Pesach is a holiday of gender equality with equal freedom, equal obligation and equal import in actualizing a better reality. The word “adam” bears meaning which enables this equality, and calling upon three separate root words, Rabba Wendy Amsellem and co-author Rabbi Mike Moskowitz address the roles of nature, imagination and form in shaping humanity and becoming intellectually capable beings.

As Pesach approaches and the guidelines slowly roll back, Rabbanit Goldie Guy and Rabbi David Wolkenfeld advise on Shabbat-meets-erev-Pesach and hosting for the holiday in a safe way. The conversation moves to some of the Torah study options coming up at shul and the beauty of online learning.

Rabbanit Devorah Zlochower on listening to a nation when the rabbinate struggles to find an answer • Rabba Claudia Marbach on the ethical inclusivity of the seder night, seen through the first mishnah of the tenth chapter of Pesachim • Rabbi Marianne Novak on the Divine protection bestowed upon the Night of the Watch, and how we can extend this protection ourselves • Rabbi Atara Cohen on the value of bringing the talmudic, rather than biblical, Elijah to the seder • Rabbanit Michal Kohane on the spoken and questioned portion of the once-unwritten hagaddah

Maharat Ruth (The National Synagogue) talks to Rabba Ramie about the experience of being a Maharat and a mom, how the pandemic has added to this challenge, opening a mikveh in the wake of a national scandal and making it an open but safe environment.

In the pilot episode of maharatcast, Rabba Ramie Smith speaks with Jen Vegh about the process to creating the podcast, why the whole season was dropped at once and what to expect from the series.

Being a chaplain means helping to tell the story, never being afraid to focus on the questions people ask and connecting to comfort. For Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn, spirituality in the most vulnerable moments has always been a way of life, and seeking authenticity in religion a tenet of faith. This episode focuses on the importance of discussing life, death and everything beyond, with a focus on coping after tragedy and terror.

As the only man in a brand-new beit midrash, Rabbi Jeffrey Fox found himself confronting many new worlds. From support and empathy in learning to an emotional understanding of the halakhic process, Reb Jeff discusses what he has learned about men and women, as learners and as humans. He further addresses being a white cis-man serving as a point Rabbi for the queer community, and the ways he works to promote women’s leadership.

In life as a life coach and a rabbanit, there are surprisingly very few dissonances. Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe shares her journey to ordination, certification as a life coach and motherhood, assessing the way to find the balance between each realm and bring joy to others in the process.

The book of Vayikra opens with a loving call from God to Moshe, but with which name did he reach out? Dr. Shira Billet brings in a beautiful midrashic exegesis on a confusing verse in Divrei Ha-Yamim I, Chronicles I, to explain the myriad names Moshe received, and yet the simplistic beauty of the name “Moshe” which God used to connect. The love it bears, rather than the juxtaposition of a prophet and his God, was the central facet of his identity.

Rabbanit Leah Sarna proposes a list of feminist tweaks to the wedding ceremony from the Shabbat Kallah to the meal, offering small changes or additions to the procedure to allow for a more egalitarian experience.