Category: Holidays
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Enough Space, Enough Room
Published by SVARA on April 19, 2024. In her beautiful song, Enough Room, my teacher, Rabba Dorothy Richman invites us to imagine and bring into being the truth that there’s enough room, enough space, enough joy, for all of us here. We find ourselves too often in the narrow place, not knowing…
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What Does the Talmud Say About The Seder?
Watch the teaching here. Rabbi Tuchman joins My Jewish Learning along with Dr. Rachel Scheinerman and Rabbi Elliot Goldberg to explore what the Talmud says about the seder. April 15, 2024
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Joy on Purim
Read the article on Svara. In her recent Rosh Chodesh piece for the month of Adar II, my friend and colleague Rav Avigayil Halpern beautifully describes the emotional place of the Jewish calendar this time of year and perhaps, even more, the ways in which joy—simcha—shows up in Jewish spaces. Using the…
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Passover Reader 5784: Not A Haggadah
In collaboration with Exploring Judaism. Passover is a powerful story of redemption and liberation. One of the core ways we orient ourselves to those themes is with an organized story, the Passover Seder. This year (2024/5784), we are excited to publish a Passover Reader to help you prepare for the…
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SVARA: This is Chanukah
Rabbi Tuchman, SVARA Fellow, discusses how we should light the menorah on Chanukah. Originally published December 15, 2023. Read the full article here.
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SVIVAH: Lighting Candles Together: Chanukah 2023
Many Flames, One Bright Light Featuring Rabbi Lauren Tuchman. Friday, December 8, 2023
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Knowing and Not Knowing: Celebrating the Expansiveness of Torah
Originally published in 2021 Today, I remember. I remember vividly the all-consuming sadness I felt last Purim, as the sun was setting and my celebratory seudah was ending, the last event I attended with a large Jewish community. I remember feeling overcome with the intuitive sense that it would be…
Rabbi Lauren Tuchman 