Welcome to our growing library of Disability Torah. Explore weekly reflections through a disability lens, with new additions each Monday (unless there’s a holiday)
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The Ambiguity of Promise: An Autistic Interpretation
By Harper Hazelmare
“The Ambiguity of Promise: An Autistic Interpretation” | Parashat Sh’lach | 5785
Confronting Exclusion: Centering those on the Margins
By Hannah Greenberg
“Confronting Exclusion: Centering those on the Margins” | Parashat Naso | 5785
Disabled Wisdom and the Revelation of Torah
By Mat Wilson
“Disabled Wisdom and the Revelation of Torah” | Shavuot | 5785
What can we do? We do what we can.
By puck glass
“What can we do? We do what we can.” | Parashat Bamidbar | 5785
Rest Is a Holy Covenant, Not a Privilege
By Mati Boulakia-Bortnick
“Rest Is a Holy Covenant, Not a Privilege” | Parashat Behar-Behukotai | 5785
Parashat Emor: A Disability Perspective
By Jason Lieberman
“Parashat Emor: A Disability Perspective” | Parashat Emor | 5785
And You Shall Live Through Them
By Miriam Saperstein
“And You Shall Live Through Them” | Achrei Mot-Kedoshim | 5785
Coming Clean: Niddah as a Strategy for Healing and Self-Care
By Leah Ari Ruzkowski
“Coming Clean: Niddah as a Strategy for Healing and Self-Care” | Parashat Tazria-Metzora | 5785
A Torah I Cannot Carry: Disability, Holiness, and the Divine
By Mat Wilson
“A Torah I Cannot Carry: Disability, Holiness, and the Divine” | Parashat Shmini | 5785
That Time I Spent Passover in a Psychiatric Hospital
By Deena Nyer Mendlowitz
“That Time I Spent Passover in a Psychiatric Hospital” | Pesach | 5785
Korban Todah: The Practice of Gratitude
By Rabbi Dr. Levi Alter
“Korban Todah: The Practice of Gratitude” | Parashat Tzav | 5785
Beasts and Birds: On (Im)Perfection
By Trinidad Gómez
“Beasts and Birds: On (Im)Perfection” | Parashat Vayikra | 5785
Side By Side Among Bells
By Rabbi Jonah Rank
“Side By Side Among Bells”| Parashat Pekudei | 5785
A Blueprint for Tomorrow: Building the Mishkan
By Fen Argoff
“A Blueprint for Tomorrow: Building the Mishkan”| Parashat Vayakhel | 5785
Chronic Illness, Social Punishment, and Disability Torah
By Adam Kersch
“Chronic Illness, Social Punishment, and Disability Torah”| Parashat Ki Tisa | 5785
Tetzaveh: For dignity and splendor
By Om Green
“Tetzaveh: For dignity and splendor” | Parashat Tetzaveh | 5785
Parshat Terumah: Making Space
By Nora Chernov
“Parshat Terumah: Making Space” | Parashat Terumah | 5785
Seeing God in One Another: A Practice in Empathy
By Marla Aviva Bentley, RJE
“Seeing God in One Another: A Practice in Empathy” | Parashat Mishpatim | 5785
Why Do You Act Alone?: Delegation, Rest, and Solidarity in Parashat Yitro
By Tyler Vile
“Why Do You Act Alone?: Delegation, Rest, and Solidarity in Parashat Yitro” | Parashat Yitro | 5785