Shternie Bell
Gratitude: A lot or everything?
In keeping with current events, and with Thanksgiving taking place just yesterday, I debated which of two themes is more significant at...
Shternie Bell
- Nov 18
- 2 min
Seasons
Inspired by a drive down Santa Fe Ave The trees stand with their leaves aflame A multitude of colors, the breeze carries them gently to...
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Shternie Bell
- Nov 11
- 2 min
My Speech at Shabbat 100
When we thought of doing this mega Shabbat dinner, we were not quite sure what we were taking on. Standing here tonight feels quite...
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Shternie Bell
- Oct 21
- 2 min
The Original Beginner's Mind
Are there any real beginnings and ends? A Talmudic quote "Their beginning is wedged in their end" hints at the circular nature of things,...
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Shternie Bell
- Oct 9
- 2 min
An Embodied Home
Tonight we enter the 15th of Tishrei, the full moon of this month. We've prayed and fasted, an intensity to the first 2 weeks of this...
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Shternie Bell
- Sep 30
- 2 min
It's a Big Month After All
Have you ever gone away to summer camp as a child or teen? Do you remember how much was packed into one month? Summer camp was looked...
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Shternie Bell
- Sep 23
- 2 min
Lessons from a viral TikTok
I sat down at my computer to write my weekly Torah thought. I first went on Instagram for what I thought would be a few minutes but...
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Shternie Bell
- Sep 16
- 2 min
Return to Self
Teshuva is a central theme in the month of Elul, the holiday of Rosh Hashana, the 10 days of Teshuva and it culminates on Yom Kippur....
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Shternie Bell
- Sep 9
- 3 min
Expanding Time
We just returned from nearly 3 weeks away visiting New York and England for a wedding. Whenever I travel I marvel at a similar thought....
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Shternie Bell
- Aug 28
- 2 min
The Field
Where is there greater capacity for love to grow? In unconditional acceptance, overlooking of flaws and an endless supply of compassion?...
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Shternie Bell
- Aug 11
- 2 min
Cracks Let the Love In
Whether it is our own perception of ourselves or the way others might see us, we all want to be viewed as whole, complete, okay. We will...
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Shternie Bell
- Aug 5
- 2 min
Seeing With Spirit
The story is told of a Chassid who was walking outside at night. Looking up at the starry sky, he fainted. When revived he said that he...
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Shternie Bell
- Jul 29
- 1 min
Crying and Laughing Together
Happy Rosh Chodesh! Today is the first day of the month of Av. The period of mourning intensifies as we enter what is referred to as "the...
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Shternie Bell
- Jul 21
- 2 min
Indestructible Sanctuary
We are now in the period of the 3 weeks between the 17th of Tammuz and Tisha B'av, the 9th of Av. This time is marked as a period of...
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Shternie Bell
- Jul 14
- 2 min
The Power in Brokenness
Which relationship is stronger? The one that remains steady and firm, unchallenged and consistent? Or the one that has been tested,...
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Shternie Bell
- Jul 8
- 2 min
Shedding Layers
Do you remember the feeling as a child when your toes started to reach the edges of your shoes, the feeling of them being squeezed...
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Shternie Bell
- Jul 8
- 2 min
Why a Leader?
Two millennia before Karl Marx, Leon Trotsky, Rosa Luxemburg, El Lissitzky and many other Jewish socialists there was a man named Korach....
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Shternie Bell
- Jul 8
- 2 min
Virtual Reality
A group of professionals were trying a VR experience. Before donning their headsets, they were told that they would see a view from a...
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Shternie Bell
- Jul 8
- 2 min
Heaven and Earth Meet
What goes up must come down, states the law of gravity. What about the other way around, does what came down, always eventually ascend...
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Shternie Bell
- Jul 8
- 2 min
True Union
In a healthy relationship of two people, be it a marriage, friendship, business partner or other, each person maintains their individual...
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