Pinchas: Coming Forward 

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This week’s Torah portion is Pinchas: Coming Forward.

What does it take to move from the margins to the center? To come forward from the periphery and stand up, in the fullness of our posture, when the circumstances of our lives so often tell us that slouching, crouching, or hiding is the safer and better option?

This week’s Torah portion features five named women (the daughters of Zelophehad) who step up, speak out, and change the course of Jewish law, it also features God approving of the sisters’ courageous request. The Zelophehad daughters teach us about the strength and the power that comes from the act of coming forward and asking for what we want.

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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.