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Goldie Milgram

Rabbi Goldie Milgram is a Covenant Award Finalist and founder and director of ReclaimingJudaism.org and Reclaiming Judaism Press. Internationally acclaimed for her humor, scholarship and vibrant, empowering teaching style, "Reb Goldie" is the author of many books and resources, including the just-released 'Mitzvah Stories: Seeds for Inspiration and Learning' and her professionally produced decks of Mitzvah Cards.

Touched by Torah

Explorations in this Week's Torah Portion

Torah

Rabbi Milgram's efforts to find a meaningful interpretation of this week's Torah portion, Tazria-Metzora, led her to meetings with Hebrew University's faculty in the History of Bible and Medicine. She went from there to England to meet with a monk who used to work in the Vatican Library, and then all the way to the Vatican Library itself to review ancient manuscripts. As a result, in this session we will unravel mysteries about symptoms shared by the the Prophetess Miriam, King Hezekiah, some members of the priesthood, and a house, as we immerse in a rewarding Torah study adventure in all four traditional dimensions -- physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual.

The God of Curried Fish

A Mitzvah Centered Story and Discussion Session

Community, Culture, How to, Music & Performance, Philosophy & Science, Social Justice, Spirituality, Torah

How do we find a comfort level within ourselves that allows for meaningful encounters with those who are homeless and/or unemployed? We will hear stories from the provocative, new, adult-level, juried volume 'Mitzvah Stories: Seeds for Inspiration and Learning' (Reclaiming Judaism). Relevant Jewish text study and discussion will follow.

Meaning and Mitzvah

Appreciating Mitzvah as the Core of Jewish Practice

Social Justice, Spirituality, Torah

An opportunity for an in-depth, personal encounter with the mitzvot of Judaism that will bring the meaning and relevance of Jewish spiritual practices fully to life. The session will begin with each person sorting a deck of Rabbi Goldie's 52 Mitzvah Cards into mitzvot in which you are engaged, want to explore in class, and are not ready to take on. We will look at practices we are encouraged to engage in and those the tradition urges us to refrain from. We will look at challenges posed by the tradition, as well as our own lives, and the tension that arises when competing mitzvot seem to apply to a given situation.

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