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Wilderness Torah Teachings

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 [...]

1612, 2024

Finding Light in the Dark with Maggid Joshua Reitzenstein

One of the first instructions God gives to the Hebrews in the Torah is how to mark time.ย  The Hebrews are instructed to bless the new moon to kickoff each month.ย  You might think [...]

1302, 2024

โ€˜Some bearded person sitting on a throne in the sky is a kindergarten Godโ€™: Rabbi Zelig Golden explains earth-based Judaism

Rabbi Zelig interviewed by Ralph Benmergui on Not That Kind of Rabbi. Rabbi Zelig Golden likes to describe Judaism as a religion of deep roots, interconnectivity, compassion and feminine divinity, reminding the world that [...]

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