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Tipat Torah: From Wilderness to Bitterness to Light

How do we make it through the bitterness, the darkness, the uncertainty of this time? We call on what we know from that wild, rudderless, nomadic experience of being both lost and guided bamidbar.

college, Heshvan, light, torah

Tipat Torah: Am I Aging Like a Date Palm?

On Sukkot, we read the words of Kohelet (Ecclesiastes), a person bitterly reflecting on his older years. Does aging have to be negative, calling everything that brings pleasure pointless?

Inscribing Ourselves With Ink Itself

change, Elul, growth, shofar, writing

Looking to the Future So We Can Look to the Past

change, Elul, growth, hope, joy

Called to Respond: the Magic of the Shofar

An Elul 5783 teaching by Rabbi Janet Madden

God Will Gather Us In

grief, loss, mourning, sukkah, writing

Teshuvah/change is a real possibility!?

The Return of Modeh Ani: How Daily Gratitude Helped Me Heal

cancer, gratitude

bed and nightstand in bright room

Passover and Disordered Eating: Resources for a Conversation

eating disorders, seder

Passover and Disordered Eating: Resources for a Conversation

Vegan Seder Adjustments

Vegan Seder Adjustments