How to Want Less (meditation)

Rabbi Alon C Ferency by Rabbi Alon C Ferency

Aug 13, 202613:09Religion & Spirituality

What do we really need? And once our needs are met, what is it that we desire? In this meditation on "Bal Tashchit," the Jewish teaching against needless destruction, rooted in Deuteronomy 20:19, we’ll slow down and noti...

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