Rabbi Gila Caine| Earth Temple

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 /...

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...

Leaving Fear behind

Every week we have a Mincha service and a short Torah study, where for the last few months we’ve started learning Mussar (read more about...

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,...

Earth Day Kabbalat Shabbat

In my secret mental list of stuff to pack if we had to run, after some medicine, but before my wonderful cast iron pan, is a rolling pin....

Burning the Lulav for Passover

But why now? Why at Pesach? At Sukkot we prepare ourselves and begin praying for rain, but at Pesach we stop praying for rain and begin

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