Date: Thursday, September 13, 2007
Time: Gather: 7:00 p.m. Service: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Moon Meadow Acre (Hyattsville, MD)
RSVP Required
Details
Come and join in the 5th annual Jewitch’s Rosh Hashanah service/ritual! For the past four years, I’ve sponsored this ritual through Becoming, but this year it will be presented by the small Rosh Chodesh group I’ve been holding since January.
This service/ritual is perfect for Jewitches, Jewish Pagans, Pagans of Jewish Ethnicity, who feel that annual call of the ancestors, and wish to celebrate the “birthday of the world.” This service was written to allow Jews exploring a more shamanic or earth-based style of Judaism and Pagans who are ethnically Jewish to celebrate one of the most important holidays on the Jewish calendar in a manner more in tune with their spiritual practices, but is open to any, Jewish or Gentiles, who wish to attend.
Bring your shofars and drums, and ritual dress is encouraged. If you’ve celebrated, you know what to expect — so now you can participate even more! This year we’ll be using many of the songs that the Rosh Chodesh group has been working with and exploring more the idea of Rosh Hashanah as Rosh Chodesh Gadol (the great rosh chodesh).
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish holiday which celebrates the New Year of the soul and the birthday of the world. It is a celebration of beginnings, but it is also a time to look at the year that has passed and prepare for the year that is to come. Rosh Hashanah is the holiday which prepares Jews for Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement and begins the “Days of Awe” leading up to Yom Kippur. This ritual also can help to prepare Pagans for Samhain.
After the ritual sweets and desserts will be served.
RSVP Required
Leave your RSVP as a comment below. Do NOT leave your phone or email in the comment field, just fill in the email field with a valid email address. RSVPs will be taken until September 12th.
Directions
Moon Meadow Acre is a private home, and so address is never published online. Within 48 hours of RSVP, we’ll email you to confirm and send you the address and directions.
Important Notes
This service will be held outside, unless it is raining. Please dress appropriately. There will be a bonfire and use of sage and incense. There are several animal residents at Moon Meadow Acre, 2 cats and a dog, so please take allergy precautions, if necessary.
I would love to come. I have marked it in my calendar.
Julie and I are looking forward to it!
I will be in Montana and will miss your lovely holiday. Have fun celebrating the birthday of the world!
Yay! I’ll be there. So looking forward to it.
and by the way, you say above that you’re taking rsvps till Aug. 12th….
RSVPing.
I plan to come and will see if my partner Ross would like to come. He may not know for sure until a few days before.
Wish I could be there, maybe next year.
3000 miles is a long way to come on short notice.
PS Love your blog.
I would love to come.
I am looking forward to a another wonderful experience. I’ll be there!!!
We’ll be there.
Thank you very much for hosting this. I will be there.
Rain and her daughter Miriama and a friend will be coming. Rain has just begun Rabical study.
See you on Thursday!
Im interested in coming, is there a number I can call with questions?
Hi. Mark RSVP’d for me (as well as for himself), but I’m planning on driving. And I can’t find my old copy of the direction’s to Nancy’s. Could somebody please email me the directions, or at least her address? It’s been a long time since I drove there. Thank you.
Julie
Brian, I and our 9-yr-old daughter will come. Thanks!
-Juliana