Welcome to our growing library of Disability Torah. Explore holiday and weekly parsha reflections, with new additions each Sunday (unless there’s a holiday).
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The Torah of the Nest
By Rabbi Julia Watts Belser
“The Torah of the Nest” | Simchat Torah | 5786
To sit, to dwell, to inhabit
By Amanda Mbuvi
“To sit, to dwell, to inhabit” | Sukkot | 5786
What Happens When the Illusions Fall Away
By Rabbi Lauren Tuchman
“What Happens When the Illusions Fall Away” | Yom Kippur | 5786
The Teshuvah of Unmasking: Salvation of a Disabled Bodymind
By Mati Boulakia-Bortnick
“The Teshuvah of Unmasking: Salvation of a Disabled Bodymind” | Yom Kippur | 5786
Facing an Age of Polycrisis
By Jess Belasco
“Facing an Age of Polycrisis” | Rosh Hashanah | 5786
Ruminations on Rosh Hashanah
By Sarra Lev
“Ruminations on Rosh Hashanah” | Rosh Hashanah | 5786
So That You May Live: Choosing Life with Chronic Suicidal Ideation
By Mat Wilson
“So That You May Live: Choosing Life with Chronic Suicidal Ideation” | Parashat Nitzavim | 5785
The Slenderest Thread of Memory
By Corina Dross
“The Slenderest Thread of Memory” | Parashat Ki Tavo | 5785
Never was, never will be
By Raphael Morris
“Never was, never will be” | Parashat Ki Teitzei | 5785
When Comfort Becomes Cruelty
By Om Green
“When Comfort Becomes Cruelty” | Tisha b’Av | 5785
Memory and Ritual: Finding my Autistic Traits Reflected in our Sacred Text
By Lev DePaolo
“Memory and Ritual: Finding my Autistic Traits Reflected in our Sacred Text” | Parashat Devarim | 5785
Mapping Justice: Land, Sanctuary, and Embodied Belonging
By Stephanie Gray
“Mapping Justice: Land, Sanctuary, and Embodied Belonging” | Parashat Matot-Masei | 5785
The Daughters and Individualism
By Rafi Josselson
“The Daughters and Individualism” | Parashat Pinchas | 5785
If You Could Speak My Language
By Kochav Yehudis
“If You Could Speak My Language” | Parashat Balak | 5785
Serpents and Spirals of change: Letting teshuva be our guide
By Lior Gross
“Serpents and Spirals of change: Letting teshuva be our guide” | Parashat Chukat | 5785
When God’s Own Pettiness Teaches Us How Not to Act
By Evan RB Sachs
“When God’s Own Pettiness Teaches Us How Not to Act” | Parashat Korach | 5785