100 Animals

by Rabbi Katy Z. Allen

My next three lists provide a peek at the more-than-human world, based on the Five Kingdom system of classification. Today's list is of 100 animals, chosen as they came to mind. If you decide to create your own list, there are estimated to be more than 1,200,000 animal species on Earth, most of them insects. With another 10,000 discovered each year, you will have plenty to choose from. This list of animals, together with the lists to come, give just a a hint of the complexity of the ecosystems we inhabit.

100 Animals

1)          Aardvark

2)          Alligator

3)          Aquatic caecilian

4)          Bald eagle

5)          Barnacle

6)          Bison

7)          Blue whale

8)          Box turtle

9)          Brown pelican

10)        Bull frog

11)        Canada goose

12)        Carpenter ant

13)        Catfish

14)        Centipede

15)        Chameleon

16)        Cheetah

17)        Chimpanzee

18)        Clam

19)        Cockroach

20)        Coral

21)        Crayfish

22)        Crocodile

23)        Daddy long legs

24)        Deer tick

25)        Dog

26)        Dogfish shark

27)        Dolphin

28)        Dragonfly

29)        Earthworm

30)        Elephant

31)        Elk

32)        Field mouse

33)        Flea

34)        Flounder

35)        Gecko

36)        Gila monster

37)        Gorilla

38)        Great blue heron

39)        Great white shark

40)        Grey wolf

41)        Honey bee

42)        Hornet

43)        Horseshoe crab

44)        Hydra

45)        Imperial moth

46)        Jellyfish

47)        Jellyfish

48)        Krill

49)        Lady bird beetle

50)        Leech

51)        Lemon tetra

52)        Lobster

53)        Milk snake

54)        Millipede

55)        Mite

56)        Monarch butterfly

57)        Mongoose

58)        Mosquito

59)        Mussel

60)        Nematode

61)        Parrot

62)        Peacock

63)        Penguin

64)        Planarian

65)        Porcupine

66)        Prairie dog

67)        Puffin

68)        Python

69)        Rabbit

70)        Rattlesnake

71)        Red-tailed hawk

72)        Rhea

73)        Robin

74)        Ruby-throated hummingbird

75)        Salamander

76)        Sand dollar

77)        Scorpion

78)        Sea anemone

79)        Sea cucumber

80)        Sea otter

81)        Sea turtle

82)        Sea urchin

83)        Shrimp

84)        Snail

85)        Squid

86)        Starfish

87)        Sting ray

88)        Stink bug

89)        Tapeworm

90)        Termite

91)        Tilapia

92)        Tree frog

93)        Trout

94)        Tube worm

95)        Walking stick

96)        Walrus

97)        Water flea

98)        White-tailed deer

99)        Wood duck

100)      Zooplankton

Rabbi Katy Allen is a board certified chaplain and serves as a Nature Chaplain and the Facilitator of One Earth Collaborative, a program of Open Spirit. She is the founder and rabbi of Ma'yan Tikvah - A Wellspring of Hope, which holds services outdoors all year long. She is the President of the Boston-based Jewish Climate Action Network. 

100 Blessings a Day

by Rabbi Katy Z. Allen

G!d said to [Abraham]...I will bless you...and you shall be a blessing! --Genesis 12:1-2

And now, Israel, what does G!d want of you? Only that you remain in awe of Yah, so that you will follow all G!d’s paths and love G!d, serving Yah with all your heart and with all your soul. --Deut. 10:12

The Hebrew in the verse from Deuteronomy contains 99 letters, but the sages teach that it can be said to contain 100 letters when the word "ask" (shoel) is written as it should be written, that is, with its "vav." Rabbi Meir teaches that a person is obliged to recite 100 blessings every day based on this verse. How does he get to 100 if there are only 99 letters? The commentators tell us that instead of reading “ma” (what?), he reads the word as “mea” (100).” (Menachot 43b)

For this list, I've created a list of 100 blessings, culled from the weekday prayer services and blessings for various occasions. If one recites all the blessings traditionally said throughout the day, one would repeat all the blessings of the Amidah three times, so the journey to 100 blessings would be different. But I wanted to find 100 separate ones that could potentially be said in a day. So, that's how I got to my list - some of my decisions were, of course, arbitrary.

The translations have been culled from a variety of sources, but all of them I adapted to some extent. And for the tetragramaton, G!d's name, yud-hey-vav-hey, I used throughout the name Yah instead of Adonai. The reason for this is to avoid the gender inherent in the word Adonai, which stems from adon, meaning "lord." I also like the name Yah as it gives the sense of "breathe," and I appreciate Rabbi Arthur Waskow's teachings about G!d as breathe. 

One may, of course, recite 100 blessings of the day out of our imagination and from our heart, the blessings we are feeling at 100 moments throughout the day. It is an exercise I invite us all to try out for a day. And in the meantime, here is my list of traditional blessings, also for you to experiment with and dabble in, as they touch your heart.

Note: Due to the technical limitations of this blog site, the best way to include this long list was to insert the text as a series of images. Click on the first image to fully open it, and then you will be able to go from image to image by clicking on the thumbnails at the bottom of the screen. If you would like to have the entire file as a pdf for easier reading, please email me at rabbi@mayantikvah.org, and I will gladly send it to you.

Rabbi Katy Allen is a board certified chaplain and serves as a Nature Chaplain and the Facilitator of One Earth Collaborative, a program of Open Spirit. She is the founder and rabbi of Ma'yan Tikvah - A Wellspring of Hope, which holds services outdoors all year long. She is the President of the Boston-based Jewish Climate Action Network. 

100 Human Ways of Experiencing the Universe

 by Rabbi Katy Z. Allen

Here is the second in my lists of 100. This list is based on the list of senses found in The Seven Mysteries of Life by Guy Murchie as well as on Michael Cohen's writings about our senses, based on Murchie's lists, which can be found at Project NatureConnect. However, I have veered from the idea of "senses," which feels limiting and subject to scientific argument about what a sense is, and instead have listed 100 ways that we humans can experience the universe in which we live. We are more aware of some of these than of others. I invite you to see what jumps out at you, and to take time focusing on ones of interest to you.

        1.          Sense of light and sight, including polarized light

2.          Sense of color

3.          Sense of moods and identities attached to colors

4.          Sense of awareness of one's own visibility or invisibility

5.          Sensitivity to radiation other than visible light: ultraviolet light, x-rays; night vision

6.          Ability to experience phosphenes (seeing light without light actually entering the  eye)

7.          Sense of heat

8.          Sense of cold

9.          Sense of temperature change

10.        Sense of seasons including ability to insulate

11.        Electromagnetic sense and polarity, including the ability to generate current in the  nervous system

12.        Hearing, frequency or pitch

13.        Hearing, amplitude or loudness

14.        Hearing, timbre, distinguishing one voice or instrument from another

15.        Hearing, direction of sound

16.        Hearing, resonance, vibrations, sonar frequencies

17.        Awareness of pressure, particularly underground, underwater, and to wind and air

18.        Sense of excretion for waste elimination

19.        Feeling touch on the skin

20.        Sense of sustained touch or pressure

21.        Awareness of dull ache

22.        Awareness of texture

23.        Distinguishing hardness and softness

24.        Distinguishing roughness and smoothness

25.        Sense of weight of external objects

26.        Kinesthesia - awareness of body movement

27.        Proprioception – awareness of relative position of body parts

28.        Sense of external motions

29.        Sense of gravity

30.        Cognition of heartbeat, breathing, blood circulation

31.        Sense of balance

32.        Space or proximity sense

33.        Smell with nose – camphoric (moth balls)

34.        Smell with nose – musky (perfume, after shave)

35.        Smell with nose – floral (roses)

36.        Smell with nose – minty (peppermint)

37.        Smell with nose – ethereal (dry cleaning fluid)

38.        smell with nose – pungent (vinegar, blue cheese)

39.        Smell with nose – putrid (rotten eggs)

40.        Hormonal responses, as to pheromones and other chemical stimuli

41.        Sensing chemical imbalance

42.        Taste – salt

43.        Taste – sweet

44.        Taste – bitter

45.        Taste – sour

46.        Appetite or hunger for food

47.        Thirst

48.        Sense of need for air, suffocation

49.        Urge to hunt or otherwise obtain food

50.        Sense of air humidity; water control, evaporation

51.        Response to pathogens

52.        External pain

53.        Internal pain

54.        Mental or spiritual distress

55.        Sense of fear, dread of injury, death or attack

56.        Sense of falling or potential of falling

57.        Procreative urges including sex awareness, courting, love, mating,

58.        Paternal and maternal instincts

59.        Sense of play, sport

60.        Sense of humor and laughter

61.        Sense of pleasure

62.        Sense of physical place

63.        Navigation senses including awareness of land and seascapes

64.        Sense of rhythm

65.        Awareness of weather changes

66.        Sense of emotional place, of community

67.        Sense of belonging, support, trust

68.        Sense of gratitude, thankfulness and appreciation

69.        Sense of power

70.        Domineering and territorial sense

71.        Compassion and receptive awareness of one's fellow creatures

72.        Sense of personal identity, including friendship and companionship

73.        Awareness of birth and death

74.        Horticultural sense and the ability to cultivate crops

75.        Language and articulation sense, used to express feelings and convey information

76.        Sense of humility

77.        Sense of ethics

78.        Sense of form and shape

79.        Sense of design

80.        Sense of reason, including capacity for logic and science

81.        Sense of mind and consciousness

82.        Intuition or subconscious deduction

83.        Aesthetic sense, including creativity and appreciation of beauty, music, literature,  and drama

84.        Circadian, or daily, rhythm

85.        Sense of time duration

86.        Awareness of past, present and future events

87.        The capacity to hypnotize and be hypnotized

88.        Relaxation and sleep including dreaming, meditation, brain wave awareness

89.        Sense of excessive stress and capitulation

90.        Sense of survival by joining a more established organism

91.        Spiritual sense, including capacity for sublime love, ecstasy,

92.        Conscience, including a sense of wrong and feelings of regret

93.        Experience of grief, profound sorrow and sacrifice

94.        Sensory memory

95.        Long-term memory

96.        Short-term memory

97.        Cosmic consciousness

98.        Muscle-motor memory

99.        Immune memory

100.      Sense of homeostatic unity, of natural attraction, aliveness as the singular essence

Rabbi Katy Allen is a board certified chaplain and serves as a Nature Chaplain and the Facilitator of One Earth Collaborative, a program of Open Spirit. She is the founder and rabbi of Ma'yan Tikvah - A Wellspring of Hope, which holds services outdoors all year long. She is the President of the Boston-based Jewish Climate Action Network. 

100 Mitzvot

by Rabbi Katy Z. Allen

I am in a period of list-making. My first list is of 100 mitzvot. Why these? Each one in some way speaks to me as something to think about and consider, deeply, not dismissively and not routinely, but to really consider what it does or can mean to me. I invite you to enter into conversation with this list - perhaps there are one or two that jump out at you in some way. Take the time to sit with them, and see if they might trigger some kind of change or deepening of your relationship to G!d.

In making this list, I used as resources this list of the 613 Mitzvot from the Mishneh Torah of Rambam, Goldie Milgram's Mitzvot Cards, Teaching Mitzvot, the Chafet's Chaim's The Concise Book of Mitzvot and the Shulchan Aruch. The decisions of what to include are totally mine, are subject to change, and at some point area arbitrary, Translations / interpretations are mine or adaptations of those in these sources. The categories are adapted from this list of 613 Mitzvot, but in the end are mine.

Enjoy!

Relationship to G!d
1) יה אחד   Yah Echad
Experience G!d and G!d’s unity. (Ex. 20:2; Deut. 5:6; Deut. 6:4) 
2) אהבת יה Ahavat Yah
Love G!d (Deut. 6:5) 
3) יראת יה Yirat Yah
Stand in awe of G!d (Deut. 6:13; 10:20; Lev 19:14, Shabbat 31b)
4) והלכת בדרכיו         V’halachta b’derachav 
Imitate the ways of G!d; Walk in the Divine footsteps (Deut. 28:9, 26:17) 
5) ברית Brit 
Enter into the covenant (Gen. 17:10, 12; Lev. 12:3)
6) עבודה זרה         Avodah Zarah 
Refrain from idolatry and destroy it when it is before you (Ex. 20:4; Lev. 19:4; Deut. 12:2-3) 
7) תשובה         Teshuvah 
Engage in repentence and return to G!d (Num. 5:7)

Family, Home, and Body
8) הידור זקנים Hiddur Z’keinim
Honor the old and the wise (Lev. 19:32) 
9) מזוזה Mezuzah 
Affix a mezuzah to the doorpost of your home (Deut. 6:9) 
10) כיבוד אב ואם Kibud Av va’Em 
Honor and revere your father and mother (Ex. 20:12; Lev. 19:3) 
11) חופה וקידושין Huppah v’Kiddushin 
Enter into sacred relationship through the sacrament of marriage (Deut. 24:1; Gen. 2:24)
12) פרו ורבו  P’ru U’r’vu 
Bear children in your time. (Gen. 1:28) 
שלום בית                 Shalom Bayit 
Maintain peace in the home (Gen 18:13)
14) פדיון הבן         Pidyon HaBen 
Redeem your firstborn child. (Ex. 13:13; Ex. 34:20; Num. 18:15)  
15) כתובת קעקע        K’tovet Ka’aka’a 
Do not tattoo the body (Lev. 19:28)
16) שמירת הגוף        Shmirat Haguf 
Guard your health (Gen. 1:27; Deut. 2:4)

Torah
17) תלמוד תורה   Talmud Torah
Learn and teach Torah (Deut. 6:7) 
18)  להדבק בחכמים         L’hidabek b’chachamim 
Spend time with those who are wise (Deut. 10:20)
19) לכתוב ספר תורה         Lichtov sefer Torah
Write a Torah scroll (Deut. 31:19) 

Ritual and Prayer
20) ציציות         Tzitiot 
Wear a garment with tzitziot on the corners (Num. 15:38) 
21) להניח תפילין         L’haniach tefillin 
Bind tefillin on your head and arm (Deut. 6:8) 
22) תפילה Tefillah 
Engage in regular prayer  (Ex. 23:25; Deut. 6:13; Gen 24:63; I Sam 1:22)
23) קריאת שמע Kriat Shema 
Recite the Shema morning and evening (Deut. 6:7) 
24) ברכת המזון Birkat Hamazon 
Recite grace after meals (Deut. 8:10)
25) ברכות          Brachot 
Recite blessings before eating and at other times (Deut. 8:10)
26) מקווה         Mikveh 
Immerse in the ritual bath (Lev. 15:13-15; Lev. 15:28-30) 

Emotions and Feelings
27) ואהבת לרעך כמוך V’ahvata Lereicha K’mocha 
Love all human beings (Lev. 19:18)
28)לֹֽא־תִשְׂנָא        Lo Tisnah
Refrain from hatred in your heart (Lev. 19:17) 
29) לא תטוֹר Lo Titur 
Refrain from taking revenge (Lev. 19:18) 
30) לא תקוֹם         Lo Tikom 
Refrain from bearing a grudge (Lev. 19:18) 
31)  אהבת הגר         Ahavat HaGer 
Love the stranger (Deut. 10:19) 
32) לא תחמוד         Lo Tachmod 
Do not covet what belongs to another (Ex. 20:14) 
33) לא תתאוה         Lo Titaveh 
Do not crave something that belongs to another (Deut. 5:18) 

Behavior in Private and Public
34) לֹא תַעֲמד עַל־דַּם רֵעֶךָ Lo Ta’amod al Dam Reicha
Do not stand by idly when human life is in danger (Lev. 19:16)
35) לִפְנֵי עִוֵּר לֹא תִתֵּן מִכְשׁל          Lifnei Iver Lo Titeyn Michshol 
Avoid actions that will cause others to do wrong. (Lev. 19:14)
36) עָזב תַּֽעֲזב           Azov Ta’azov 
Relieve others of their burdens (Ex. 23:5) 
37) לא להונות זה את זה Lo lehanot zeh et zeh 
Do no wrong in buying or selling (Lev. 25:14) 
38) להשיב משכון         Lehashiv Michon
Return a pledged or pawned object to its owner (Deut. 24:13) 
39) מעזני צדק         Moznay Tzedek 
Ensure that scales, weights, and weighing are correct and accurate. (Lev. 19:35-36; Deut. 25:13-14) 
40) לניח לפועל לאכול        Laniach lepoal le’ecol
Allow hired laborers to eat of the produce they are reaping (Deut. 23:25-26) 
41) הלנת שכר         Halanat Sachar 
Pay wages on time without delay (Lev. 19:13; Deut. 24:15) 
42) היוצאי מי פיו יעשה Ha-Yotzei Mi-Piv Ya’aseh 
Make only promises you intend to keep and keep them, do not delay in fulfilling them. (Deut. 23:22, 24; Lev. 19:12; Num. 30:3)
43)  עדות Eidut
If you possess evidence, testify in Court (Lev. 5:1) 
44)שֹׁחַד לֹא תִקָּח        Shochad lo tikach
Do not take a bribe (Ex. 23:8) 
45) מעקה         Ma’akeh
Make a parapet for your roof and take other actions to prevent accidents. (Deut. 22:8) 
46) לא תגנוב         Lo Tignov 
Do not steal. (Lev. 19:11) 
47) השבת עבידה HaShavat Aveidah 
Take notice of lost property and return it. (Deut. 22:1; Deut. 22:3) 
48) לא תתורו         Lo Taturu 
Avoid following the whims of your heart or what you see (Num. 15:39)
49) דינה דמלכתא דינה          Dina D’malchuta Dina 
Be a law-abiding citizen (Shabbat 54b)
50) בל תשכית         Bal Tashchit 
Do not waste or destroy the environment. (Deut. 20:19-20)
51) זכור את אשר עשה לך עמלק Z’chor et Asher Asa L’cha Amalek 
Remember what Amalek did and work against evil. (Deut. 25:17; Deut. 25:19)
52) צדק תרדוף         Tzedek Tirdof 
Pursue justice. (Deut. 16:20)

Speech
53) לא לקלל Lo Tikalel
Refrain from profaning the Divine name. (Ex. 22:27- 28; Lev. 22:32) 
54) לשון הרע ורכילות         Lashon Hara v’Rechilut 
Do not wrong others with your speech (Lev. 25:17; Lev. 19:16) 
55) הוֹכֵחַ תּוֹכִיחַ         Hochiach Tochiah
Speak out against hurtful behavior. (Lev. 19:17) 
56) גר לא תונה ולא תלחצנו         Ger Lo Toneh V’Lo Tilchatzenu
Refrain from improper speech or business dealings with strangers  (Ex. 22:20) 
57) נדרים          N’darim 
Do not speak the name of G!d in vain (Ex. 20:7)
58) לא תענה עד שקר          Lo Ta’aneh Ayd Shacker 
Do not to testify falsely (Ex. 20:13) 
59) גניבת דעת         Genivat Da’at 
Avoid deception and do not swear falsely. (Lev. 19:11) 

Animals, Plants and the Land
60) הָקֵם תָּקִים          Hakem Takim
Come to the aid of animals in need. (Deut. 22:4) 
61) צער בעלי חיים           Tza’ar Ba’alei Chayyim 
Treat animals with respect (Lev. 22:28; Deut. 22:6-7; Deut. 22:10; Deut. 25:4) 
62) כלאיים           Kilayyim 
Do not sow different kinds of seed together in one field (Lev. 19:19) 
63) שַֽׁעַטְנֵז           Shatnez 
Be aware of the origins of your clothing. (Deut. 22:11)
64) 1 שמיטה Shmita 1
Allow the land lie fallow in the Sabbatical year (Ex. 23:11; Lev. 25:2) 
65) 2 שמיטה Shmita 2
Sound the Ram's horn in the Sabbatical year (Lev. 25:9)
66) אהבת ציון          Ahavat Zion 
Develop a relationship with Israel (Num. 33:53)

The Poor and Distressed
67) פאה, לקט, ושחכה            Peah, Lecket & Shichi’chah
Leave the corners of the fields, the gleanings, and the forgotten sheaves for the poor. (Lev. 19:9; Lev. 23:22; Deut. 24:19-20) 
68) צדקה           Tzedakah
Give to the poor what they need, according to your means. (Deut. 15:7; Deut. 15:11)  
69) להלְות    Lehalvot
Lend to poor people. (Ex. 22:24) 
70) לא לתבוע ללווה          Lo Litboah Lilvah
Refrain from demaning repayment of a debt when one cannot pay (Ex. 22:24) 
71) פדיון שבויים         Pidyon Sh’vu’im 
Free captives (Deut.15:7)
72) 3 שמיטה Shmita 3
Relieve debts in the Sabbatical year 

Shabbat and Holidays
73) ראש חודש וקידוש לבנה         Rosh Chodesh V’Kiddush Levana 
Acknowledge the New Moon and the Waning moon. (Ex. 12:2) 
74) שמירת שבת Shmirat Shabbat 
Observe and remember Shabbat to sanctify it; Rest on Shabbat. (Ex. 16:29; Ex. 20:8; Ex. 20:10; Ex. 23:12; 34:21) 
75) לחגוג חגים         Lachgog Chagim 
Celebrate the festivals of Passover, Shavu'ot and Sukkot. (Ex. 23:14; Deut. 16:14) 
76) להוצאי חמץ L’hotzi Chametz 
Remove chametz from your home on the Eve of Passover (Ex. 12:15; Ex. 12:19; Ex. 13:7)
77) לא לאכול חמץ Lo le’chol chametz 
Refrain from eating chametz on Passover (Ex. 12:20; Ex. 13:3; Deut. 16:3) 
78) לאכול מצה         Le’chol Matzah 
Eat matzah on Passover (Ex. 12:18) 
79) זכור את יציאת מצריים         Zachor et Yetziyat Mitzrayim 
Discuss the Exodus from Egypt on the first night of Passover (Ex. 13:8) 
80) ספירת העומר Sefirat HaOmer 
Count forty-nine days from the time of the Omer harvest (Lev. 23:15) 
81) לא לעבות בחגים         Lo La’avod Ba’chagim 
Refrain from work on the Festivals of Passover, Shavu'ot, Sukkot, and Sh’mini Atzeret (Lev. 23:21; Lev. 23:35; Lev. 23:36)
82) לא לעבות בראש השנה        Lo La’avod B’ Rosh HaShanah 
Refrain from work on Rosh Hashanah (Lev. 23:24; Lev. 23:25) 
83) לשמוע קול שופר         Lishmoa Kol Shofar 
Hear the sound of the shofar on Rosh Hashanah (Num. 29:1) 
84) יום צום         Yom Tzom 
Fast on Yom Kippur (Lev. 23:27; Lev. 23:29) 
85) לא לעבוד ביום הכיפורים         Lo la’avod b’Yom Hakippurim 
Refrain from working on Yom Kippur (Lev. 23:31-32) 
86) לולב ואטרוג         Lulav v’etrog 
Shake the palm branch with the other three plants on Sukkot.(Lev. 23:40) 
87) לשב בסוכה Leishev ba’Sukkah 
Dwell in booths seven days during Sukkot (Lev. 23:42)  
88) פרסום הנס         Pirsum HaNes 
Light Hanukkah candles ( Bavli 23b)
89) שלך מנות         Shalach manot
Deliver gifts on Purim

Eating
90) כשרות 1 Kashrut I 
Refrain from eating meat, fish, poultry, and other animals that are not kosher. (Lev. 11:4; Lev. 11:11; Lev. 11:13; Lev. 11:41-44; Lev. 11: 46; Deut. 14:19; Ex. 22:30; Deut. 14:21).
91)כשרות 2 Kashrut II
Avoid eating worms found in fruit (Lev. 11:41) 
92) שכיטה        Shechitah 
Eat only meat of animals raised and butchered humanely and according to the laws of shechitah (Deut. 12:21) 
93) כשרות 3         Kashrut III
Refrain from eating meat and dairy products together. (Ex. 34:26; Ex. 23:19) 
94) זוֹלֵ֖ל וְסֹבֵא         Zolel v’sovah
Refrain from eating or drinking like a glutton or a drunkard (Lev. 19:26; Deut. 21:20) 
חלה (59         Challah
Set aside a portion of dough when making bread. (Numbers 15:18-21)

Acts of Lovingkindness
96) ביקור חולים         Bikkur Holim 
Visit the sick (Gen. 17:26-18:1)
97) כבוד המת          Kavod HaMeit 
Bury and mourn the dead. (Deut. 21:23)
98) נחום עבלים           Nechum Aveilim 
Comfort mourners (Gen. 25:11; Deut. 34:6)
99) הכנשת עורכים  Hachnasat Orchim 
Welcome visitors (Gen 18:3-5)
100) כל ישראל ערבים זה לזה          Kol Yisrael Areivim Zeh La-zeh 
Support others in all your communities (BT Shevuot 39a)

Rabbi Katy Allen is a board certified chaplain and serves as a Nature Chaplain and the Facilitator of One Earth Collaborative, a program of Open Spirit. She is the founder and rabbi of Ma'yan Tikvah - A Wellspring of Hope, which holds services outdoors all year long. She is the President of the Boston-based Jewish Climate Action Network.