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Rabbi Amy Eilberg

May 17, 20203 min read

The Pandemic as a Teacher

Who do you want to be when the virus has passed? How will you have changed?

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Rabbi Amy Eilberg

Apr 25, 20204 min read

A mysterious disease strikes

When we have come through this, let us turn our pain, fear and loneliness into a new way of being with others and as citizens of the world.

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Rabbi Amy Eilberg

Jan 18, 20203 min read

The Balance between Righteousness and Self-Righteousness

Ometz lev is a quality of willingness to speak truth to power and also a quality of the heart: strength tempered by love and gentleness.

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Rabbi Amy Eilberg

Oct 19, 20193 min read

In the Sukkah, as in life, we are both vulnerable and safe

Ten months after the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989, I moved to Palo Alto. When our first Sukkot arrived, members of the Jewish community...

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Rabbi Amy Eilberg

Sep 18, 20193 min read

Can I Really Change?

Rabbi Levi Yitzhak teaches that with every breath we take, God breathes life into us as on the day of creation.

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Rabbi Amy Eilberg

Aug 16, 20193 min read

Why This Rabbi Protested U.S. Immigration Policy on Tish'a B'av

I have been to many demonstrations at Palo Alto City Hall. But there was something special about the one on Aug. 11, for Tish'a B'Av.

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Rabbi Amy Eilberg

Jul 4, 20193 min read

Leading with Fear or with Faith

The Israelite spies were sent on a sacred mission and they failed spectacularly. Why? Because they let fear overpower them, overwhelming...

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Rabbi Amy Eilberg

Mar 8, 20193 min read

A Navigation System for Life's Journey

When life is stormy and confusing, wouldn’t it be amazing to have a spiritual navigation system to tell us what we need to do?

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Rabbi Amy Eilberg

Jan 3, 20193 min read

Why Not Gratitude?

(published in Yashar, the Newsletter of The Mussar Institute, January 2019) When my daughter was a little girl, she had an uncanny...

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Rabbi Amy Eilberg