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December 4, 2024

The Gates of Crying Were Not Locked: Crying Adults and Crying Children in Classical Jewish Texts

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Rabbanit Leah Sarna
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Rabbanit Leah Sarna

Rabbanit Leah Sarna is the Associate Director of Education and Director of High School Programs at Drisha. She previously served as Director of Religious Engagement at Anshe Sholom B’nai Israel Congregation in Chicago, a leading urban Orthodox congregation.

She was ordained at Yeshivat Maharat in 2018, holds a BA from Yale University in Philosophy & Psychology, and also trained at the SKA Beit Midrash for Women at Migdal Oz, Drisha and the Center for Modern Torah Leadership. Rabbanit Sarna’s published works have appeared in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Lehrhaus and MyJewishLearning.

She has lectured in Orthodox synagogues and Jewish communal settings around the world and loves spreading her warm, energetic love for Torah and Mitzvot with Jews in all stages of life.

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Crying gets our attention. When adults cry, our hearts break for them. When children cry, we run to them. When humans cry, even in exile and diaspora, Hashem hears it. What is crying about? Why is it so powerful? Is it ever right to tell someone to stop crying?

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