At the heart of the Rosh Hashanah Torah reading is an oft overlooked story, the story of Hagar. In preparation for the holiday we'll read Hagar's story carefully and spaciously through an intersectional feminist lens. Together, we will engage with the text through the spiritual practice of witnessing. We will allow Hagar to speak to us, to show us her agency and unique relationship to God, and to challenge and broaden our understanding of this Day of Awe.

Mimi Farb 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.