Rabbi Lauren Tuchman

Tag: meditation

  • Rosh Chodesh Elul 5786

    Posted on Substack on August 14, 2026 Contemplative Torah returns, just in time for the season of turning and returning Today we mark Rosh Chodesh Elul, the first day of the final month of the Hebrew calendar. Elul is the time often set aside for spiritual and personal accounting ahead…

  • Daily Meditation

    With Rabbi Lauren Tuchman, June 23, 2026 Enjoy this guided meditation practice with Rabbi Lauren Tuchman as she lead the Institute for Jewish Spirituality’s daily meditation sit on Tuesday, June 23, 2026.

  • The Priestly Blessing and Parashat Naso

    Join me for some guided meditation and teaching for Parashat Naso On May 26, I led the daily meditation sit with the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. Please join me in practicing with blessings in honor of Parashat Naso. Parashat Naso, the Torah’s longest parsha, includes many famous texts including the priestly blessing…

  • Opening To Presence: Where Jewish Mindfulness Meets Lived Disability Experience

    A new offering with Or HaLev We live in profoundly challenging and unsteady times. I have found, again and again, that cultivating my own capacity for inner resourcing has been absolutely essential. There are many pieces to that and one of the most significant and transformative has been the practice…

  • What Allows Our Practice to Flourish?

    On Parashat Terumah Parashat Terumah, read the Shabbat of Feb 20-21 in 5786 begins an extended reflection and discussion of sacred space. The Mishkan, the portable sanctuary the people create from gifts brought for its purpose accompanies them as they journey in the desert. It is a place for the…

  • What Can Remind Us of Our Interconnection?

    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.…

  • Institute for Jewish Spirituality Daily Meditation Sit

    Institute for Jewish Spirituality Daily Meditation Sit

    I was honored to hold the Institute for Jewish Spirituality’s Daily Sit on December 12, 2025. You can practice using the recording of that sit on IJS’ YouTube channel here.

  • Practicing stopping for Shemini Atzeret

    A Time to Take a breath and take it all in The Jewish holiday season is nearing its culmination with the joy-filled final day(s) of Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah. Whenever you find yourself reading this post, I invite you now to take a pause before moving onto the next…

  • Meditation with the Institute for Jewish Spirituality

    On October 13, 2025, which was Hoshana Raba—the final day of Sukkot—Rabbi Tuchman lead the daily meditation sit with the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. The recording can be accessed on their YouTube page here.

  • Jewish Meditation with the Institute for Jewish Spirituality

    Jewish Meditation with the Institute for Jewish Spirituality

    Rabbi Tuchman lead a meditation practice with the Institute for Jewish Spirituality for Shabbat Nachamu. This sit includes a fifteen-minute question and response period after the formal practice. August 8, 2025