Next, a lot of Jewish values are out there, but have been “taken over”. Rabbi Ken Spiro gives an amazing lecture on this. Show them where all our basic values come from. The Secret, Eckhart Toll (sp?)…they didn’t invent this stuff. Most of that comes from Kabbalah which comes from…yeh, Hashem. SHOW THEM!

I don’t think that the higher ups in the Jewish community are doing anyone any favours with their bickering, critiquing and infighting of who’s more Kosher or more Jewish. These guys need to CHILL OUT. Or just keep quiet.

Rabbi Burnham (project sinai) talked about the butterfly effect, and how a small act can make a huge difference. By focusing on small acts – lighting Shabbos candles, or giving charity, or saying the Shemah can bring about big changes. In ourselves. We also need to change this culture of me me me. People need to remember they aren’t praying to get things. They are praying for themselves. To connect. We live in this culture of “ok, i thought positive, i prayed, where’s my loot?” They think cause and effect. We need to lose that mentality.

We live in a culture that is too busy for spirituality. We also live in a culture where spirituality should bring “something” physical. I’m not sure people truly understand what that means. So before we go off and try to improve Judaism, i think we should think more of ways to fix (or market) to the people who have lost touch.