Shalom! I am very excited to introduce the Practical Torah podcast where each week we will examine the week’s Torah reading pulling out wisdom and inspiration for everyday life. About a year ago I started to read the weekly Torah portions and do some quick reflections on these passages […]
When we read this week’s Torah Portion we see a great deal of family dysfunction. We see Rebekah and Isaac each choosing a child to favor, we see the division of brothers and we see Isaac repeating a mistake of his father Abraham. The mistake Isaac repeated can be found […]
How to be chosen by Yah for greatness: Service & Discernment The passage for this week’s Torah portion is called Chayei Sarah-The Life of Sarah by many scholars. In this week’s Torah portion we see the death of a dynasty and the beginning of a new one. Sarah and Abraham […]
Then Yah Opened Her Eyes…. “This is an example of him intentionally not seeing you, of intentionally not seeing a woman.” This quote was from a work conversation but reminded me of this week’s Torah portion. When I was in seminary I learned that African-American women theologians who started Womanist […]