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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...

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...

Child sacrifice and Shmitah

Thoughts about this week's Haftarah Shmitah is a practice in thinking about the future and in our ability to comprehend a time beyond...

The Omer - a physical offering practice

The 49 day ritual of Counting the Omer has never really appealed to me before this year. Growing up, it was just about counting days,...

First Impressions: Baby naming ceremonies

Baby naming ceremonies are my favourite, both to attend and to perform. All life cycle events are extremely meaningful and being with ...

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