"On Yom Kippur we do the deep work of examining our blind spots, asking ourselves, 'How have I missed the mark? Who have I hurt? What behavioral patterns are getting in my way of living my full life?'
"In the face of catastrophic climate change, humanity as a whole faces its greatest existential challenge. To survive this present threat, we must become resilient people and communities by becoming Human Beings once again. We have lost our Human Nature, because we removed ourselves from the innate right relationship as a part of nature."
"How does it feel to be in this Village? This Rosh Hashanah, I feel called to share words of Torah and work that Wilderness Torah envisions for the next 7 years to build resilient village during destabilizing times.
At the 2018 ALEPH Smicha Ceremony, Zelig Golden gave this keynote before being ordained as a rabbi.
Shmita is the seventh year of a seven-year cycle, in which the Jewish people are instructed to release the land, debt, and those in servitude.
Have you ever felt disconnected from your purpose? From God? From yourself? Today, waves of younger Jews are flocking back to Judaism through nature’s doorway, which offers a critical answer to Judaism’s continuity concerns and a path to connection for all of us.