Adar

Esther acted without guarantees, entering the king's court before knowing how the story would end — and Taanit Esther teaches us to do the same: to fast, gather, and refuse indifference while we still stand inside the tension of waiting. Read More

When God told Avraham to count the stars from within his great darkness, He was passing on an inheritance — the power to discern light in the blackest sky — and Esther proved we have never forgotten how. Read More

Just as the glass and the water need each other, the body is not an obstacle the soul must endure but a holy vessel — and honoring both as sacred partners is how we fully serve God. Read More

Esther cried out to God alone and called a whole nation to pray with her, and that is the quiet heart of Adar — the mishloach manot we hand a neighbor are made not of silver but of longing, a golden heart that gives. Read More