Judaism's central prayer calls on us to listen, but what if you can't hear?
Rabby Darby Jared Leigh is the rabbi of Kerem Shalom synagogue in Concord, Massachusetts. He’s a former touring actor with the National Theater for the Deaf and served as a social worker for the New York Society for the Deaf. He was ordained by the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College.
In this video, Rabbi Leigh explains how a prayer about listening and hearing can be made relevant for deaf people.
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