Rabbi Gila Caine: Earth Day Kabbalat Shabbat
by Rabbi Gila Caine (AJNews) – In my secret mental list of stuff to pack if we had to run, after some medicine, but before…
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Rabbi Gila Caine: Rejoice in the arrival of Spring
By Rabbi Gila Caine (AJNews) – As a child, mornings of the Seder night held my favourite moments of preparing for Pesach. As my mom…
Rabbi Gila Caine: First Impressions
By Rabbi Gila Caine (AJNews) – Baby naming ceremonies are my favorite, both to attend and to perform. All life cycle events are extremely meaningful…
Rabbi Gila Caine: Places of Goodness
by Rabbi Gila Caine (Edmonton) – How good are your tents, Jacob: your dwelling places, Israel? ה־טֹּֽבוּ אֹהָלֶֽיךָ יַעֲקֹב מִשְׁכְּ֒נֹתֶֽיךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל My son sings this…
Rabbi Gila Caine: Praying Subversively
by Rabbi Gila Caine (AJNews) – In the words of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel: “Prayer is meaningless unless it is subversive, unless it seeks to…