Virtual Shabbat Box Archives: October 2024
October 11-12
Rabbi Asher Sofman writes about what each of us can do to facilitate the nourishment and growth of every part of Creation.
Rabbi Daria Jacobs-Velde describes, in advance of the High Holidays, how thinking about a certain name for God led to surprising insights and questions. Can each of us be more sovereign over the kingdom and universe inside us?
In this High Holiday video, Rabbi Deborah Waxman teaches how Judaism puts covenant and relationships at the center of everything we do.
Rabbi Alex Lazarus–Klein reframes core ideas of Yom Kippur from a Reconstructionist perspective.
October 16
Rabbi Nicole Fix explores the commonalities between the festival of booths and the ancient tradition of immersive theater.
Rabbi Lilly Solochek shares how, after the introspection of the High Holidays, Sukkot offers a chance to focus attention outwardly.
Writer Randi Rose offers tips for how to build a Sukkah, as well as reflections on the meaning of hands-on practice.
Jodi Rosenfeld’s poem evokes Sukkot’s sensory experience and also serves as a “dare to be happy.”
October 24-25
Elsie Stern, Ph.D., unpacks what she describes as the downright strangeness of Torah’s conclusion and beginning, in that order.
Rabbi Steven Burnstein discusses Kibbutz Gezer’s plans for Simchat Torah and how he can’t imagine a joyous holiday.
Rabbi Deborah Waxman talks with Justin Rosen Smolen about how the idea of covenant — from biblical narratives to contemporary community-building — emphasizes relationships, mutual responsibility and interdependence.
Rabbi and scribe Rec Richman writes that Simchat Torah is a celebration of our tradition’s endless invitation to keep imagining.
