Category: Teachings
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Acts of Ahavat Chinam—Baseless Love
Today is Rosh Chodesh Tammuz, the head of the new month of Tammuz. As Tammuz enters, many in the Jewish community begin turning our hearts and souls to the Three Weeks—ben HaMetzarim—the time of profound national mourning for the Jewish people, culminating on the 9th of Av with a full…
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Receiving Torah on Shavuot—What and How
Introduction: Shavuot is the second of the three major pilgrimage festivals. Originally a harvest festival, it was the time when our ancestors would aliyah l’regel—literally “go up on foot”—to make an offering of their first fruits in the Temple in Jerusalem. After the Temple’s destruction, when bringing first fruits was…
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Creating Sacred Communities For The Whole of Israel: A Yom Kippur Drash
Creating Communities For the Whole Of Israel: A Dvar Torah for Yom Kippur
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Spiritual Response to Roe V. Wade
This teaching appeared on the Inside Out Wisdom and Action (IOWA) blog. Spiritual Response To Roe V Wade
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Starting From the Same Beginner’s Mind
This teaching appeared as part of Hot Off The Shtender, a series of teachings from SVARA fellows. Starting From The Same Beginner’s Mind
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Behar 5782
Parashat Behar, our Torah reading for this week, introduces us to the Shmita year. Every seven years, Leviticus/Vayikra instructs us that the land must lie fallow—no agricultural or food production is permitted and there are a number of other restrictions put into place in addition. As it so happens, 5782…
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Pesach 5782 On The Seder As A Living Experience
This piece can now be found on ExploringJudaism.com as part of EJ’s 5784 Passover Reader. Download the entire reader here. On seder night, we embark on a holy commemorative journey through the Haggadah as we move spiritually and temporally from degradation to praise. We do not merely recount by rote…
Rabbi Lauren Tuchman 