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Shabbt Shalom November 8th, 2024
Yesterday, I had the honor of guest teaching a pastoral care and counseling class at Hebrew College. The topic was collective grief. The...
Rabbi Leora Abelson
Nov 8, 20245 min read
On Not Standing Aside
Rosh Hashana 5785 One of my teachers talks about the fall of 2001. That year, the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center...
Rabbi Leora Abelson
Oct 9, 202411 min read
Silence is not an option
Shabbat Beresheit Oh beloveds. What can I even say? It feels so hard to talk. I’m sad, and scared. I am angry and grieving. I’m...
Rabbi Leora Abelson
Oct 16, 20238 min read
On Making a Makom Kavua
Yom Kippur 5784 In the city of Budapest, the Great Synagogue is on Dohany Street. It is the largest synagogue in Europe, with seats for...
Rabbi Leora Abelson
Oct 1, 202311 min read
Creativity, Oneness and the Possibilities that Already Exist
Torat Chayeinu: the Torah of our lives. Talks by members of Nehar Shalom on the second day of Rosh Hashana. Our theme for 5784 is...
Brigitte Demelo
Sep 22, 20233 min read
Creativity and Nature
Torat Chayeinu: the Torah of our lives. Talks by members of Nehar Shalom on the second day of Rosh Hashana. Our theme for 5784 is...
Robbie Apfel
Sep 22, 20234 min read
Jewish Practice and Art Making
Torat Chayeinu: the Torah of our lives. Talks by members of Nehar Shalom on the second day of Rosh Hashana. Our theme for 5784 is...
Allen Spivack
Sep 20, 20233 min read
Hayom Harat Olam: Continuity, Possibility, and Creativity on a Changing Planet
Rosh Hashana 5784 The Jewish musician Eliana Light has a song for Rosh Hashana that goes like this: Hayom Hayom Harat olam Happy birthday...
Rabbi Leora Abelson
Sep 20, 202310 min read
L’dor va dor: Becoming blessings to one another in multigenerational community
Yom Kippur 5782 When I was growing up, my family belonged to a Conservative synagogue in Ann Arbor, Michigan. We didn’t always feel...
Rabbi Leora Abelson
Sep 19, 20219 min read
Teshuva: Healing what is broken, building toward what is whole
Rosh Hashanah 5782 Hi. (Deep breath.) Shana tova. We got here. I’m a rabbi - getting to Rosh Hashana always feels like a feat. But this...
Rabbi Leora Abelson
Sep 10, 20218 min read
RH Member Reflections 5782: Sofia Pellon
I’m matrilineally Jewish, and I grew up in a secular interfaith family. We didn’t have a lot of positive Jewish traditions in my family,...
Sofia Pellon
Sep 10, 20212 min read
RH Member Reflections 5782: Sam Dreyfus
On my father’s side, I am the fifth generation in Boston. Wherever my grandparents took my sisters and me, there were stories of their...
Sam Dreyfus
Sep 10, 20215 min read
RH Member Reflections 5782: Sherry Grossman
Invited to share my thoughts today, I sat down last week surrounded by my journal, special books, and poems. They’re like my old friends....
Sherry Grossman
Sep 10, 20214 min read
Sometimes it’s too much
Spiritual leadership in times of crisis This is not the drashah that I planned to give this morning. There has been so much build-up to...
Rabbi Leora Abelson
Sep 23, 202010 min read
Parshat Va’etchanan, Shabbat Nachamu
I have a lot of respect for the psychological movement of the Jewish calendar, and it is an important part of my personal spiritual...
Rabbi Leora Abelson
Jul 31, 20207 min read
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