Wheel Of The Year
Begins at sundown July 31, 2011 and ends sundown on August 30th, 2011 Be sure to join me at 7:30pm (EST) on July 31 for Rosh Chodesh Services Shimon, also known as Simon and Simeon, is the second son of Jacob and Leah. His name alludes to the word for “hearing” in Hebrew, as Leah [...]
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, Reuben is directly related to the sense of sight, which is considered to be the sense of the [...]
In case you missed Rosh Chodesh services at OneShul.org on Friday night, here’s the video. If you didn’t know, I’m leading monthly Rosh Chodesh services at OneShul.org every month! Come join me. You can attend in your pajamas through the wonder of cyberspace, the service is posted on the OneShul Prayer Service page. It’s live [...]
I started this series in January 2010, with an Introduction to Sustainable Spirituality and ”Four Elements of a Sustainable Spiritual Practice: Part I.” In fall 2010, I picked it back up in earnest with the first of four planned seasonal guides, Part II – Autumn and Part III – Winter. The wheel of the year has [...]
Continue reading about Elements of a Sustainable Spiritual Practice: Part V — Summer
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 good dowry with her six sons (Gen 30:20). His standard, based on the blessing Jacob bestowed upon him in Genesis [...]
In case you missed Rosh Chodesh services at OneShul.org last night, here’s the video. If you didn’t know, I’m leading monthly Rosh Chodesh services at OneShul.org every month! Come join me. You can attend in your pajamas through the wonder of cyberspace, the service is posted on the OneShul Prayer Service page. It’s live streaming video and during [...]
~Excerpt from Iyyar Guide – Subscribe for Free and Receive the Complete Guide Each Month (Cross Posted to PunkTorah.org) ~ ~ Iyyar- אִייָר begins at sundown on May 4, 2011 and ends at sundown on June 3, 2011 ~ What does the name Issachar (יִשָּׂשׁכָר) bring to mind? Anything? Do any famous stories from the Torah come to [...]
Welcome to the Peeling a Pomegranate Guide to Counting the Omer. I created this free workbook to help people explore the practice. We begin counting the Omer on the second night of Passover. If you do a second seder, it starts that night. Remember that Jewish days begin at sundown. I hope if you [...]
I started this series in January 2010, with an Introduction to Sustainable Spirituality and ”Four Elements of a Sustainable Spiritual Practice: Part I.” In fall 2010, I picked it back up in earnest with the first of four planned seasonal guides, Part II – Autumn and Part III – Winter. I started writing these in a [...]
Continue reading about Elements of a Sustainable Spiritual Practice: Part V – Spring
In case you missed Rosh Chodesh services at OneShul.org tonight, here’s the video. If you didn’t know, I’m leading monthly Rosh Chodesh services at OneShul.org every month! Come join me. You can attend in your pajamas through the wonder of cyberspace, the service is posted on the OneShul Prayer Service page. It’s live streaming video [...]
