![Beth El Temple Presents: Shabbaton Weekend with Rabbi Lauren Tuchman in honor of Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion [Image of Head of Pharaoh Statue] Month Confronting Our Inner Pharaoh: What do we struggle to let go of? Friday, January 31 Dinner following services $22/person RSVP to Amy at amy@bethelhbg.org or 717 232-0556 by January 29 Saturday, February 1 Rabbi Tuchman will be speaking during services In Parashat Bo, we witness the final three plagues, as well as Pharaoh's continual constriction of the heart. Enveloped by his own story, he is unable to hear, see, or sense the suffering of his own people and of the Israelites. In our own lives, it is easy to find ourselves feeling our own constriction, noticing those places where we really struggle to let go and face what is hard. Torah can meet us here, too. Just as the story of the Exodus is the Jewish people's collective foundational spiritual paradigm for how we understand ourselves, so, too, can it serve this purpose in our lives individually. Join Rabbi Lauren Tuchman for a weekend of deep learning and heart-centered contemplative practice. Together, we will explore this pivotal parsha and invite ourselves to unearth its messages for our lives as individuals and as a community. Beth El Temple, 2637 North Front Street, Harrisburg [Image of Rabbi Lauren Tuchman headshot] Rabbi Lauren Tuchman is a sought after speaker, spiritual leader, and educator. Ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary in 2018, she is, as far as she is aware, the first blind woman in the world to enter the rabbinate. She provides consulting to individuals and organizations across the Jewish community on a variety of matters pertinent to disability access and inclusion. She has taught in numerous synagogues and other organizations across North America. She was named to the Jewish Week's 36 Under 36 for her innovative leadership concerning inclusion of Jews with disabilities in all aspects of Jewish life. In 2017, she delivered an ELI Talk entitled "We All Were At Sinai: The Transformative Power of Inclusive Torah."](https://hebrewseminary.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/shabbaton-with-rabbi-lauren-tuchman.png "shabbaton-with-rabbi-lauren-tuchman")
Confronting Our Inner Pharaoh
Beth El Temple 2637 North Front Street, Harrisburg, PAConfronting Our Inner Pharaoh Shabbaton Weekend with Rabbi Lauren Tuchman, Hebrew Seminary Professor of Rabbinic Literature In-Person at Beth El Temple 2637 North Front Street Harrisburg, PA 17110 January 31 […]