Finding the sacred everywhere?
When you think of Britney Spears and Barry White, you don’t usually think of things that are deep and spiritual. Yes, I know Ms. Spears dabbled in the Kabbalah Centre, but this fact aside, I think we often turn a blind eye or ear to the Divine guidance being sent our way — simply because we don’t like the messenger. Like Balaam tried to ignore his sweet donkey who was just trying to keep him out of trouble, we don’t let our minds play with the messages G!d/dess may be trying to send us through popular culture.
Here’s the replay of the Rosh Chodesh Tevet & Hanukkah candle lighting service at OneShul.org, recorded on December 27, 2011. What a wacky, fun service it was — at least for me! Check over at PunkTorah.org very soon for my article there about Tevet and the experiment with bibliomancy that we did during the service. (intrigued….aren’t you)
Intro and closing music in the service is Havayah, by the Kirtan Rabbi.
Also, here’s a link to the book we talked about and used in the service: The Encyclopedia of Jewish Symbols
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I was commenting on Twitter about an article that R’Leigh Ann Kopans wrote, and tried to comment on the site where it was posted, but couldn’t for some reason, so I thought I’d move those comments here. Plus, I had some time to think about it and have more fun and exciting (at least in my head) thoughts.
