..., and meetings to provide a meaningful and spiritually connected context to our work. Let’s explore a new translation of Psalm 23. A Messianic psalm YHVH, the Loving Transformative Power of the Universe, is my shepherd—my guardian I shall not want Its energy causes me to lie down in green pastures...

... strengthen our connection and love, learning new ways of being, of relating, and opening our hearts till the waters flow forth giving birth to new life, to new possibilities. And please YHVH answer our cries—guide us because we are lost and lonely and scared in the desert, often unable to see the waters...

... Commandments as a powerful example of such a universal- particular vision. Rooted in a description of God (YHVH, or Being itself) as the force that liberates the oppressed and the poor, the commandments form the armature of a new society. In the biblical story, the commandments are conceived/received...

..., generosity, and justice possible. It took the elohim (the various forces that had been understood to be sacred) and recognized them as one unified Force, a Force whose essence was freedom, love, justice, transcendence, and compassion: YHVH. So long as humans are trapped in material scarcity, class...

... is a placeholder for the name of God that’s actually written there, spelled YHVH. Likewise, in the commandment about taking “the Lord’s” name in vain, the text actually says the Hebrew equivalent of the letters YHVH. The word itself is unpronounceable. YHVH. It’s all air and breath. We are never supposed to even...

... and drink the first glass: Barukh ata YHVH, Eloheynu Melekh Ha’olam Borey pree ha gafen. Now, create blessings and toasts to the struggles for liberation that continue around the world . We thank God and the universe for enabling us to celebrate together this evening. Brukh ata YHVH Eloheynu...

... and animals. Eating meat perpetual worth as a manifestation of purer form of diet—one without violence, can be considered a ChilulHaShem, a des­ God in the world. By escorting their killing, or the spilling of blood. ecration of YHVH’s name, due to the de­ remains with dignity and community...

... institutions, the traumas of the past win, and God’s attempt to draw us toward becoming a holy people loses. I am heartbroken at the way this worship of the State of Israel has replaced following the path of YHVH, the God of transformation and compassion. I, the State of Israel, am the state of all...

... a it s a t t r i b u t e d t o YHVH (HaShern) as recounted in the covenant with Moses that is recited on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, which is the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. On this (continued on page 70...

.... The prophet imagines a world in which all people are ruled from Jerusalem by a God called YHVH. It is probably enough for most readers to replace Jerusalem with Tehran, and YHVH with Allah, to see the potential for an ideology of domination. I myself stay closer to home and imagine Israel’s Chief Rabbinate...

... (YHVH or, in English, "God") that made the acting as Pharaoh to another people. Exodus possible can, at this very moment, make it possible Yet w7e also have to approach these issues with a high de­ for the world to be transformed and liberated from all forms gree of compassion...

... of the universe, see its glory, and celebrate and honor it. Without us, the universe would not be able to step back and witness her glory and greatness. In that moment, the words I have used for God/Goddess/YHVH — the Healing and Transformative Power of the Universe — transformed from mere words...

...). The name of God throughout the Hebrew Scriptures, YHWH or YHVH, is repre­ sented in Christian Bibles as “the LORD.” That’s not a translation; it’s a substitute for the holy, unpronounceable name. But what does it mean...

... than liberation of slaves from Egypt taken him to the point where existing festivals of the winter with the kind of liberation at by a God YHVH who is, in he was justifying the war in equinox: the hopeful affirma­ the heart of both religions. Lemer’s words, “the Force of Iraq...

... to only open the heart to the divine—to HaShem, to God, to YHVH, to Allah—and neglect love of other lives, that insight into the mystery of life, the secret of the One, will not be realized. Jesus summed it up very nicely (quoting the Torah), when he said the method of obtaining fulfillment is to love...

... and Transformation (YHVH), did the waters split and the Israelites walk through them. Would you be willing to jump into those waters today? For example, you might jump into those waters by: Championing nonviolence and a new foreign policy based on the strategy of generosity embodied in the Global Marshall Plan...

... that tears of the Israelite slaves. The green vegetables we dip in they really believed in the Force of Healing and Trans­ the water suggest the possibility of growth and renewal formation (YHVH), did the waters split and the Israelites even in the midst of grief. walk...

... people in Egypt. We (SAY TOGETHER) The world can be changed, we can must let their people go. be healed. Telling the ancient story reminds us that the same Blessing over the first cup o f wine. Power in the Universe (YHVH or in English, “God”) that made the Exodus...

..., in others, and in the spiritual reality of the universe enough to know that the path of love and generosity will never be defeated. This path is ontologically rooted in the nature of the universe, which some of us call God, YHVH, or Allah. The Force of Healing and Transformation that governs the universe...

... to limit the impact of sexism, racism, anti-Semitism, homophobia, and other solidarity-destroying human pathologies. D espite all that, the S pirit of G od (or YHVH , the C hrist , Allah, Eros, the Shechinah, the Force of Healing and Transformation, the Buddha, the Goddess, species being, human...