Ḥoni's Circle

By Tamar Libicki and Rabbi Paula Rose

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Ḥoni's Circle is a climate chevruta (partner text study), In which Rabbi Paula Rose and Tamar Libicki explore Jewish texts from the Torah, the Talmud, and Commentaries to grapple with climate change. Rabbi Paula Rose is the associate Rabbi at Congregation Beth Shalom in Seattle, Washington. This Podcast is a project of Congregation Beth Shalom and Ahavat V'Avodat HaAdama, our community's environmental group.

Episode Date
The Craving for Meat: Part Two
Mar 10, 2026
The Craving for Meat: Part One
Feb 24, 2026
The Plague of the Death of the Firstborn
Feb 10, 2026
Tu Bishvat
Jan 20, 2026
The Plague of Darkness
Jan 06, 2026
Energy Conservation in the form of the Menorah
Dec 22, 2025
The Plague of Locusts
Dec 09, 2025
The Plague of Hail
Nov 25, 2025
Plagues of Livestock Disease and Boils
Nov 11, 2025
The Plague of Lice & Arov
Oct 28, 2025
Shemini Atzeret Replay: Ep. 26 - The Blessing of Rain
Oct 12, 2025
Sukkot Replay: Ep. 22 - Reconnecting with Nature as a Community
Oct 06, 2025
Yom Kippur Replay: Ep. 24 - The Role of Forgiveness in Large Social Change
Sep 30, 2025
The Shofar Wake-up Call
Sep 09, 2025
The Plague of Frogs
Aug 26, 2025
The Plague of Blood
Jul 22, 2025
Food Waste
Jul 08, 2025
Weatherization and Incentives
Jun 24, 2025
Prozbul
Jun 10, 2025
The Corners of the Field
May 28, 2025
Money in the Sabbatical Year
May 13, 2025
The Sabbatical Year
Apr 29, 2025
Pre-Passover Replay: Ep. 34 – Climate Refugees
Apr 08, 2025
Consumption Makes us Happy
Mar 25, 2025
Pharmacology, Angels, Astrology, Science
Mar 11, 2025
What can We Learn from Shatnez?
Feb 25, 2025
How did Joseph Convince Egypt to Take Climate Action?
Feb 11, 2025
Are Climate Disasters a Punishment for our Sins?
Jan 28, 2025
Fire and Water as Divine Power
Jan 14, 2025
The Individual Business Owner's Responsibility to the Environment of the Community
Dec 31, 2024
The Ark as Seed Vault
Dec 17, 2024
The Righteous are Happy for the Good of the Creatures
Dec 04, 2024
Climate Despair Can Blind Us to Possibilities
Nov 19, 2024
Compassion to Animals
Nov 05, 2024
The Shelter of Peace
Oct 22, 2024
Sleeping While the Storm is Raging
Oct 09, 2024
Why Were Humans Created Last?
Sep 25, 2024
Being Responsible for the Earth or Watching it Fall
Sep 11, 2024
Trees Conversing, People Praying
Aug 28, 2024
Impossibly Good Fruit?
Aug 14, 2024
Honoring G-d's Creation by Improving it
Jul 30, 2024
Honoring G-d's Creation by Not Meddling
Jul 16, 2024
When One Sins, Everyone Feels it
May 29, 2024
​​​​​​​If you Destroy it, there will be no one to Repair it
May 15, 2024
Trees as a paradigm of perfection
May 01, 2024
Climate Refugees
Apr 16, 2024
God knowing what we need (rain vs. dew)
Apr 02, 2024
Rain as Equivalent to (or Greater than?) Torah and Resurrection
Mar 19, 2024
What blessing do we (not) say over rain?
Mar 05, 2024
Going to the Mountains to Experience the Divine
Feb 20, 2024
The Sacrifice of the Wood
Feb 06, 2024
Protection from the Sun and the Moon
Jan 24, 2024
Judgement of Rain
Jan 09, 2024
The Blessing of Rain
Dec 26, 2023
Thinking about our Emotions in and about Nature
Dec 12, 2023
The Role of Forgiveness in Large Social Change
Nov 28, 2023
Reconnecting with Nature as a Community
Nov 07, 2023
A Sukkah as Symbol of Humility
Oct 25, 2023
The Endurance of the Mighty Waters
Oct 03, 2023
Repentance, Prayer, and Justice
Sep 22, 2023
Love and Abundance in Nature
Sep 19, 2023
Comfort from Divine Awe Found in Nature
Sep 05, 2023
Blessings from the Earth via the Divine
Aug 22, 2023
Is the Tree of the Field a Human?
Aug 08, 2023
Is it Better that Humans Exist or not
Jul 25, 2023
People Enveloped in the Created World
Jul 11, 2023
Ecosystems Side by Side with Human Society
Jun 13, 2023
Will there always be Poor People?
May 30, 2023
Food Security
May 16, 2023
Elijah's Lessons for Climate Despair
May 02, 2023
Trees and Torah Study
Apr 18, 2023
Interconnectedness and Interdependence
Apr 04, 2023
Revelation in the Burning Bush and the Burning Mountain
Mar 21, 2023
The Divine is a Consuming Fire
Mar 10, 2023
We are dependent on God for sustenance, AND our choices have the power to affect our harvests/weather
Feb 21, 2023
Our Responsibility for Species Preservation
Feb 07, 2023
Planting and Providing for Future Generations
Jan 24, 2023
Too Much or Too Little of a Good Thing is not a Good Thing
Jan 11, 2023
The Waters of Blessing and Destruction
Dec 22, 2022