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The Baal Shem Tov, or Besht —  the founder of Chasidism — 
met the soul of the Messiah during an ascent to heaven. 
The Besht asked him, "When will the Master come?" 
The Messiah answered, "When your wellsprings break forth to the outside!" 
(from a letter written by the Besht to his brother-in-law about one of his soul ascents) 


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You are listening to Richard Kaplan's "Kinah L'Khurban Gan Eden" ~ Lament for the Destruction of Eden
A prayer for the sea for Rainbow Day (when Noah and co. left the ark and received the rainbow covenant, this year May 10th) and everyday while oil gushes into the Gulf:

Elohei haruchot (God of all Spirit), you gave all living creatures a rainbow covenant, to not destroy the Earth because of human sins, and now we are drowning the seas of the Gulf of Mexico with oil that we have unleashed. Please give us wisdom and strength to heal the seas; please protect the lives touched by that oil. May the holy sparks that our hands have scattered be restored to the Tree of Life. And may the whole of creation return to its original strength, so that we may see the rainbow, rejoicing and beautified with its colors. Yashuv hakol l'eitano harishon, v'niratah hakeshet, sas umitpa'er b'govanin. Barukh chei ha'olamim.

What's new or current? 7/7/2010

  • Tisha B'Av resources and downloadable Lamentations on neohasid.
  • Y'kum Purkan Lish'maya: A prayer for the earth ~ to use in personal prayer and in the Torah service. Something we need now more than ever.
  • A reference sheet on the Sefirot from Dr. Eliezer Siegel.
  • Also featured:
  • Rabbi David's articles on food, ecology and Judaism here.
  • Reb Zalman's nigun Bati LeGani.
  • Entries on the Moshav band, Rav Kook, the Rebbe's Ohel, Canfei and more ~ filed under Culture.


    "Chasidic-Egalitarian"?
    I guess it's not an oxymoron anymore.

    —David Roskies, JTS professor of Yiddish Literature,
    after the first meeting of the Chasidic Egalitarian minyan in 1995
  • לעילוי נשמת עזריאל גודל בן אפרים הלוי וידידיה     for my father

       The real issue of our age is how we make a graceful and ethical descent from the energy peak. ~ David Holmgren      

    StoptheFlood!    Eco-Torah

    Confronting global climate change
    in our lives and hearts

    Save the Negev
    Hope for the people, hope for the earth

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  • On the Kabbalah Centre.
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