Understanding Lonlieness Through The Prayers of Kabbalat Shabbat

I was honored to be invited to offer a teaching for My Jewish Learning, the web’s leading pluralistic, nondenominational Jewish educational resource, and I did so on Divine Loneliness and Kabbalat Shabbat, a reflection on the idea that God, too, might be lonely, yearning for connection, and how Kabbalat Shabbat might be a salve for that experience. You can watch it here.