Tag: Passover
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Enough Space, Enough Room
Published by SVARA on April 19, 2024. In her beautiful song, Enough Room, my teacher, Rabba Dorothy Richman invites us to imagine and bring into being the truth that there’s enough room, enough space, enough joy, for all of us here. We find ourselves too often in the narrow place, not knowing…
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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…
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Shabbat HaChodesh 5782
I wish to dedicate this dvar Torah to the memory of Sheryl Grossman. Her love of Torah and her steadfast, unapologetic commitment to justice for people with disabilities will remain with me always. She taught me that one could both be a lover of Torah and a fighter for justice…
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Changing Ourselves To Change The World
This essay first appeared in Chaver Up! 49 Rabbis Explore What It Means To Be an Ally Through a Modern Jewish Lens, edited by Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum and Rabbi Mike Moskowitz. One of the central motifs in the Pesach seder is our journey from degradation to praise, from narrowness…
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Coming Close To God: A Reflection on Pesachim 98
A version of this piece was originally published as part of My Jewish Learning’s daf yomi page of the day Talmud project. On today’s daf, the Talmud is deep in the weeds of a continuing discussion about when, how and by whom the Passover sacrifice must be brought. What…
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The Importance of Hallel on Passover A Reflection on Pesachim 95
This piece was originally published as part of My Jewish Learning’s Daf Yomi page of the day Talmud project. Today’s daf opens with a Mishnah. “MISHNA: What is the difference between the Paschal lamb offered on the first Pesaḥ and the Paschal lamb offered on the second Pesaḥ? On…
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Baalotecha 5779
Our parsha this week is Behaalotecha, the third parsha in the Book of Numbers. We are introduced this week to the second Passover or Pesach Sheni which falls on the 14th of Iyyar, exactly one month after Passover. Pesach Sheni allowed those who were unable to offer the Passover sacrifice…
Rabbi Lauren Tuchman 