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Tag: Freedom
Sorrow, Psalms, and Freedom
US Slaves were given a Bible without Psalms, with no access to the freedom stories. How does this impact a Jewish understanding of Juneteenth?
Rabbi Heather Miller
June 7, 2024
Holidays
Juneteenth (US)
Recovery and the Four Cups
For many of us, freedom is choosing four cups of grape juice: Look at the four cups on Passover through the lens of addiction recovery.
Rabbi Kerry Chaplin
April 16, 2024
Holidays
Passover
Thèmes de Pessah et du jeûne des premiers-nés
Ces trois concepts : liberté – rédemption - printemps interviennent ensemble dans les différents aspects de l’observance de Pessah.
Masorti Olami
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The Rabbi Reuven Hammer Institute for Masorti Jewish Learning
April 11, 2024
Passover
Pessah en Français
Temas de Pesaj, Nisán, y el Ayuno de los Primogénitos
Estos tres conceptos (libertad, redención y primavera) se combinan en diferentes aspectos de la observancia de Pesaj.
Masorti Olami
,
The Rabbi Reuven Hammer Institute for Masorti Jewish Learning
April 11, 2024
Passover
Pesaj en Español
Bringing Juneteenth onto the Bimah
Bringing Juneteenth into synagogues signifies that Black Jews are not a footnote in the Jewish story but core parts of our communities.
Rabbi Heather Miller
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Rabbi Lev Meirowitz Nelson
June 12, 2023
Holidays
Juneteenth (US)
Why should I put up a mezuzah?
Putting up a mezuzah is a millennia-old public expression of Jewish identity: a meaningful way to mark liminal times in our lives and homes.
Rabbi Susan Leider
January 25, 2023
Every Day
Home
Could The Terminator Do Teshuvah?
Rabbi Dan Ornstein teaches us: human freedom is ineradicable and that our dignity is predicated upon our moral responsibility.
Rabbi Dan Ornstein
September 16, 2022
High Holidays
Holidays
Juneteenth 5782: Kiddush Over Red Drink
Gulienne Rollins-Rishon reflects on Juneteenth which commemorates the complete ending of legal slavery in the United States.
Gulienne Rollins-Rishon
June 17, 2022
Holidays
Juneteenth (US)
Passover: An Invitation to Get Free
Spiritually preparing for Passover not an intellectual exercise. It’s a spiritual invitation to ask ourselves: am I willing to get free?
Rabbi Kerry Chaplin
April 3, 2022
Passover
Preparing for Passover
Hosting a Seder for People New to Judaism or the Seder
The Seder is a potpourri of powerful rituals, wise rabbinic aphorisms, and opportunities to elevate the mundanities of eating into holiness.
Rabbi Adir Yolkut
April 3, 2022
How to observe Passover
Passover
Freedom and Food Allergies
How is one with food allergies supposed to feel free when they can’t partake in the matzo balls, charoset, cake, or anything else?
Rachel Packer
March 29, 2022
Food
Health
Passover Themes, The Month of Nisan, and the Fast of the Firstborn
Passover, commemorates the exodus from Egypt. On a spiritual level, the festival confronts us with the notion of redemption.
Rabbi Alan Lucas
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The Observant Life (Book)
March 22, 2022
Passover
What is Passover?