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In this episode of Tehillah Talks, we discuss:
How we respond to rules and regulations
What we should do with inexplicable rules
How stories impact our responses to rules
What helps us prepare for transitions
Where it makes sense to be granular vs. open about rules
How the Torah and the Talmud serve as a blueprint for the interaction of stories and rules
How rules help us navigate transitions, interact and make the world a better place
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In this episode of Tehillah Talks, we discuss:
Being in a heated conversation, what happens when you really listen?
If you don’t know someone who disagrees with you, how do you find respect for them?
How easy is it to hear other people’s stories?
How hard is it to find commonality with someone with whom you disagree?
What it means to be taught how to compromise
How we can get out of our corners
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In this episode of Tehillah Talks, we discuss:
What is love?
Can you command someone to love?
How easy is it to love your neighbor as yourself?
The challenges and benefits of connecting being a stranger in a strange land with loving your neighbor
How looking at love as paying attention changes the transaction and focus
How breaking bread with strangers can build connections
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In this episode of Tehillah Talks, we discuss:
How can you command people to listen
What it takes to listen to and hear another person’s voice
How God’s unity helps us listen to people we don’t agree with
How to discern the biases in someone else’s viewpoint
Using the Sh’ma as a context for listening to the world
Taking time to listen before we talk
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In this episode of Tehillah Talks, we discuss:
Why it matters to tell the story on Passover
The desire to remember the story of the Holocaust and to forget it
How objects connect us to story
Our connections to our family stories
How stories change as we reread them over time
What stories may obligate us to do
Story as a way in
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In this episode of Tehillah Talks, we discuss:
Dressing in ridiculous costumes
What roots us in our identity
The tension between our public and private identity
How to get beyond judgments that are based on appearance
How to keep going forward in challenging times
Fear vs. solidarity in response to a threat
What holds us up during difficult moments
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In this episode of Tehillah Talks, we discuss:
The definition of the word genesis
Where we are in our own personal formation journey
How the Joseph narrative may relate to our own transitions
How we find a good starting point for something new
How to find the positive amid negative messaging
Communities we can turn to when we are feeling overwhelmed or struggling
What we are grateful for that supports our transitions
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In this episode of Tehillah Talks, we discuss:
What does it mean to be a good person?
Should we give Noah a bad rap?
What does it take to get out of our places of comfort?
Are we being trained to think before we act?
What can we do differently to build positive impact?
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In this episode of Tehillah Talks, we discuss:
Why we have to mark beginnings
Why we start with the same texts and stories at the beginning of every year
How we highlight the importance of beginnings
Our wishes for the New Year
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In this episode of Tehillah Talks, we discuss:
Why the environment has lost attention
Learning about long-term impact
The way values about our land are embedded in our Jewish texts
How can we focus more on the communal and less on the individual
How can we create a sense of urgency with the environment
How can we make choices for the future where the environment fits in
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In this episode of Tehillah Talks, we speak about what Anti-Semitism means as a young person today.
We discuss:
What Anti-Semitism demands of us in relation to other groups under attack
How we tell the story of Ant-Semitism without blinding ourselves to the suffering of others
How our laws are embedded in our story, giving empathy a voice
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In this episode of Tehillah Talks, we speak about what Anti-Semitism means as a young person today.
We discuss:
What Anti-Semitism means from the vantage point of a 15- to 20-year-old
The kinds of incidents we see and experience
The connection between reactions to Israel policy and anti-Semitism
How our laws are embedded in our story, giving empathy a voice
Learn more about our community that is committed to an environment in which all are welcome wherever they or their families find themselves on their Jewish journey, inclusive of any age, race, orientation, gender identity, ability and economic status at www.congregationtehillah.org and https://www.facebook.com/congregationtehillah/. -
In this episode of Tehillah Talks, we speak about how hard blessings are to offer and receive. We discuss:
Marking endings and beginnings
How the notion of blessings can be a source of empowerment
How we feel when we receive blessings
Being taught how to speak up for ourselves
Aligning our inner sense of self with how we are seen
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In this episode of Tehillah Talks, we discuss the connection between gratitude and:
Prayer
Food
Thanksgiving
How others benefit us
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In this episode of Tehillah Talks, we explore transitions.
We discuss:
What it’s like to enter a new place
What tools we have to ease the stresses of transition
Adapting to new ways of working and living
Whether change is a good thing
How we can keep moving forward in the face of obstacles
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In this episode of Tehillah Talks, we discuss part two of our reflections of the last year.
We discuss:
What the year ahead will look like
What will help us get through the next year
How we have changed – or not
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In this episode of Tehillah Talks, we discuss part one of our reflections of the last year.
We discuss:
Adapting the Biblical parallels to a new reality
Changing social dynamics
Our very personal experiences of the last year
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In this episode of Tehillah Talks, we discuss mental illness and how it is viewed in society.
We discuss:
Stigma surrounding mental illness
Lack of adequate mental healthcare
The importance of therapy
Biblical representations of mental health
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In this episode of Tehillah Talks, we reflect on how our lives and perspectives have changed in the past year. We discuss:
Our need for material objects
What our display of material objects at the Passover seder means to us
The meaning of “Let all who are hungry come and eat”
How our memories of this year may lead to a reframing for us in the future
Ways we want to think bigger this Passover
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In this episode of Tehillah Talks, we discuss the power of history and telling the tale:
Why complain? The story of the Israelites crossing the Sea of Reeds
How we relate to the complaints of the former slaves
Remembering vs. telling the story
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