Lesson of the Tribe: Cheshvan (Oct. 7 – Nov. 7)
Check out Ketzirah at PeelAPom! Lesson of the Tribe The tribe of Cheshvan is Menasheh (מְנַשֶׁה), the first-born but officially second son of Joseph. That means the first two months of the spiritual...
View ArticleTevet: The Lesson of Dan
(cross-posted on PeelAPom) ~This is an excerpt from the Tevet Wheel of the Year Guide for Rosh Chodesh. Subscribe for free to receive the entire guide~ How do we know the difference between good and...
View ArticleShevat: The Lesson of Asher
~Excerpt from Shevat Guide – Subscribe for Free and Receive the Complete Guide Each Month ~ (Cross Posted From PeelAPom.com) “And Leah said: ‘Happy am I! for the daughters will call me happy.’ And she...
View ArticleSivan: Lesson of Zevulon
Zevulon (זְבוּלֻן), also pronounced Zebulon, is the sixth son of Jacob and Leah. His name comes from the word “zeved” (זֵבֶד), which means dowry or gift. Leah saw him as G!d(dess) endowing her with a...
View ArticleTammuz: Lesson of Reuben
Tammuz began at sundown on July 2, 2011 and ends sundown on July 31, 2011. Reuben (רְאוּבֵן) is the first born of Jacob and Leah is the tribe associated with the month of Tammuz (תָּמוּז). His name,...
View ArticleElul: Lesson of Gad
Elul begins at sundown August 30th, 2011 and ends sundown on September 29th, 2011. Be sure to join us online at OneShul.org for Rosh Chodesh Services, at 7:30pm on August 30th, 2011. Gad (גָּד), the...
View ArticleHanukkiah: Symbol of Kislev
In thinking about Kislev, I went right to the dreidel and the Hanukkiah. I decided that if I had to pick one, it’s the Hanukkiah (but I may explore the other dreidels later in the month!) The...
View ArticleKohenet Priestess Ketzirah: God Has Changed Over Time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC3EY_p06mE God is a part of humanity and has changed over time, says Kohenet priestess Ketzirah. Filmed at Washington, DC JCC. Visit us at www.theg-dproject.org
View ArticleKohenet Priestess Ketzirah: Does God Hate Women?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IHB2UAdVlA God’s attitude to humanity – both men and women – can’t be characterized as either love or hate, says Kohenet priestess Ketzirah. Filmed at Washington, DC...
View ArticleBibliomancy: Seeing Clearly in Tevet?
Here’s a little bit of deep spiritual practice, disguised as light fun, for Tevet. This month of Tevet, which began at sundown on December 26th, 2011 and ends at sundown on January 24, 2012, is...
View ArticleKohenet Priestess Ketzirah: God Is…?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUD1kLY9XaE Kohenet priestess Ketzirah sees the idea that “God is change” in the writings of Octavia Butler, even though Butler is not a Jewish writer. God’s interaction...
View ArticleNisan and Chametz
Let’s talk chametz. Chametz (חמץ) is one of two reasons we don’t eat bread during Passover. There’s a couple of reasons for eating unleavened bread given in the Torah, but beyond eating Matzah there...
View ArticleIyyar: Counting the Omer
Counting the Omer, which starts on the second day of Passover, is the primary religious activity of the month of Iyyar. When you start reading about the practice of Counting the Omer, it seems super...
View ArticleRuby Red Seeds – A Collection of Poetry, Prayer, and Midrash
Our Kohenet friend and fearless OneShul Shabbat/Rosh Chodesh leader Ketzirah has just published her first book, and we want the world to know about it! A beautiful collection of poems, stories, and...
View ArticleAv: Strength to Heal
The Month of Av begins at sundown on July 19, 2012, and ends at sundown on August 18, 2012. What happens when the worlds seems to crumble? How are we able to carry on after total disaster? These are...
View ArticleTishrei: Talking to the Dead
I thought I’d kick off 5773 by exploring Judaism’s relationship with ancestor engagement, or veneration of the dead. I don’t say “worship” because we don’t do that — at least not officially. Although...
View ArticleKislev: ReDedication
Tishrei 5773 began at sundown on November 14, 2012. I know, we’re just starting the month — not even Thanksgiving and I’m about to talk about Hanukkah. What? Well, the whole month of Tishrei is a month...
View ArticleAdar: Food as Transformation
What so many of us know about the holiday of Purim is what we can remember from the reading of the Megilah, getting to scream and yell in Synagogue, and, well, getting really…really….lit. Nothing like...
View ArticleNisan, Passover, and the Ties that Bind
My teacher, Jill Hammer, posits that Passover is an initiation ritual. A ritual where we, as individuals are initiated into a tribe year after year, century after century, millennia after millenia....
View ArticleHanukkah: Festival of Lights
So I’m sitting here listening to Matisyahu rock it on the Miracle remix EP and thinking about Hanukkah. I’ve been having this nearly heretical thought lately. I know, not shocking for me — but go...
View ArticleOneShul: Live Streaming Jewish Services
OneShul is the world’s only online chavurah: a synagogue not led by a rabbi, but by the community who makes OneShul happen. Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh, holiday and special services are our regular monthly...
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