Judges at the Gates and Elul: Compassion as a Path of Return

In this session of Underneath the Underneath, we step into Elul through the parsha of Shoftim. What does it mean to place judges at our gates at the very moment we’re invited to return? Together we trace the arc from shattered gates and grief, through Tu B’Av’s love, into the gates of Elul—where the narrow places can soften into fields of compassion. Drawing on a teaching from Kedushat Levi, we explore how the way we judge ourselves and others awakens Heaven’s gaze in return, and how every threshold can open into Presence.Ohmek Session dated August 26, 2025__________More on Yocheved Sidof:Yocheved Sidof is a mystic, teacher, trauma-informed spiritual guide and leader of Ohmek, a community of women and men pursuing deeper ways of Being.__________Deepen with Ohmek:Ohmek is a community of women and men pursuing deeper ways of being.It is the space that holds all, yet remains empty, the void that allows healing and transformation to take place, take shape, belong, integrate and disperse.It is an invitation inward, into a space and community, as well as one’s own inner world. A place to be stretched and to come together, to feel at home in exploration, with room to be and to breathe.At our upstate retreat center and Brooklyn locations, in our sacred gatherings, healing containers and embodied mysticism classes, we invite you into spiritual experiences and sacred spaces that allow us — collectively and individually — to explore our own depths, underneath the underneath.Website: www.ohmekliving.comInstagram: @ohmek.livingTo support these sessions and our offerings, strengthen our community, and enhance your engagement we welcome you to join MAAGAL, our founding membership circlehttps://www.patreon.com/ohmek/membership