Flowers for the Table: Connecting to the Divine Feminine with Amichai Lau-Lavie The Nearness

What if God was not a patriarchal force, but instead something more mysterious, generative, and beautiful? In this episode, Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie uncovers the divine feminine hidden within Judaism’s history and introduces the Sabbath Queen as central to his own Jewish practice.

Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie is a Jewish educator, writer, performance artist, and theologian. He is the founder of Lab/Shul NYC – a God-optional and everybody-friendly community for sacred Jewish gatherings – and the creator of Below the Bible Belt – a project that offers a queer reading the Hebrew Bible.

This conversation touches on family traditions, queer expression, and will make you want to pick flowers for your Sabbath table.

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