Rabbi Tuchman has been writing, speaking about, and sharing her thoughts on Judaism, including weekly teachings on the Torah portion, and disability inclusion for years.
Read and listen to current and archived teachings here.
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 episodes involving Miriam, Moses and…
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 that is one of Jewish…
On the Other Side of Sinai
Shavuot is now behind us. The multi-dimensional holiday is simultaneously about revelation of Torah at Mt. Sinai, a harvest festival of abundant gratitude and bringing first fruits when the Temple stood in Jerusalem and a time when we pay particular attention to the needs and lives of the poor, the dispossessed and the marginalized. One…
Releasing What Doesn’t Serve
A commentary for Parashat Behar I was fortunate to write last week’s dvar Torah for the Disability Torah Project on Parashat Behar. You may read it here. Please enjoy. May we never stop yearning for a world of kindness, care, mutuality and interdependence.
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei and Shabbat HaChodesh 5786
Learn the final portions of Exodus and a special portion for just before Pesach I was honored to offer the Group Torah Study class for My Jewish Learning for Parshiot Vayakhel-Pekudei, the final two Torah portions in the book of Exodus and Shabbat haChodesh, the beginning of the 12th chapter of the book of Exodus which describes both…
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 of Jewish mindfulness meditation. I…
Rabbi Lauren Tuchman 