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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Releasing What Does Not Serve Us
By Rabbi Lauren Tuchman
“Releasing What Does Not Serve Us” | Parashat Behar-Behukotai | 5786
The Blemish of God: the Architecture of Exclusion
By Om Green
“The Blemish of God: the Architecture of Exclusion” | Parashat Emor | 5786
How to Save a Life: Expanding Pikuach Nefesh
By Becca Shrier
“How to Save a Life: Expanding Pikuach Nefesh” | Parashat Achrei Mot-Kidoshim | 5786
Responding to Difference
By Mati Boulakia-Bortnick
“Responding to Difference” | Parashat Tazria-Metzora | 5786
How to Be of Earthly Good: How to See Jewish Observance Through An Affirming Lens
By Nasiyah Isra-Ul
“How to Be of Earthly Good: How to See Jewish Observance Through An Affirming Lens” | Parashat Shmini | 5786
Fuel, Flames, and Burnout: A study in continuity
By Raphael Morris
“Fuel, Flames, and Burnout: A study in continuity” | Parashat Tzav | 5786
When We Err Without Knowing: Ableism and Unintentional Guilt
By Andrew Evans
“When We Err Without Knowing: Ableism and Unintentional Guilt” | Parashat Vayikra | 5786
Visibility: A Holy Choice
By Elisa Friedlander
“Visibility: A Holy Choice” | Parashat Tetzaveh | 5786
When Scaffolding Crumbles: Answering With a Soft, Raging Heart
By Rebecca Feldman
“When Scaffolding Crumbles: Answering With a Soft, Raging Heart” | Parashat Mishpatim | 5786
Seeing Yitro Through A Disability Lens
By Jason Lieberman
“Seeing Yitro Through a Disability Lens” | Parashat Yitro | 5786
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