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7. Mind the Gap! From Mechitza to No Mechitza & Finding Your Place in the Middle

Episode 7: Mind the Gap! From Mechitza to No Mechitza (and Everything In Between)

What happens when the physical mechitza comes down… but the mental one doesn’t?

In this deeply personal episode, Sabrina explores the emotional, spiritual, and embodied experience of moving from Orthodox spaces into egalitarian Jewish life — and everything that comes with it: excitement, grief, imposter syndrome, and eventual belonging.

This episode is for anyone who has ever stood in the middle of a Jewish space thinking:
Am I allowed to be here? Do I know enough? Is this mine too?

Spoiler: yes. And you’re not behind — you’re becoming.

✨ In This Episode, We Explore:

  • What it feels like to move from mechitza to no mechitza

  • The grief of what women weren’t taught — and how that grief can become fuel

  • The concept of the mental mechitza and how it lingers even when barriers disappear

  • Integration vs. invention in egalitarian Jewish spaces

  • Why belonging isn’t granted — it’s practiced

  • How repetition, awkwardness, and presence soften fear into fluency

🎧 Featured Moment: Live Workshop Announcement

If this episode stirred something in you — especially around voice, ritual, or wanting to participate more fully — Sabrina is hosting a live workshop designed specifically for that moment of curiosity.

🕯️ Called to (Chant) the Torah — Yes, You Can

Live Info Session + Q&A

🗓 Thursday, January 22, 2026
🕣 8:30pm Eastern
💻 Live on Zoom
💰 $18 CAD

This workshop is for women and Jews beyond the binary who:

  • Want to chant Torah but don’t know where to start

  • Had a negative or limiting earlier experience

  • Are curious, tentative, or just Torah-chanting-adjacent

  • Want clarity without pressure or commitment

Workshop includes:

  • Light-touch, accessible background on why Jews chant Torah

  • Crystal-clear pathways and learning options Torah chanting

  • A free preview of Sabrina’s digital course & signature methods

  • Live Q&A

  • Full details on upcoming learning opportunities

  • PLUS exclusive live-only discounts, bonuses, and a grand prize giveaway

🎥 Recording available — but the biggest discounts, bonuses, and prizes are for LIVE attendees only.

👉 Save your spot here: https://academy.chantingwithsabrina.com/offers/L2ZgKimo/checkout

📚 Recommended Reading

Miriam’s Well: Rituals for Jewish Women Around the Year
A beautiful collection of rituals, reflections, and blessings created by and for Jewish women.

👉 https://www.amazon.ca/dp/0930395115/ref=nosim?tag=SABRIINATHEJEWLA-20

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  • Share this episode with someone navigating their own in-between

Until next time —
Keep showing up.
Keep softening your mental mechitza.
And keep dancing that sacred, awkward, beautiful dance between integration and invention.

You’re not just crossing a gap —
you’re expanding the map.