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The ZimraTah team (right to left) at Central Synagogue: Alicia Jo Rabins, Dr. Koach Baruch Frazier, Yulie Be’eri, R. Yosef Goldman, Naomi Less, Kohenet Elana Brody, R. Annie Lewis, Yael Kanarek, Shira Averbuch, Kohenet Dr. Harriette Wimms, Basya Schechter, Miriam Rubin, and Deb Dunn. In the center: Cantor Jenna Pearsall, Cantorial intern Beth Reinstein. Photo credit: Gili Getz.

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Welcome to Beit Toratah

ברוכותים הבאותים לבית תורתה

Since 2016, we are rewriting the Tanakh, the Hebrew Bible, by reversing the genders of all characters. Toratah portrays Divine inspiration expressing itself through matriarchal lineages in Biblical language. Thus, we discover matriarchs in complex leadership positions, who are in direct relationship with Tehovah Elohin, and meet patriarchs who nurture their daughters and are active in the domestic sphere.

Toratah envisions broader possibilities for lived experiences and encourages exceptional spiritual imagination. Toratah and Torato (traditional Torah) together function as two ends of a fuller Torah that we call "Torah Shlema." Between them, dynamic understandings of divinity can emerge, as well as new gender-expansive narratives. Join us for our weekly classes.

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In the beginning Elohin created the skies and the earth. And the earth was teho u’vahu, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of Elohin hovered over the face of the waters. And Elohin said, “Let there be light,” and light became.

 

Tamar’s Blog

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Song of Songs: There is a Different Sex

As Yael and I work on the regendering of Song of Songs, we wonder what new turn in the story of the Song this will open. We are curious how the depictions of different bodily limbs’ beauty will sound when attributed to the body of the opposite gender; how will the brief dramatic scenes sound when experienced by the “other,” gender-wise. We also wonder - if we choose to examine the regendered Song as an allegory to relations between the Divinity and the nation, what theology will emerge, when the Divinity is the woman and the nation is the man.

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Labלַלֵּב: Yael’s Note

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Genesis 16: Familial variations in xing Toratah with Torato
Join us for the study of Genesis 29 where we follow Taacov as she works for Levana for 14 years in return for taking her sons Par and Ayil to be her men. Taacov loved Ayil. When Tehovah saw that Par was hated she opened his testis and he impregnated
Thank you Rabbi Angela Buchdahl for your shining intellect and intuition. It was so amazing to witness your visceral response to Toratah’s Mezuzah Klaf: “Shimi’i Tisraelah Tehovah Elohoteinu Tehovah akhat.” Toratah is challe
Taacov's Ladder! What a mysterious vision. Let's decipher it together tomorrow. I always think about the structure of DNA when we arrive at Taacov's ladder. So mysterious. We used the word 'messenger' for malakhiyot מלאכיות because we thought it wou
Dear friends, Tamar just posted a new blog post about Toratah's Song of Songs. It's fantastic! Link in the first comment. . . . #toratah #Beittoratah #songofsongs #regendered_bible #spirituality #jewish #divine_feminine #judaism #jewishlife #jewi

Yael’s visual Midrash prints

Shiviti: My Beloved, 2022
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Shiviti: My Beloved, 2022
Shiviti: Dvir, 2023
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Shiviti: Dvir, 2023