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tikkun halev
On Monday I went to Mayyim Hayyim to use the mikveh, as I do every year before the holidays to prepare for the new year as well as to commemorate my conversion four years (!) ago. I probably sound like...
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there are six matriarchs
there are six matriachs: buy your Jewish feminist t-shirt today at www.therearesix.com The t-shirt I mention in this post is available for purchase! All proceeds go to the Boston Area Rape Crisis...
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happy second birthday, NPITV!
No Power in the ‘Verse turns two today! I started the blog as I was applying to rabbinical school, and I am now a quarter of the way through school (or will be once the small matter of two finals and...
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the world is on fire
I lost it this morning while chanting Torah. I volunteered to read the weekday portion, Emor, at the beginning of the semester, not realizing that this reading would coincide with Yom HaShoah,...
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guide my steps
I’m a mikveh guide! Or as my friend Sarah likes to say: I’m a mivkeh lady! This is not new information; in fact, I completed my training at Mayyim Hayyim at the beginning of May. But since I’ve hardly...
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it’s not in heaven
I gave this d’var Torah at Nehar Shalom Community Synagogue on Friday, September 11, 2015 (and then again the next morning), on my first Shabbat as the rabbinic intern. Today is September 11. Long...
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king of salem
I gave this d’var Torah at Nehar Shalom Community Synagogue on October 24, 2015, Shabbat Lech Lecha. I originally wrote it as an assignment for my homiletics class. (If you want citations — not here...
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fight for 15
I gave this d’var Torah at Nehar Shalom Community Synagogue on November 13, 2015. On Tuesday afternoon, I skipped my halakha class in order to attend a “Fight for 15” rally downtown. This local effort...
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where you will go . . .
This is an addendum of sorts to the d’var Torah about #metoo that I posted here a few days ago, in response to a question from a classmate. After reading my d’var Torah, one of my classmates asked me...
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the first protestor
These are the words that I shared yesterday during my “closing conversation,” an opportunity each ordinee has to teach Torah to a group of faculty members. I first started to dislike Avraham during my...
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