This episode features a teaching and meditation by Rabba Mira Neshama Weil which she offered on Yom HaShoah vehaGevurah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. It includes the traditional prayer for the deceased, El Malei Rachamim – God, full of Compassion. In the meditation, Rabba Mira invites us into the challenging spiritual practice of cultivating compassion for those with whom we may disagree, based on the teaching in the weekly Torah portion to avoid hating others in our heart, and instead loving others as ourselves. In these especially contentious days, it is a difficult but essential practice for keeping our hearts open and maintaining our humanity in the face of enmity.
The meditation featured in this episode originally took place during the IJS Daily Online Meditation Sit on May 6, 2024. To join these FREE daily meditations live, sign up here.
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