Ketzirah (Carly) קצירה on August 30th, 2010

Excerpt from the Wheel of the Year Guides: subscribe to receive the full guide! ~ Tishrei begins at sundown on September 8th, 2010 ~ As I begin this fourth year of the Wheel of the Year Guides, I am wondering if I have more to say.  Thanks to the input of the community that reads [...]

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Ketzirah (Carly) קצירה on August 16th, 2010

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the Wheel of the Year Guides I’ve been creating for the past three years.  I love doing them because I learn a lot every time, but they really are a lot of work.   My feeling when I started is that they were high effort enough that [...]

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Ketzirah (Carly) קצירה on July 7th, 2010

It’s very interesting to me that the months of Av and Elul, I have in previous years assigned different cards and/or Netivot.  In theory, I’ve been using the same system for several years — but for some reason these months were reassigned. I don’t think there is any one system, so I could simply make [...]

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Ketzirah (Carly) קצירה on May 10th, 2010

For a primer on the Omer see “Week One: Chesed.” For the schedule of the Omer, see Chabad’s Omer Calendar. The seventh and final week of the Omer focuses on Malchuth. This sephira is usually interpreted as Sovereignty, Majesty, and Kingdom.  So that means we’re almost finished with our long journey from Chesed (Loving Kindness) [...]

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Ketzirah (Carly) קצירה on April 27th, 2010

For a primer on the Omer see “Week One: Chesed.”  For the schedule of the Omer, see Chabad’s Omer Calendar. The fifth week of the Omer focuses on Hod. This sephira is usually interpreted as Awe, Splendor, or Glory. So that means we’ve journeyed from Chesed (Loving Kindness) to Gevurah (Strength) to Tifereth (Beauty/Compassion) to [...]

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