Wilderness Torah Teachings
A Passover return to the desert reawakens ancient memory
A Passover return to the desert reawakens ancient memory Originally printed in jWeekly on March 15, 2012 by Zelig Golden Each year I wrestle with the Passover story: โNow we are slaves. Next year, may [...]
Reclaiming the Gift of Esau: Toldot
Reclaiming the Gift of Esau: Toldot Zelig Golden | 25th Cheshvan 5772 | November 22, 2011 In Parsha Toldot, we meet Isaacโs twin sons, Jacob and Esau. Esau, the first-born is hairy and gruff, a [...]
The Jewish Medicine Wheel
The Jewish Medicine Wheel by Sarai Shapiro | 10th of Tevet 5771 17th of December, 2010 | Originally published in ZEEK In my mid-twenties, I was drawn to live at a Jewish [...]
Reconnecting to Our Earth-Based Roots
Reconnecting to Our Earth-Based Roots: Teshuva for Our Generation by Zelig Golden | 20th Tevet 5771 December 27, 2010 | Originally published in PresenTense Our contemporary society has become radically disconnected from [...]
Jonahโs Vision Quest โ Teshuva at Yom Kippur
Zelig Golden | 8th of Tishrei 5771 | September 16, 2010| Shana Tova Umetukah ~ Wishing you a good and sweet new year! One week ago, the New Moon of Tishrei shepherded in Rosh Hashana, [...]
Earth Based Judaism โ Reclaiming Our Roots, Reconnecting to Nature
Earth Based Judaism โ Reclaiming Our Roots, Reconnecting to Nature Zelig Golden | July 9, 2010 Humanityโs current alienation from nature is unprecedented. As Wendell Berry explained in his seminal 1977 work The Unsettling of [...]
Journey to Our Land, Journey to Ourselves: Parsha Maseโei
Zelig Golden | 25 Tamuz 5769 | July 17, 2009 In this weekโs parsha, Maseโei or โJourneys,โ we recount the forty-two stages of our epic journey through the wilderness from the narrows of Egypt to [...]
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