Ketzirah (Carly) קצירה on August 25th, 2009

Come and join in the 7th annual Peeling a Pomegranate Rosh Hashanah service/ritual, once again sponsored by Becoming. This service/ritual is perfect for Renewalniks, Earth-based Jews,  Jewitches, Jewish Pagans, Pagans of Jewish Ethnicity, or anyone who feel that annual call of the ancestors, and wish to celebrate the “birthday of the world,” but is looking [...]

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Ketzirah (Carly) קצירה on September 29th, 2008

This is the drosh, more or less, that I’ll be giving at Rosh Hashanah on Tuesday night.  I’ve invited several people to speak on the topic of being Called to Sacred Service.  Usually I just speak from my heart, with only a little preparation, but then I never really know what I said.  I thought [...]

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Ketzirah (Carly) קצירה on September 6th, 2008

Every year at Rosh Hashanah I have a section of the service dedicated to oral Torah.  It’s the “sermon” section for lack of a better term.  I think it some synagogues it is probably called midrash or “drosh.”  At first it was my chance to teach and share, but over the years I’ve invited more [...]

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Ketzirah (Carly) קצירה on August 24th, 2008

Come and join in the 6th annual Peeling a Pomegranate Rosh Hashanah service/ritual! This service/ritual is perfect for Jewitches, Jewish Pagans, Pagans of Jewish Ethnicity, or anyone who feel that annual call of the ancestors, and wish to celebrate the “birthday of the world,” but is looking for a more participatory and earth-based experience.  While [...]

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Ketzirah (Carly) קצירה on September 14th, 2007

Rosh Hashanah was wonderful. My sister and I went to Olney Kehillah, Holly Taya Shere’s congregation, for morning services and then had an incredible group of about 25 people for evening service at Moon Meadow Acre. The connections between some of the people were really surprising. It turned out that Holly knew one of the [...]

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