A Fountain of Blessings

About 18 years ago it was our very good fortune that Reb Marcia agreed to some "lessons" with my daughters as part of our homeschooling program. I will never forget sitting there listening to her teach them "Baruch Atah Hashem" - "a Fountain of Blessings" is our Creator - that one teaching itself, as she drew the "fountain" in their large sketch books, is an image that is forever sealed in my memory. It  transformed my experience of davvennen and meditation and stays alive inside me to this day; It is a concept that people of all religions whom I work with in therapy, find uplifting, strenghening, and transformative.  


And this is only one of many teachings from Reb Marica that have informed my journey both in my personal and my professional work.   With my girls, as she drew her magic in their large sketch books and encouraged them to dialogue with her, I could see that Marica was an amazingly gifted teacher.  I have been blessed to take many classes with Marcia at the Life Center, Aleph Kallot, and Elat Chayyim,  where I repeatedly experienced her warmth, wisdom, creative energy and charismatic presence.   

I am so deeply grateful for our friendship, for all that I have learned from her, and for her deep and enduring commitment to her work.  Mazel TOV!

 Barbara Grinnell