Toldot: Staying Hungry
Toldot: Staying Hungry
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This week’s Torah portion is Toldot: Staying Hungry.
“‘Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish.’
Those were the closing words of Steve Jobs’ famous 2005 commencement address at Stanford University. It is a provocative idea. How is staying hungry helpful? Isn’t the sensation of hunger uncomfortable, painful, and even sometimes intolerable?
I am not talking about actual hunger or malnourishment. I’m talking about the daily feelings of desire and craving that seem to bring us a lot of pain and suffering.”
About the Author
Special thanks to Yael Shy and our friends at the Institute for Jewish Spirituality for joining us in creating weekly Shabbat moments for your Friday nights.
Yael Shy is the CEO of Mindfulness Consulting, LLC, where she teaches and consults on mindfulness for universities, corporations, and private clients around the world. She is the author of the award-winning book, What Now? Meditation for Your Twenties and Beyond (Parallax, 2017), and the founder of Mindful NYU, the largest campus-based mindfulness initiative in the US. Yael is a graduate of the IJS Jewish Mindfulness Teacher Training Certification.
