This piece was written for Glacier Jewish Community ~ my end of week message for the Jewish community I serve in the Flathead Valley of Northwest Montana. This week we welcome the Hebrew month of Shvat. On the ‘טו, tet-vav (pronounced “tu”), 15th of this month, we celebrate the Jewish new year for the trees. Even in the bitter cold,…
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….
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…
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…
The month of Sh’vat begins, this year, on the evening of Sunday, January 2nd. Rosh Chodesh is an opportunity to welcome the new month. It is also a Jewish holiday that has long be linked, by agadah (Jewish story), to women. This year the months of the Hebrew and the Gregorian calendars are fairly well aligned, however, the Hebrew month…
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…