Earth Etudes for Elul: A Collection of Meaningful Ways to Enrich Our Lives

by Susan Levine

~ It’s not too late to read the thought-provoking Earth Etudes for the month of Elul. Now is a good time to think about our lives and what matters: our family, our friends, this Earth we call our home and all the other people and animals who share it with us. How can we take care of our health and work towards a peaceful and sustainable future for our children?

A special thank you to Rabbi Katy Z. Allen for organizing this project and to our contributing writers with their meaningful essays, poems and thoughts. You can read them here whenever you’d like as a reminder of why we are here.

Etude Elul 1 by Andy Oram: Save the Earth to Save Our children. Read more...

Etude Elul 2 by Rabbi Robin Damsky: Oh Deer What Can the Matter Be? Read more…

Etude Elul 3 by Moshe Givental: G-d’s Might, Detroit, and coming back to Life. Read more…

Etude Elul 4 by Rabbi Katy Z. Allen: The Power of Silence, the Power of Creation. Read more…

Etude Elul 5 by Thea Iberall, Ph.D.: Changing Ourselves. Read more…

Etude Elul 6 by Rabbi Margaret Frisch Klein: I Dare You. Read more…

Etude Elul 7 by Maggid David Arfa: The Power of Limit-Making. Read more…

Etude Elul 8 by Janna Diamond: Like a River Flows. Read more…

Etude Elul 9 by Rabbi Judy Weiss: The Important Ten Percent. Read more…

Etude Elul 10 by Rabbi David Jaffe: Re-remembering Who We Are. Read more…

Etude Elul 11 by Rabbi Natan Margalit, Ph.D.: The Emergence of Aliveness. Read more…

Etude Elul 12 by Hody Nemes: In the Shadow of the Rabbi’s Tree. Read more…

Etude Elul 13 by Hattie Nestel: A Tall Order. Read more…

Etude Elul 14 by Rabbi Katy Z. Allen: Paradox. Read more…

Etude Elul 15 by Carol Reiman: Water and Clarity of Mind. Read more…

Etude Elul 16 by Joelle Novey: Choosing Again to Be Good. Read more…

Etude Elul 17 by Rabbi Laurie Gold: Ode to Water. Read more…

Etude Elul 18 by Susie Davidson: Help the Honeybees. Read more…

Etude Elul 19 by Judith Felsen, Ph.D.: Canopy to Heaven. Read more…

Etude Elul 20 by Rabbi Jacob Siegel: An Old Problem. Read more…

Etude Elul 21 by Leora Mallach: The Food We Eat. Read more…

Etude Elul 22 by Molly Bajgot: Earth Rituals. Read more…

Etude Elul 23 by Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman: Tandem. Read more…

Etude Elul 24 by Steph Zabel: What is Remembering? Read more…

Etude Elul 25 by Ruah Swennerfelt: Bees, Fireflies, and Stars. Read more…

Etude Elul 26 by Ben Weilerstein: You Were Wrong. Read more…

Etude Elul 27 by Maxine Lyons: Teshuvah in the Garden. Read more…

Etude Elul 28 by Dr. Mirele B. Goldsmith: Our Repentance, Prayer, and Deeds of Righteous Action Will Stop Climate Change. Read more…

Etude Elul 29 by Rabbi Judy Kummer: Hope Sprouting. Read more…

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