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Queer Uncertainty
Last week, I did something I almost always avoid: I hopped on a Zoom at 4pm on Friday. While Shabbat is now much later in Berlin – I had until almost…
Apr 18
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Rosh Chodesh Nisan: Nooks and Crannies
The local mikveh where I grew up would send out bedikat chametz kits every year as a fundraiser. Sometimes, we day school students would be drafted into…
Apr 9
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April Recommendations
Hello, dear readers! As a reminder, free subscribers get twice-monthly Torah (and sometimes more!); paid subscribers get an additional four posts a…
Apr 4
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March 2024
Rosh Chodesh Adar 2: Joy
When I went to Google the phrase “mi shenichnas Adar marbim b’simcha” – I couldn’t remember where in the Gemara it appears (the answer is Taanit 29a…
Mar 11
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March Recommendations
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Mar 8
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February 2024
Niddah Book Excerpt: Purity as Porousness
Hello, dear Torah lovers! Here is your periodic (sorry) update on what I am thinking about as I write my queer niddah book. The following is an excerpt…
Feb 27
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Ask Avigayil: Round 1
Hello, lovely readers! I got EIGHT QUESTIONS in this round – I am honestly a little surprised, having a real moment of “me?? Why do you want MY…
Feb 16
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Rosh Chodesh Adar 1: Anger
I try, in these essays, to write from where my heart and mind actually are and not from where I wish they were. So the Rav Hutner and Amia Srinivasan…
Feb 8
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Trying Something New: Ask Avigayil, an Advice Column??
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Feb 6
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February Recommendations
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Feb 2
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January 2024
Book Review: Doppleganger
A few years ago, at a conference, I did the sort of “leadership activity” that usually makes me roll my eyes. We were given cards, each with one…
Jan 23
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Bo: Firstborns
Every year, on the morning of Erev Pesach, I feel conflicted. My Abba, a firstborn, would go to minyan at shul to attend a siyyum, so as to obviate the…
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