All the Earth Etudes for Elul–5784

Connecting the Meaning of our Lives to the Spirit of Judaism: Tikkun Olam- Repairing our World

Elul is almost here–by Rabbi Katy Allen: The moon is waning once again, this time telling us that we are approaching the Jewish month of Elul. READ MORE…

~Earth Etude for Rosh Hodesh by Rabbi Asher Chaim Sofman : Turning Earthward…I sit in my backyard on a cool and beautiful August day…READ MORE…

~ Earth Etude for Elul 1 by Rabbi Louis Polisson: Waves: The sound of waves…Breaking on the seashore…Heralding…The coming of the time for return… Read More

~ Earth Etude for Elul 2 by Enid C. Lader: I Walked on the Pier above the Saint Lawrence River…It happened to be across the street from a grand cathedral built in honor of Saint Anne…
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~ Earth Etude for Elul 3 by Rabbi Janet Madden, PhD: The Tides of Teshuvah. Teshuvah means repentance or trying to win forgiveness. Rabbi Janet Madden’s poem explains the connection between Teshuvah and Elul… Read More

~ Earth Etude for Elul 4 by Rabbi Katy Z. Allen: Arise… Read More of this beautiful poem.

~ Earth Etude for Elul 5 by Rabbi Ora Nitkin-Kaner: Why is Despair So Compelling? Let me be alive for what this day brings. Read more .

~ Earth Etude for Elul 6 by Rabbi Mark Moskowitz: Repentant and Grounded–Allyship in Elul. One of the reasons that we are called “Earthlings,” b’nei adam in Hebrew, is because our ability to return to a pristine state of purity can be achieved through our connection to the Earth. Read More

~ Earth Etude for Elul 7 by Judith Felsen, Ph.D.: Love Psalm from Elohim–“be with the speech of Elohim, the wind, the seas, the sparkle of the stars; let Hashem’s nature carry you on wings, walk with you in gardens, gaze with you at skies and moon…”  Read more

~ Earth Etude for Elul 8 by Rabbi Robin Damsky: Dropping Our Leaves– I think of a deciduous tree as August turns to September, October, November. Its leaves turn color, becoming a sight most awesome to behold… Read more

~ Earth Etude for Elul 9 by Lisa M. Miller: I COME HOME–…” walk my wild rocky woodland…Read More

~ Earth Etude for Elul 10 by Leah F. Cassorla, Ph.D.: Climate and the Sh’ma–Earth Etude for Elul 10 by Leah F. Cassorla, Ph.D.: Climate and the Sh’ma– T’shuvah, in Judaism, requires more than recognition of our bad choices, it requires action. Read More.

~ Earth Etude for Elul 11 by Rabbi David Seidenberg: God’s eyes on the Land: Why are ancestors chose a land “of hills and valleys”—TO COME

~ Earth Etude for Elul 12 by Rabbi Paul Plotkin: Learn to Acknowledge Defeat—TO COME

~ Earth Etude for Elul 13 by Rabbi Margie Jacobs: Uncovering the Moon: The Compass of Compassion —TO COME

~ Earth Etude for Elul 14 by Rabbi Dr. Nachson Siritsky: Love is the Breath of the Soul –TO COME

~ Earth Etude for Elul 15 by Rabbi Susan Elkodsi: Appreciating Nature’s Gifts –TO COME

~ Earth Etude for Elul 16 by Cara Judea Alhadeff, Ph.D.: Zazu Dreams – Between the Scarab and the Dung Beetle — A Cautionary Fable for the Anthropocene Era — TO COME

~ Earth Etude for Elul 17 by Sheryl J. Shapiro: Trace –TO COME

~ Earth Etude for Elul 18 by Rabbi Margaret Frisch-Klein — TO COME

MORE EARTH ETUDES WILL BE COMING!

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