Each week, we begin Shabbat with candlelight and sweetness ~ a sanctification of time. And, we end Shabbat with the light, sweetness of Havdalah and its blessings of distinction. This Shabbat is one of increased national attention on the essential nature of reproductive justice in America. As we move to conclude Shabbat with the distinctiveness blessing of Havdalah, we will...
Join Rabbi Jessica for some morning movement and meditation as we welcome the first of this year's (5782) two Adars. Adar I is the month we add seven times in nineteen years to recalibrate Judaism's lunar calendar to attune to the seasons. We will learn a bit about the month of Adar, share a bit of tea and tefilah, and...
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 Jessica is collaborating with Jewsic City to welcome the first Shabbat of the months of May and Iyar (Gregorian and Hebrew calendars). Jewsic City creates a space in Nashville "for people to come together for Jewish musical experiences outside of traditional synagogues and denominations and in the style of Jewish summer camps." More information will be available soon. Rabbi...
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...
Havdalah ("distinction" in Hebrew) is our Jewish ritual of transition from sacred time to ordinary time. Friday, June 24th, the Supreme Court created a devastating "ordinary" in America. Join Rabbi Jessica Shimberg at the end of this Shabbat Sh'lach for an opportunity to share space to grieve a post-Roe America before we make Havdalah and begin a new week. First,...
Join East Side Tribe and Rabbi Jessica Shimberg for some sweet communal zen at the confluence of Jewish wisdom and nature's beauty. Taking advantage of our local natural surroundings, we will meet near the Shelby Bottoms Nature Center on the 2nd (and sometimes 3rd) Shabbat afternoon of each month (see below for full schedule through June 2023). Each month's opportunity...
Join East Side Tribe and Rabbi Jessica Shimberg for some sweet communal zen at the confluence of Jewish wisdom and nature’s beauty. Taking advantage of our local natural surroundings, we will meet near the Shelby Bottoms Nature Center on the 2nd (and sometimes 3rd) Shabbat afternoon of each month (see below for full schedule through June 2023). Each month’s opportunity will include...
Join Rabbi Jessica Shimberg and the members of Har Shalom in Missoula, Montana, for a night of introspection, preparation, and reflection as we move into the last full week before the Days of Awe/Yamim Nora'im, the Jewish High Holy Days. Jewish prayer tradition offers a variety of times during the Jewish calendar to collectively and individually offer prayers for forgiveness/selichot....
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