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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If My Baseline Is An Eight, Is This A Ten?: Exodus, Trauma, and Pain Management
By Shayna Herszage-Feldan
“If My Baseline Is An Eight, Is This A Ten?: Exodus, Trauma, and Pain Management” | Parashat Beshalach | 5786
Meeting Ourselves Tenderly
By Rabbi Lauren Tuchman
“Meeting Ourselves Tenderly” | Parashat Vaera | 5786
The Covenant of the Groaning
By puck glass
“The Covenant of the Groaning” | Parashat Shemot | 5786
Yosef's Radical Disability Test
By Rafi Josselson
“Yosef's Radical Disability Test” | Parashat Vayigash | 5786
Dreidels, Decisions, Destiny
By Trinidad Gómez
“Dreidels, Decisions, Destiny” | Hanukkah | 5786
Jacob, Esau, and Access Intimacy
By River Mudgett
“Jacob, Easau, and Access Intimacy” | Vayishlach | 5786
DreamSpace as a Doorway to Divinity
By Emunah Woolf
“DreamSpace as a Doorway to Divinity” | Parashat Vayetzei | 5786
Life and Death With a Broken Heart: a strategy of consent with depression
By Harper Hazelmare
“Life and Death With a Broken Heart: a strategy of consent with depression” | Chayei Sarah | 5786
Becoming a Disabled Multitude
By Shaya French
“Becoming a Disabled Multitude” | Lech Lecha | 5785
Eden, Cain, and Ableism at the Door
By Angela Vierling-Claassen
“Eden, Cain, and Ableism at the Door” | Parashat Bereshit | 5786
Closing the Book
By Rabbi Dr. Haviva Ner-David
“Closing the Book” | Parashat Vezot Haberakhah | 5785
Torah is for Trauma Survivors, Too
By Nasiyah Isra-Ul
“Torah is For Trauma Survivors, Too” | Parashat Ha’Azinu | 5785
Well-trodden beautiful truths to live by
By Joanna Silber
“Well-trodden beautiful truths to live by” | Parashat Vayeilech | 5785