Shema Bekolah
Divrei Torah for Shabbat & Holidays
Researched commentary and personal reflections by women, inspired by "shema bekolah, listen to her voice" (Genesis 21:12).
Women's voices are an integral part of Jewish tradition. The Shema Bekolah series brings their Torah to your holiday table: essays, meditations, and teachings for every season of the year.
The High Holiday Collection
Our flagship compilation, now readable in full online.
Shema Bekolah: The High Holiday Collection
More than forty divrei Torah for Selichot, Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, and Simchat Torah. Read every piece on our website, download the book, or order the paperback.
Read the collectionSukkot & the Days of Awe
Teshuvah, joy, and impermanence.
Sukkot and Hakhel: The Point of Re-entry
ReadOn Permanence and Impermanence: Reflections on the Sukkah
ReadOur Prophets, Ourselves: Jonah, Judgment, and the Act of Repentance
ReadChange We Can Believe In
ReadThe Sukkah — A Temporary Fortress
ReadHanukkah
Light, spontaneity, and the people's holiday.
Jofa Hanukkah Resources 5784/2023
ReadHanukkah: A Lesson in Fixed Spontaneity
ReadHanukkah: The People’s Holiday
ReadCreating Light Each Day
ReadPesach
Freedom and education at the seder table.