Rabbi Goldie Milgram's blog

Happiness is sharing a The Magic Gourd: A Story for Sukkot by Debra Gordon Zaslow from Mitzvah Stories: Seeds for Inspiration and Learning. Chag sameach to all!

This picture I took today at NewCaje; shows Rabbi Michael Shire, Dean of the Shoolman Graduate School of Jewish Education at Boston Hebrew College, telling the story of the Babylonian Exile, in a soft voice, using small items--blue yarn to represent rivers, lines drawn in the sand to represent the temple, small non-gendered identical wooden figures to represent people.

Recently I especially love serving in a Farbrengen format, such as we'll be offering this Sat evening in Montreal. Scientists are increasingly offering substantiation for how the farbrengen approach is healthy for us all, including teens and elders. Here's an example of the most recent research:

A Tale of Witchcraft or the Ancient Psychology of Healing? My dvar Torah for the World Union of Progressive Judaism on Parashat Chukat (Numbers 19:1-22:1)

Shabbat Walk at Aleph Kallah

Rabbi Eliezer ben Hurcanus and Rabbi Akiva have a debate in the Talmud (B.T. Sukkah 37b) on the question of whether the Torah is literal. They are discussing whether the Israelites were literally provided sukkot for shelter by God or is sukkah a metaphor, a portal to a different dimension of support and awareness. (Exodus 13:20) Perhaps you, too, are a sky gazer like me and antcy when at your desk and indoors for too long?

Many creative actions for justice are embedded within this Be'haalotecha d'var Torah created for IRAC. http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50494/p/salsa/web/common/public/content?co...