Audio Teachings
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The Paradox of Jewish Uniqueness (5787 / 2026)
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The Me'or Einayim on Not Knowing and Starting Over (5785 / 2024)
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A New Darkness, A New Light (5784 / 2023)
Hineni Yoga Flow Video
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About the Bereishit video
This week we read Parshah Bereshit, the story of creation.
We’ll explore the Ba'al Shem Tov's teachings on creation through breath, movement and mindfulness.
Accessible class, open to all. No prior experience necessary. Join the recording below…
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Parshat Bereishit Hineni Yoga Flow
Word as Image: Bereishit - Four Rivers of Eden
A visual midrash by Chana-Toni Whitmont
Click the image below to explore the piece in full, see it up close, and discover the teachings and ideas that inspired its creation.
The Sefirah of the Parshah
The kabbalistic meaning of the weekly portion
From Rabbi Shlomo Barya Schachter:
Among the core teachings I received from my father, Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l, was that the Torah itself shares the same anatomical structure as the human being and the year.
This anatomy is expressed through the Sefirot — specifically, the forty-nine combinations of the seven lower Sefirot that we attune to while counting the Omer.
By pairing certain traditionally conjoined parshiot, the Torah’s weekly portions can likewise be mapped onto these forty-nine Sefirotic combinations: beginning with Bereishit as Chesed sheb’Chesed and culminating with Zot HaBrachah as Malchut sheb’Malchut.
In this weekly series, we will briefly explore these correspondences and consider how each parshah illuminates its corresponding Sefirah.
In this first video, I discuss the deeper kabbalistic meaning of the very first portion of the Torah - Breishit - and its correlation to the quality of Chesed shebeChesed - the Expansive Generosity of Loving Oneness.