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Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon is rabbi of Congregation Ner Tamid in the Sunset District of San Francisco, her hometown. She is a graduate of the Academy for Jewish Religion California and a member of Rabbis Without Borders. She can be reached at [email protected].

“Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well” by Carlo Moratta, 1657
Posted inTorah

What the servant ‘said’ was huge

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon November 13, 2020November 13, 2020
“Moses Sees the Promised Land From Afar” by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

This Shabbat, ‘give ear’ to the calls of the prophets

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon September 25, 2020September 24, 2020
"The Circumcision of Isaac," Regensburg Pentateuch, ca. 1300
Posted inTorah

In this week’s Torah portion, an exhortation to breathe deep and take a leap of faith

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon August 7, 2020August 6, 2020
Giovanni Lanfranco's "Moses and the Messengers from Canaan"
Posted inColumns

Back then I did not, but today I stand up against prejudice and fear

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon June 18, 2020June 19, 2020
This week's Torah portion introduces the commandment to leave fallen harvest in the field to be "gleaned" by the poor, as illustrated here in "The Gleaners" by Gustave Doré from the 1865 La Sainte Bible.
Posted inTorah

Honor our elders, especially in these excruciating times

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon May 1, 2020April 30, 2020
Michaelangelo's Moses (WIKIMEDIA/JORG BITTNER UNNA CC BY 3.0)
Posted inColumns

The thorny issue of Moses’ radiant face

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon March 13, 2020March 12, 2020
“Ephraim” by Francesco Hayez, 1843.
Posted inTorah

A name that exhorts us not to forget, not to disengage

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon January 10, 2020January 9, 2020
Detail from "Abraham's Servant Meets Rebecca" by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inTorah

The deep meaning of the Torah’s first great love story

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon November 21, 2019November 21, 2019
A 1907 postcard depicts the Israelites gathered at the foot of Mount Sinai.
Posted inHolidays

‘From woodchopper to water carrier’ — all are welcome before God

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon September 27, 2019September 26, 2019
"Cities of refuge", 1901 by the Providence Lithograph Company. (Flickr/Elias Friedman)
Posted inTorah

Shelter from the storm: Sanctuary cities then and now

Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon by Rabbi Shana Chandler Leon August 1, 2019August 8, 2019

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