Category: Or HaLev
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What Can Remind Us of Our Interconnection?
Some contemplation for Parashat Beshalach This Shabbat is a special one. Known as Shabbat shira—the Shabbat of song—it is one of two times in the annual Torah reading cycle that we publicly read the Song at the Sea. This song contains what has become a famous verse in many communities.…
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Can We Be With the Blessings?
A Mindfulness-oriented offering for Parashat Chayei Sarah Originally published on November 11, 2025. I am delighted to share this video I created as part of Weekly Wisdom, a mindfulness-oriented commentary on the weekly Torah portion from Or HaLev. To subscribe to receive this offering in your inbox weekly, please go here. My video…
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Weekly Wisdom from Or HaLev
Parashat Shoftim 5785: Can We Establish Judges At Our Own Gates Offered on August 29, 2025
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Weekly Wisdom: Parashat Balak
This piece was offered as part of Or HaLev’s Weekly Wisdom series. July 10, 2025 “The ass said to Balaam, ‘Look, I am the ass that you have been riding all along until this day! Have I been in the habit of doing thus to you?’ And he answered, ‘No.’…
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Behar-Bechukotai
Can We Release into the Knowing that We’re Just Passing through? I wrote about this week’s parsha, Behar, for Or HaLev.
Rabbi Lauren Tuchman 