Rosh Chodesh (head/rosh of the month/chodesh) is a time to celebrate potential in our lives and to release that which is not serving our wellbeing. Chodesh shares a root/shoresh with the Hebrew word new/chadash. In Jewish tradition, our texts tell stories of the ways in which this holy day, when the moon is new and dark, belongs to women. We...
Rosh Chodesh (head/rosh of the month/chodesh) is a time to celebrate potential in our lives and to release that which is not serving our wellbeing. Chodesh shares a root/shoresh with the Hebrew word new/chadash. In Jewish tradition, our texts tell stories of the ways in which this holy day, when the moon is new and dark, belongs to women. We...
Rosh Chodesh Tevet occurs during Hanukah, which begins on the 25th of Kislev. As such, Hanukah is the only Jewish holiday that occurs during two different months. At this dark time of the cycle of the year, we bring light to our windowsills and our homes through the lighting of the Hanukiah - adding a light for each of the...
Rosh Chodesh (head/rosh of the month/chodesh) is a time to celebrate potential in our lives and to release that which is not serving our wellbeing. Chodesh shares a root/shoresh with the Hebrew word new/chadash. In Jewish tradition, our texts tell stories of the ways in which this holy day, when the moon is new and dark, belongs to women. We...
Passover has deep ecological roots and underpinnings. The Jewish calendar has kept us connected to the earth and its seasons for millennia, despite our urban and suburban ways of living in modern centuries. We are a people of the land, agrarian in our sacred story, Torah, and liturgy. Our values and ethics are rooted in our responsibility to care for...
Rosh Chodesh (head/rosh of the month/chodesh) provides a monthly opportunity to celebrate potential in our lives and to release that which is not serving our wellbeing. Chodesh shares a root/shoresh with the Hebrew word new/chadash. In Jewish tradition, our texts tell stories of the ways in which this holy day, when the moon is new and dark, belongs to women....
Rabbi Shimberg will serve as Rabbinic Artist in Residence in Louisville, Kentucky. She will be offering programming for a joint Tikkun Leil Shavuot and Shavuot morning services with Congregations Adath Jeshurun and Keneseth Israel, and a Kabbalat Shabbat and Shavuot afternoon offering for Kol Israel Congregation of Kentucky (KICK). For more information, click here to open JewishLouisville community calendar.
Take a moment to dip into the sweetness of the weekly Jewish ritual of Havdalah. We will share a moment or two of appreciation for what is sacred in our lives before making Havdalah, distinguishing between the sacred (Shabbat) and the ordinary (the rest of the week). Whether or not we regularly observe the rhythms of Jewish time, this distinction...
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