Tag: Torah study
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Miriam, Tza’arat and Healing
Exploring Chapter 1 in the Book of Numbers On May 28, 2026, I offered Tikvah Through Text through Laasok: the Liberal Beit Midrash and chose to unpack the 12th chapter of the Book of Numbers, which is the final chapter in this week’s Torah portion, Beha’alotecha. This chapter is a multi-layered, complex series of interwoven…
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Memory and Moving Forward: A Reflection on Purim 5781
A version of this piece was originally published by SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva. Today, I remember. I remember vividly the all-consuming sadness I felt last Purim, as the sun was setting and my celebratory seudah was ending, the last event I attended with a large Jewish community. I…
Rabbi Lauren Tuchman 