Tag: Torah
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Disability as Beloved by G-d
Read Rabbi Tuchman’s article in Lilith Magazine, published on August 16, 2024. Read the full article here.
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Prophets and Prophecy: An Introduction to the Haftarah
View the source sheet here Originally posted on August 15, 2024.
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Unpacking Tisha b’Av: A Journey of Discovery, Reflection and Renewal
Presented by the Haberman Institute for Jewish Studies
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The Future in a Narrow Time: Commentary on Shiv’ah Asar BeTammuz
This commentary was offered for Hebrew Seminary: A Rabbinical School for Deaf & Hearing on July 24, 2024. You can listen to the recording here. The Future in a Narrow Time: Commentary on Shiv’ah Asar BeTammuz 5784 By Rabbi Lauren Tuchman, Hebrew Seminary Professor of Rabbinic Literature The 17th of Tammuz…
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Creating Sacred Communities For The Whole of Israel: A Yom Kippur Drash
Creating Communities For the Whole Of Israel: A Dvar Torah for Yom Kippur
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Behar 5782
Parashat Behar, our Torah reading for this week, introduces us to the Shmita year. Every seven years, Leviticus/Vayikra instructs us that the land must lie fallow—no agricultural or food production is permitted and there are a number of other restrictions put into place in addition. As it so happens, 5782…
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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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Finding My Possibility Model
A version of the below piece originally appeared as part of Hot Off The Shtender, a series of reflection pieces from SVARA. It is hard, nay impossible, to adequately capture the feelings that came over me when I learned about the passing of a dear friend: the fierce and…
Rabbi Lauren Tuchman 