Rabbi Gila Caine| Earth Temple

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...

Bein Adam l'Adamah: Halachah of the Earth

Traditional Halachah (Jewish law) is organized in two overarching categories: The relationship between Jews and God/ess (בין אדם למקום /...

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