Rabbi Lauren Tuchman

Tag: religion

  • Weekly wisdom on parshat Nitzavim

    Weekly wisdom on parshat Nitzavim

    Read the full article on Or HaLev’s website. This article was originally published on September 27, 2024. כִּֽי־קָר֥וֹב אֵלֶ֛יךָ הַדָּבָ֖ר מְאֹ֑ד בְּפִ֥יךָ וּבִֽלְבָבְךָ֖ לַעֲשֹׂתֽוֹ No, the thing is very close to you, in your mouth and in your heart, to observe it(Deut 30:14) Parashat Nitzavim marks an important turning point.…

  • Vayetze 5781 — The Humanity Of Our Ancestors

    Vayetze 5781 — The Humanity Of Our Ancestors

    There’s something so richly rewarding about returning again and again to our foundational stories in sefer Bereshit year after year. As we learn in Perkei Avot, often translated imprecisely as ethics of our fathers, turn it turn it, for everything is in it. I approach Torah year after year with…