Cantor Abbe Lyons

<p><strong>Cantor Abbe Lyons</strong> is currently working&nbsp;via videoconference with children and adults of all ages, including college undergraduates, rabbinic students and cantorial students, through <a href="https://tikkunvor.org/">Congregation Tikkun v'Or</a>, Hillel at Ithaca College, Hillel at Binghamton, and <a href="https://aleph.org/">ALEPH</a&gt;. She also facilitates <a href="https://aleph.org/resources/the-speak-chorus-torah-project-building-a-c… Torah</a>, a dynamic group midrash process.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Cantor Lyons is an innovative liturgist whose published work includes poetry, alternative social justice haftarot, and music, including the album <em>Listen! </em>with her multifaith band, Resonate.&nbsp;</p>

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COVID-19

Quarantine: A Poetic Interpretation of Leviticus 13

Cantor Abbe Lyons

As quarantines and lockdowns spread, the descriptions of tzara-at in Leviticus 13 (Parashat Tazria-M'tzora) come to mind. Tzara-at refers to a scaly skin affliction that caused people to sent "outside of the camp" into quarantine so they wouldn't spread tzara-at to others.