Rabbi Gila Caine| Earth Temple

Not your average Temple Menorah

In North America many people use the word “menorah” in reference to the chanukiah in which we light candles on Chanukah. Usually,...

Fire Anger Forests

At Kabbalat Shabbat this evening we'll look into the connections between our inner fire-anger and the that of the Earth. I love how we...

Radically inclusive might not mean what you think it means.

Here is the D'var Torah I gave last week at the Jewish community's Pride Shabbat event. What cheered me up most about the gathering was...

Dinah's rape and Shabbat Dinah

From this Shabbat's Torah portion: וַתֵּצֵא דִינָה בַּת־לֵאָה אֲשֶׁר יָלְדָה לְיַעֲקֹב לִרְאוֹת בִּבְנוֹת הָאָרֶץ׃ וַיַּרְא אֹתָהּ שְׁכֶם...

The Goddess in Torah

I thought this was going to be just another class I teach, but it ended up being a moment of reflection on the spiritual journey I've...

A religious obligation to Mother Earth

While I was teaching about Earth focused Halacha a few weeks ago, one of the participants, Lisa Apfelberg, came up with this great...

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