In this week's Torah portion,Toldot, we are told that Yitzchak marries Rivkah at age 40. He is comforted from the loss of his mother, Sarah, when he marries her. In last week's Torah portion, we read how much he was comforted by Rivkah's presence. Rashi says that for the entire time that Sarah was alive, there was a constant light illuminating from her tent that was connected to her merit. This light returned when Rivka came into the tent. Yitzchak's darkness lifted. Most o

Parshat Masei and Mindful Walking Meditation This week’s Torah portion, Masei, mentions 42 places where B'nei Yisrael, the children of Israel, encamped in their forty years in the wilderness. We are not told the names of all the places. Just imagine the logistics of hundreds of thousands of people journeying through the wilderness and stopping to rest from their wanderings and setting up camp! Why is this mentioned? Sometimes we recall places that we visited fondly or nostalg