Ketzirah (Carly) קצירה on January 23rd, 2010

This is the question I’m seeing asked a lot by theologians and anyone with blog and an opinion.  My morning paper this morning presented me with this question as answered by several columnists from Washington Post’s “On Faith” column.
The responses I saw in my paper to the question “Does God hate Haiti” infuriated me enough that [...]

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Ketzirah (Carly) קצירה on December 6th, 2009

On the 13th of Kislev, 5770 (November 30th, 2009) an amazing light left the manifest world. I don’t believe this light has disappeared, just been transformed into something new, amazing, and hopefully free of pain.

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Ketzirah (Carly) קצירה on August 14th, 2009

I took this video late Shabbat evening, the night before the Kohenet smicha.  I was on”Yurt Elf” duty and had to come back and reset things for the ceremony.  We mussed things making space for everyone during the candle lighting.
It was such a beautiful, and peaceful moment that I just wanted to capture it for [...]

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Ketzirah (Carly) קצירה on July 24th, 2009

I’ve been announcing this all week on Twitter and Facebook , but realized I never announced it here!  In celebration of my smicha as a Kohenet, and the smicha of the first cohort, I’m giving away a copy of the Kohenet Prayerbook (siddur) and Holly Shere’s new album.  You still have time to enter your [...]

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Ketzirah (Carly) קצירה on June 10th, 2009

Someone was shot and killed in Washington, DC today.  That’s not an uncommon headline.  People die senseless deaths everyday in Washington, and around the world.
THIS WAS DIFFERENT.
This man was a guardian.  This man was a guardian of a sacred shine. This man was a guardian of a sacred shine that holds the memories of 12,000,000 [...]

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