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Torah on the Body
A Commentary on Parashat Ve’etchanan for the Disability Torah Project. August 4, 2025 Conceptualizing tefillin as a physical signpost reminding us of the vastness and incomprehensible field of divine love with which we are loved collectively and individually is rather new for me.
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Reading Psalms In Difficult Times
An ancient practice for an ever-changing world I am delighted to share with you today a piece I recently published on Exploring Judaism about the practice many have of saying Psalms/Tehillim at difficult times. Life is full of its ups and downs. Tehillim/Psalms has been a refuge, a place of deep recognition,…
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Tenderness in These Times
Making It Through Together – Published February 21, 2025 on SVARA We are living in extraordinarily uncertain, destabilizing and disasterous times. Today, I am pleased to offer a piece recently published as part of the Hot Off The Shtender blog series at SVARA. I hope you find it meaningful in…
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Parashat Vayishlach: How Can We Find A Bit More Spaciousness
Some reflections on Parashat Vayishlach published for Or HaLev. Read my thoughts here.
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Torah Study: Parsha Toldot
On November 29, 2024 Rabbi Tuchman gave a teaching for My Jewish Learning on the weekly parsha, Toldot. She looked at the role of Rivkah, whom she refers to as the ambivalent matriarch.
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Torah in the Field
This article was originally published by Svara on September 13, 2024. You can read the full article here. Avodah, according to the likely pshat or plain reading of the Mishnah, refers to Temple worship. This is curious though, isn’t it? The Rabbis simultaneously sustain and subvert what has come before.
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Disability as Beloved by G-d
This article was published in Lilith Magazine on August 16, 2024. You can read the full article here. Being a spiritual seeker is part of the human experience. Often, we reach out for connection and to know ourselves better through joining a synagogue or other Jewish institution, or by finding…
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Daily Meditation Sit on August 23
This meditation was hosted on August 23, 2024 by the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.
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Parashat Ki Tavo
Watch my haftorah on Parashat Ki Tavo in the book of Isaiah. This talk was hosted by My Jewish Learning on September 19, 2024.
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Torah From The Wilderness
A reflection on Judaism Unbound’s podcast, Tales of the Unbound. Read the full article here. Originally published August 16, 2024.
Rabbi Lauren Tuchman 