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Graceful Rebuke / Graceful Masculinity: Tazria
April 16, 2021 in All Posts, MenschUp, Torah /by Rachel BarenblatPart of a periodic Torah series on graceful masculinity and Jewish values. אָדָם, כִּי-יִהְיֶה בְעוֹר-בְּשָׂרוֹ שְׂאֵת אוֹ-סַפַּחַת אוֹ בַהֶרֶת, וְהָיָה בְעוֹר-בְּשָׂרוֹ, לְנֶגַע צָרָעַת–וְהוּבָא אֶל-אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן, אוֹ אֶל-אַחַד מִבָּנָיו הַכֹּהֲנִים. If […]
Reflections on Color the Omer
April 12, 2021 in All Posts, The Festival Year, Tools for Building Jewish /by Rachel BarenblatWhen Color the Omer came out, we described it as “a tool for counting the Omer with mindfulness and beauty.” We invited folks to color each page while meditating […]
Graceful Shame / Graceful Masculinity: Shmini
April 9, 2021 in All Posts, MenschUp, Torah /by Rachel BarenblatPart of a periodic Torah series on graceful masculinity and Jewish values. וַתֵּצֵא אֵשׁ, מִלִּפְנֵי יְהוָה, וַתֹּאכַל עַל-הַמִּזְבֵּחַ, אֶת-הָעֹלָה וְאֶת-הַחֲלָבִים; וַיַּרְא כָּל-הָעָם וַיָּרֹנּוּ, וַיִּפְּלוּ עַל-פְּנֵיהֶם. A fire went forth from […]
Celebrating In the Light of Peace
April 5, 2021 in All Posts, Tools for Building Jewish /by Rachel BarenblatOn Saturday evening there was a digital book launch for In the Light of Peace, Bayit’s latest publication, a volume of spiritual poetry and photography. For those who missed it, here’s […]
Graceful Offerings / Graceful Masculinity – Vayikra
March 22, 2021 in All Posts, MenschUp, Torah /by Rachel BarenblatPart of a periodic Torah series on graceful masculinity and Jewish values. וְאִםמִן–הָעוֹף עֹלָה קָרְבָּנוֹ, לַיהוָה: וְהִקְרִיב מִן–הַתֹּרִים, אוֹ מִן–בְּנֵי הַיּוֹנָה—אֶת–קָרְבָּנוֹ. If one’s offering to Hashem is an olah offering […]
Announcing In the Light of Peace!
March 19, 2021 in All Posts, The Spiritual Journey, Tools for Building Jewish /by Rachel BarenblatMazal tov to Leiah Bowden, Abby Bogomolny, Sally Churgel, Rita Rapoport Rowan, and the Ner Shalom community: this week Bayit is releasing In the Light of Peace, a collection of poetry. Here’s […]
#ColorTheOmer at ReformJudaism.org!
March 18, 2021 in All Posts, The Festival Year, Tools for Building Jewish /by Rachel BarenblatJews customarily count the Omer during the seven weeks between the second day of Passover and the beginning of Shavuot, a process dating back to when ancient Israelites would offer an omer (an ancient Hebrew measure of […]
Digital Afikomen: Building the “Seek and Find” Online
March 17, 2021 in All Posts, Innovation, The Festival Year /by Rachel BarenblatHere’s a stellar example of adapting the physical to the digital, right in time for home Passover rituals online. From R. Lex Rofeberg (Bayit’s newest Sounding Board member, of Judaism Unbound fame) and his […]
Keep the Fire Burning
March 17, 2021 in All Posts, Tools for Building Jewish, Torah /by Rachel BarenblatDuring 5781, a group of Bayit builders, led by R. Cynthia Hoffman, is studying the writings of the Baal Shem Tov. First and foremost we’re studying “lishma,” for the sake […]