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Welcome to Beit Toratah

Since 2016, we are rewriting the Tanakh, the Hebrew Bible, by reversing the genders of all characters. Toratah portrays Divine inspiration expressing itself through matriarchal lineages in Biblical language. Thus, we discover matriarchs in complex leadership positions, who are in direct relationship with Tehovah Elohin, and meet patriarchs who nurture their daughters and are active in the domestic sphere.

Toratah envisions broader possibilities for lived experiences and encourages exceptional spiritual imagination. Toratah and Torato (traditional Torah) together function as two ends of a fuller Torah that we call "Torah Shlema." Between them, dynamic understandings of divinity can emerge, as well as new gender-expansive narratives. Join us for our weekly classes.

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The Library

English Books

Genesis

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In the beginning Elohin created the skies and the earth. And the earth was teho u’vahu, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of Elohin hovered over the face of the waters. And Elohin said, “Let there be light,” and light became.

Exodus

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These are the names of the Daughters of Tisraelah who came to Metzerot. With Taacov, each woman and her household came:

Bilingual Books

Song of Songs

Rea

Yon

Mordekhai

Hebrew Books

בראשית

שמות

ותקרא

במדבר

דברים

קהלת

Join us this Sunday, 1–3 PM ET, for a celebration marking the completion of the Toratah translation of the Book of Exodus.

To honor this milestone, we invite you to share a verse or story from Exodus that has been meaningful to you. We will co

Join us for the study of Exodus 36, this Sunday 1–3PM ET.

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Tamar’s Blog

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Jun 29, 2023

Song of Songs: There is a Different Sex

Jun 29, 2023

As Yael and I work on the regendering of Song of Songs, we wonder what new turn in the story of the Song this will open. We are curious how the depictions of different bodily limbs’ beauty will sound when attributed to the body of the opposite gender; how will the brief dramatic scenes sound when experienced by the “other,” gender-wise. We also wonder - if we choose to examine the regendered Song as an allegory to relations between the Divinity and the nation, what theology will emerge, when the Divinity is the woman and the nation is the man.

Jun 29, 2023