Jewish life is turned around – so suggests this week’s Torah portion (Terumah) about the first Mishkan (ritual […]
Category Archive: The Rabbi Is In!
Today’s teaching post by or about a past or present sage….
On January 11, 2015, I received rabbinic smicha (ordination) from ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal. Six years of […]
by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat
People ask me sometimes what rabbinic school was like. My short answer is “amazing — really hard — and one of the best things I’ve ever done.” But maybe a longer answer would be interesting to those who read this blog.
Disclaimer: this may not be characteristic of everyone’s experience; I was a rabbinic student, so I can’t speak to the experience of students in ALEPH’s other programs; and of course the program continues to evolve, so students today may have some different experiences than I had. That said…
Everyone who has a “rebbe” thinks that their rabbi is the most inspiring teacher, rabbi , person in […]
This is a D’var Torah on Va’era by ALEPH Ordination Program Student and Jewish Educator Rain Zohav, given […]
Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, whose writings have been a blessing to many of us, recounts this story of Talmudic […]
A reminiscence by Rabbi Zev-Hayyim It happened once that I attended Shlomo Carlebach’s synagogue for Simhat Torah. With […]
Intention: A Teaching From Rabbi Shefa Gold This is an excerpt from R’ Shefa’s soon to be published […]
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