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...
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Rabbi Leora Abelson
- Oct 1
- 11 min
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...
Brigitte Demelo
- Sep 22
- 3 min
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...
Robbie Apfel
- Sep 22
- 4 min
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...
Allen Spivack
- Sep 20
- 3 min
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...
Rabbi Leora Abelson
- Sep 20
- 10 min
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 19, 2021
- 9 min
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 10, 2021
- 8 min
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...
Sofia Pellon
- Sep 10, 2021
- 2 min
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,...
Sam Dreyfus
- Sep 10, 2021
- 5 min
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...
Sherry Grossman
- Sep 10, 2021
- 4 min
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....
Rabbi Leora Abelson
- Sep 22, 2020
- 10 min
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
- Jul 30, 2020
- 7 min
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 16, 2020
- 7 min
Parshat Maasei
I got a text message this week from a young person who belongs to the congregation in Attleboro where I used to be the rabbi. She wrote,...
Rabbi Leora Abelson
- Jul 10, 2020
- 6 min
On Belonging
Parashat Pinchas As many of you know, I also work as a hospice chaplain. One of the core tools in a chaplains’ toolkit is a spiritual...
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