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Readings in Shemot: Lessons on Resisting Oppressive Regimes

  • Lehrhaus 425 Washington Street Somerville, MA 02143 USA (map)

As our communities across the country and around the world experience ecological and political turmoil, we will offer a container of authentic connection and ground in a shared, timeless text. We will give careful attention to a passage from Sefer Shemot, exploring the different forms of resistance, challenging ourselves to expand our definition of this term. We will closely read the text, uplift a range of voices, and allow the text to speak to us in our personal lives as we contend with this political moment.

Mimi Farb (she/her) partners with her co-learners to build brave and caring relationships in which everyone involved learns through cycles of soulful connection, curiosity, devotional study, embodiment, creation, and liberation.
Mimi draws on her background as a havurahnik and alumna of Beis Yaakov, Svara, Hadar, Mount Holyoke College, and various traditional yeshivas to share Torah joyfully, openly, and critically. When she's not at Lehrhaus, Mimi can be found teaching rabbinical students at Hebrew College, regendering traditional prayers, or dreaming up a liberation based Torah curriculum.

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