Tag: Jews
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What Happens When Illusions Fall Away?
Disability Torah for Yom Kippur 5786 We are approaching Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. This day is a time for soul-searching, teshuvah and, as I write in my piece for The Disability Torah Project, a invitation to honest not-knowing. At its essence, Yom Kippur invites us to…
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My Jewish Learning Group Torah Study Parashat Ki Tavo
On September 12, 2025, Rabbi Tuchman offered the weekly Torah study session for My Jewish Learning on Parashat Ki Tavo (Deuteronomy 26-29). She invited participants to hear and respond to a piece by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks of blessed memory on the importance of sound in Judaism. Teachings chronologically: October 7,…
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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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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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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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Parashat Vayigash: Meeting Grief with Wisdom
The gentle wisdom of Serah bat Asher. Enjoy this Torah commentary written for My Jewish Learning and published on January 3, 2025.
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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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Mi Sheberach Moment
Rabbi Tuchman joins My Jewish Learning for a brief moment to share about Mi Sheberach, the Jewish prayer for healing. This teaching was given December 2, 2024.
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October 7 Day of Learning
This is a shiur on Mishnah Brachot chapter 4 about the kind of anavah/spiritual humility we can cultivate through our actions and how we show up for and with one another. It was given on October 7, 2024 for My Jewish Learning. Follow along with the source sheet here.
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Longing For Our Leaders: Commentary on Parashat Nitzavim 5784
Read the article on Hebrew Seminary’s website. This article was published on September 27, 2024. Parashat Nitzavim marks an important turning point both in our calendrical cycle and in Moses’ lengthy oration to the Israelites as they are about to enter into the land. Moses’ days are numbered. The Torah is…
Rabbi Lauren Tuchman 