rabbi, writer,

mushroom forager, yoga teacher

…human being

(not a human doing)

Rabbi Paige (Lincenberg) Lowenstein רב חמה פריידא בת יפה ושמחה הכוהן feels closest to the earth, to herself, and to the Divine when officiating sacred ceremonies- weddings, baby namings, b’nai mitzvot, conversions, and especially funerals, honoring both the cycles of the earth אדמה and of the earthlings אדם.

Rabbi Paige “freelances,” officiating ceremonies and prayer services across Northern California, especially in Marin County, where she lives in the redwood forest. She previously served the Mendocino Coast Jewish Community and works with Wilderness Torah and Shefa: Jewish Psychedelic Support. Rabbi Paige follows in the legacy and teachings of Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (z”l), having received rabbinical ordination (smicha) from ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal, with a specialized certification in Earth-Based Judaism.

When asked to describe either her relationship with Judaism or her relationship with nature, Rabbi Paige often shares the old Hasidic tale of the rabbi’s wise son who would sneak off to the woods from shul to davven. When the rabbi does not understand his son’s choice to pray in the forest rather than inside and confronts his child, declaring that “God is the same everywhere,” his smiling son profoundly responds “but I’m not.”