The understandings of tzara’at range from anger to vulnerability. Rabbi Emily Goldberg Winer highlights the interplay between these two feelings and the ways we treat the lepers of society.

The silence attributed to Aharon after the loss of his son is one of many ways of expressing pain. Karolyn Benger speaks about the ways in which we process trauma as opposed to filling the silence.

Much of Pesach revolves around the ways in which we tell the story and identify with it. Arielle Krule provides a study guide to explore how we tell our stories.

Much of Pesach revolves around the ways in which we tell the story and identify with it. Arielle Krule provides a study guide to explore how we tell our stories.

Rabbi David Fried responds to Rabbi Fox’s teshuvah on nashim mesolelot by refuting some of his basic claims and assessing the implications of his perspective.

Rabbi Ysoscher Katz responds to Rabbi Fox’s teshuvah with uncertainty about giving a ruling against the Shulchan Aruch, while also holding space for the individual and her experience.

Rabbi Aviva Richman responds to Rabbi Fox’s teshuvah with a call to frame the teshuvah within the realms of more than damage control, highlighting the alternate lenses onto the question.

As Pesach begins, so does an underlying imperative to open our eyes to those around us. Yali Szulanski compares the ways in which Moshe saw the suffering of those around him to our communal obligations.

The question of how healthy relationships stand up against the stigma against the queer community in Judaism is a deeply painful conversation. Rabbi Jeffrey Fox explores the sources, from the mishnah through modern-day, in an undertaking of the question.

Being a queer Jewish woman is an identity which holds space for complexity. Rabba Sara Hurwitz introduces a series of teshuvot answering questions gay women have asked Maharat over time.