Shifra Hendrie

A Touch of Evil

A Touch of Evil The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it. Albert Einstein Anyone who watches the news knows that there are some truly evil people in... Read >

Reorganizing Your Life

Reorganizing Your Life I don't think there are many people alive today whose lives are stress-free. In fact, many of us - probably most of us - are experiencing more stress than ever before. But it's important to be aware that even though stress can b... Read >

The Journey Back: Part II

The Journey Back: Part II Evil, and freedom of choice, existed before Adam ate from the Tree of Knowledge. But then evil was something external from the person, and the two domains were completely separate. Man's mission in life was to "work and keep t... Read >

The Journey Back: Part I

The Journey Back: Part I "And G-d commanded the man, saying: ‘Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, you shall not eat of it; for on the day that you eat of it you shall surely die." Genesis... Read >

The Divine Puzzle - A Piece At a Time

According to the Torah, the world as we know it - a never-ending drama of struggle, evil and darkness - was never meant to last forever. Human history is rife with stories of man against man, nation against nation, rivers of human pain. But we are prom... Read >

LEAVING EGYPT FOR GOOD: The Inner Power of Passover

BS"D LEAVING EGYPT FOR GOOD: The Inner Power of Passover As in the days when you left Egypt, I will show you wonders. Michah, 7:15 On the fifteenth of the Hebrew month of Nissan, Jews around the world will sit together with family and friend... Read >

Breaking Out of Jail

Breaking Out of Jail: The Kabbalah of Transformation The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self. --Albert Einstein Who are you? Are you a mother, father, ... Read >

The Kabbalah of Adolescence

The Kabbalah of Adolescence Adolescence - The Darkness Before the Dawn Do you remember what it was like to be an adolescent? The anger, the confusion, the rebellion? The intense need to express yourself, even in ways that were upsetting to the peop... Read >

The Kabbalah of Leadership

With America focused on the lengthy and highly charged process of choosing the next president, the need for leadership - powerful, honorable, inspired leadership - is on many of our minds. But a true leader is not so easy to find. In fact, a lack of t... Read >

The Secret of the Void

The Secret of the Void All Alone in Here Several years ago I had a quiet but intense experience at the wedding of a close friend. I was early, and as I sat at my table I watched the other guests entering the room. One came in elated, dancing like ... Read >

Finding G-d* in the Details

Have you ever been excited about an idea, a project, or a goal, so excited that you felt like you could reach out and touch it - only to find that when you try to bring it into actuality the whole thing breaks down? It's a common experience. In it's p... Read >

YOU CAN NEVER HAVE ENOUGH OF WHAT YOU DON’T REALLY WANT

Life keeps getting faster and faster. More and more, we spend our time trying to make things happen, fitting more into each minute than ever before. But somehow, we are neither satisfied nor fulfilled. Why? Because the things we're running after so ferven... Read >

The Secret of Being Free

"The hurrieder I go, the behinder I get." Anonymous SO MUCH TO DO - SO LITTLE TIME Cell phones. Email. Video conferencing. The World Wide Web. A couple of decades ago, who could have imagined the world we take for granted today? With such inst... Read >

CAN PEOPLE REALLY CHANGE?

CREATING SOMETHING FROM NOTHING MOST PEOPLE NEVER REALLY CHANGE Sad, but true. Some people never even try. But those of us who do - and I assume that you are in that group - often experience great frustration and disappointment as we encou... Read >

The Kabbalah of Speech

"In the sixth century of the sixth millennium, the gates of supernal [heavenly] wisdom will be opened, as will the wellsprings of earthly wisdom, preparing the world to be elevated in the seventh millennium." The Zohar (a source text of Kabbalah) ... Read >