~Excerpt from Adar 1 Guide – Subscribe for Free and Receive the Complete Guide Each Month ~ (Cross Posted to PunkTorah.org) Adar I (אֲדָר א) is Dinah’s (דִּינָה) month, at least as far as I’m concerned. Rabbinical tradition equates Naphtali with both Adar I & Adar II in a leap year, but many modern feminists have argued...
read moreIn the Tu B’Shevat seder, I made the choice to have all prayers address Goddess (i.e. the feminine face of the Divine). This was done as a conscious and carefully considered choice. While Kohenet focuses on the Divine Feminine, I personally believe that “God” is male, female, both and neither — all at once....
read moreI’m reading “In the Beginning: A Short History of the Hebrew Language” by Joel Hoffman, and it’s a really fascinating book. What of the things that it’s really made me think about are the many stories that there is a letter, traditionally the four-pronged shin, that is missing from the Torah. The idea...
read moreMy sister and her husband came over for dinner on New Years Day. While we live in the same city, we actually hadn’t seen each other much for a couple of months. Because of this we ended up exchanging Hanukkah gifts that night. One of my gifts to my sister was a copy of Magickal Judaism. She had wanted a copy of the book, not...
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Culture: I am fascinated by both culture on most levels. I mostly focus on American culture and what makes us who we are as a country, but I'm also intrigued by sub-cultures in the USA and the growing global cultural trends.
