Requesting Forgiveness, Selichot 5783
How do we return to our authentic selves? How do we forgive ourselves for not living up to our ideals? How do we ask for forgiveness from people we have harmed? Selichot, Penitential Prayers, support us in returning and renewing our lives.
Exodus, Passover, Divine Emanations, Revelation
Chol HaMoed Pesach Shabbat Sermon 5783. Moving from a clear-eyed understanding of the Exodus to meaningful Omer count with the emanations of the Divine towards revelation.
Why Judaism?
Reflecting on taking Passover seriously, approaching spirituality from a feminist lens, and choosing Temple Israel of Alameda.
Shabbat Parah 5783: Purity of Vision
Reflecting on the ancient practice of burning a red heifer and using its ashes for purification. How can we purify our vision for the future of our kahal kodesh, our holy community?
Remember Amalek and connect with Ner Tamid 5783
Remembering the enemy, Amalek, reminds us that evil exists: not just in other people, but within each of us. In Parashah Tetzaveh we are commanded to keep the Ner Tamid continuously lit within our inner sanctuary: Light to challenge evil.
Repro Shabbat 2023
Parashat Mishpatim sermon explaining that women’s bodily autonomy is sacrosanct. Reviewing Exodus 21:22-25 and statements by the Reform and Conservative Movements of Judaism.
The Exodus, the Shoah, and the Jewish Roundtable of Alameda Unified
We are leaving Egypt in this week’s Torah portion. We remember the Shoah, yet our children go to school with rising support for neo-Nazism.
Vaera: God appears
God appears to Moses and declares God's Proper Name. Understand God's names to understand our relationship to the Ground of Being. Reflect on how God appears today.
