Rabbi Rachel Bearman

Most Shabbat evenings, as we gather to pray and welcome the Sabbath, I can feel the strands of tradition that link everyone in our...

This week’s Torah portion, B’har - B’chukotai, is made up of the last chapters in the book of Leviticus and, as our B’nai Mitzvah will...

On Wednesday, the principal of Ridgefield High School and the Superintendent of Ridgefield schools sent emails to the parents and...

The Levites as well as the priestly and rabbinic traditions that would eventually emerge as our tradition evolved were almost...

This week, I had a hard time turning off the news. I was especially troubled by and fixated on the reports that many in our government...

Sometimes when I sit down to write, the sermon pours out of me. I type as quickly as I can because it feels like the words have been...

Liminal spaces are the transitions between two safe, or at least known, things, times, or places. In the Jewish Tradition and in many...

In the days before the election and in the week and a half since the election, our country has been filled with venom. Every time we...

I’m not sure how many of you know this about me, but I have a guitar. It’s a really beautiful guitar, and I’ve actually had it for more...

I have been a rabbi for two and a half years now and have been a religious school teacher since I was 17. These experiences mean that I...