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March 2026

T’fillah as a Pedagogy of Embodied Resilience and Sacred Regeneration: Attuning to the Sacred, Life-Giving Rhythm of Expansion and Contraction in Prayer

Rabbi Batya Elana Ellinoy
Associate Rabbi
Temple Sinai
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To attune to the rhythm of expansion and contraction is to cultivate resilience and agency by noticing the living movements within the siddur and yourself.
Rabbi Batya Elana Ellinoy brings her gifts as a prayer leader and teacher of embodied Torah to congregations around the Boston area. She currently serves as associate rabbi at Temple Sinai in Marblehead, MA and as guest prayer leader at Temple Beth David in Westwood, MA. Her work has been featured in various venues including bamidbartherapy.org, 70 Faces of Torah, and Hebrew College's Elul Together. Batya is a certified practitioner in Somatic Experiencing®, a psychobiological approach to help resolve trauma and stress disorders. She received rabbinic ordination and her Master’s in Jewish Education from Hebrew College, completing her thesis on the effects of Torah-informed nervous system regulation in a Jewish educational context.
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