]> http://www.shalomctr.org/taxonomy/term/113/all en http://www.shalomctr.org/node/263 <p>Rabbi Arthur Waskow<br /> <H2>CHAPTER V: From <I>Seasons of Our Joy</I></H2> (Beacon, 1990)</p> <p>S h'mini Atzeret teaches us to put seeds of Yod, of new life, quietly underground, there to hibernate until the spring. But it is hard to wait. We need some proof of new life now. So Sh'mini Atzeret also carries within itself the proof of the flowering. On the second day of the festival we turn from the natural world to the Torah &#151; and behold, its end leads at once to its beginning!</p> Sun, 06 Nov 2005 15:17:56 -0500 http://www.shalomctr.org/node/239 <p>Rabbi Arthur Waskow</p> <p><B>Simchat Torah: Dancing with the Torah<br /> </B><br /> One major contribution Reb Zalman made to the renewal of Judaism was recasting and renewing the Sphirot of Kabbalah, and he did a lot of this thru Simchat Torah.<br /> On that night we danc</p> Sat, 08 Sep 2001 21:46:40 -0400