Rabbi Rachel Bearman

For as long as I can remember, my Judaism has been something that I valued, something that I loved about myself, and something that...

Leviticus 10:1-3 Now Aaron’s sons Nadav and Abihu each took his fire pan, put fire in it, and laid incense on it; and they offered before...

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THIS SERMON (Go to 1:30 in the video if you'd like to skip directly to the sermon.) While you might not recognize the...

The morning that the Dobbs decision was expected to be released, I was sitting in my office, refreshing the Supreme Court’s website over...

Rabbi Bearman's Note: This reflection is based on the Sotah ritual- first described in the Book of Numbers- where a woman would be forced...

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THIS SERMON (Go to 47:50) Shabbat Shalom, friends. I want to begin by saying that I spent some time this week...

This week’s Torah portion is Parashat Noach, and it includes two very famous stories (and a lot of genealogies). The first of the...

According to tradition, Rosh Chodesh Elul (the first day of the month before the High Holy Days) was the day that Moses went back up...

This week’s Torah portion, Naso, is the second portion in the book of Numbers. In the middle of the parashah, nestled between seemingly...

The sound woke me from a deep sleep. It must have triggered the instinct that caring for my own son had planted deeply in my brain...

In this week’s double Torah portion - Acharei Mot, Kedoshim- we read a very famous verse, “Speak to the whole Israelite community and say...