Rabbi Rachel Bearman

God, There's so much in my mind and my heart right now that it's hard for me to figure out exactly what to say. I wish that I was a poet...

In last week’s Torah portion, Kedoshim, we heard what I believe to be one of the most important commandments in the Jewish tradition,...

Passover has always been my favorite holiday. Sure, Chanukah brought presents and Purim offered the opportunity to dress up like my...

For as long as I can remember, I’ve dressed up as Queen Vashti for Purim. For all of my life, I compared the characters of Vashti and...

As a family historian, I have spent a huge amount of time searching for names. Names are the keys to unlocking the vast treasures of...

Dear Theobold, I wonder sometimes what you would think if you knew that your life and the lives of your wives and children have been a...

Dear Anna, This letter is part of a new project I’m starting. You see, over the last five or six years, I’ve been fascinated by our...

These are my remarks from a recent interfaith service that explored what our individual traditions can teach us about healing. The value...

Presenting Blessing Blossoms! Pick your favorite prayer and create your very own! Hang them in your sukkah or anywhere you like to fill...

Since I have two sisters and parents who were determined to raise polite children, I have been apologizing for small things for as long...

I remember the first time that I put on a white robe like the one I am wearing tonight. It was on Yom Kippur afternoon during my junior...

I’ve pretty much always loved Sunday School. When I was a little girl, my dad taught Sunday School, and he would bring my sisters and me...

Contemporary Jewish communities like to talk about how each of us is on an individual Jewish journey. In fact, this is one of my...

Choosing what to speak about on Erev Rosh Hashanah was relatively easy for me this year. After all, a few months ago we opened the front...

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I couldn't have said it better myself.

To celebrate the fact that five years after I bought this shofar, I am finally able to make noise come out of it, I would like to offer...

This is the 1866 edition of Minhag America: The Divine Service Of American Israelites For the Day of Atonement by Isaac M. Wise. "...I...

For the past several years, every time I visit a family member's home, I look in closets and attics until I find albums of old...