Note: Includes bibliographical references , 1. "Pass not away?": yearning for a seamless life of connection , Seeking the sacred self , Yitro, (neo) Hasidism, and a new American piety , Approaching the thick cloud: working with obstacles in our spiritual growth , Who am I to go to Pharoah?? , The cry of redemption , All this and maybe?: the doubting servant , Taking in the Torah of the timeless present , Holiness in the kitchen , Eating as a spiritual ecosystem , Loving God with the evil impulse , A better way of being in the world, a way of compassion , Rabbi Nahman's "od": an ode of redemption , Spiritual friendship: go among people who are awake and where a light shines brightly? , Wrestling for love , The splendid bird: reflections on prayer and community , Praying from the depths ; Melila Hellner-Eshed ; The tainted produce: a parable of possibilities , Spiritual wounds , Sarah: God's teacher of compassion , Crisis and repair, trauma and recovery , Shabbat candle lighting , Why do we need the mitsvot? , Jacob's remedy: a prayer for the dislocated , On faith beyond perception: the Slominer Rebbe , Teyku: because Elijah lives on!