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Wilderness Torah Teachings

1103, 2025

A Purim Teaching from Rabbinical Student Becca Heisler

Purim comes on the full moon of the Hebrew month of Adar, the 11th month in the Hebrew calendar. Adar brings with it an air of mystery, trickery, and unexpectedness. In Massachusett [...]

1002, 2025

Tu Bโ€™Shvat: Be Like the Tree by Rabbi Zelig Golden

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDrZqcE4D-8 In the midst of so much upheaval and uncertainty, Tu Bโ€™Shvat arrives as a whisper of renewal, reminding us that even in the harshest conditions, life persists. We stand [...]

3112, 2024

Finding Light in the Dark with Rabbi Aya Baron

Hanukkah is our only holiday that spans two Hebrew months. Beginning today, the final two nights of Hanukkah correspond with the first two nights of the month of Tevet. The glow of Rosh Chodesh [...]

3012, 2024

Finding Light in the Dark with Alex & Dan Dan

Alex arrives In San Esteban, Argentina, a small mountain town about 90 minutes outside of Cรณrdoba Capital, in the ancestral lands of the Camiarรฉ people. After 30 hours of travel his body and mind [...]

2712, 2024

Finding Light in the Dark with Rabbi SaraLeya Schley

And Moses ascended into the opaque fog where the Divineโ€“as S/He Manifests as Existenceโ€“is found (Exodus 20:18).ย  The mountain was burning with fire up to the heart of the heavens; through layers of darkness, [...]

2312, 2024

Finding Light in the Dark with Rabbi Paige Lincenberg

As we approach the bright festival of lights of Hanukkah, I find myself reflecting on Vice President Kamala Harrisโ€™ concession speech. She preached โ€œthere is an adage: only when it is dark enough can [...]

1612, 2024

Finding Light in the Dark with Jared Gellert

Hanukkah occurs at the darkest time of the yearโ€”literally. The holiday is the only Jewish holiday that actually occurs over two monthsโ€”the four days leading into the new moon and then through the fourth [...]

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