansing period after childbirth…..

Only with an inner loving environment can you nurture yourself to continue growing and birthing new dimensions.  (Creativity, p. 270)

Monday, April 1, 2019 – 25 Adar II 5779

Tazria: Leviticus 12:1 – 13:59

Through the voices that are both ancient and new, we learn not only that the Bible is our wedding contract with God, but that when we touch our bodies, we touch God; when we pleasure ourselves, we pleasure God; when we shed blood, we shed the blood of God; when we are in union with another, we are in union with God; when we birth new life, we birth new forms of God; and as our bodies change, our image of God changes. 
– Rabbi Shoni Labowitz – (God, Sex, and Women of the Bible, p. 29)

Tuesday, April 2, 2019 – 26 Adar II 5779

Tazria: Leviticus 12:1 – 13:59

Aaron and his sons are to see skin and its various eruptions and determine who is clean or unclean.

Witness without judging.  In non-judgment, you observe without analyzing, accept without criticizing, and act with virtue.  (Strength, p. 155)

Wednesday, April 3, 2019 – 27 Adar II 5779

Tazria: Leviticus 12:1 – 13:59

“The Kohein shall see him, and behold, the skin-eruption has turned white; the Kohein shall declare the skin eruption to be clean, he is clean.”

Look at yourself in the mirror and begin seeing through the lenses that color everything in beauty.  Accept each part of your body as a beauty of nature and wonder of life.  Practice this with people you meet during the course of your day.  You will notice that when you see beauty, the beauty is reflected back to you.  (Harmony, p. 200)