TEXTURES IN TIME 5783 – RAAM HESHVAN

noah’s ark

It is getting colder; the harvest season is drawing to a close.  Leaves are changing colors and falling from trees in the Northern Hemisphere. Provisions grown in the Summer are being canned for use in the upcoming winter months. The focus shifts inward as the daylight hours diminish. Uncertainty, spooky images, often mischievous, humorous Jack o’ Lanterns, Skeletons, Witches, Goblins, Costumes, Trick or Treat, Halloween, All Saints Day, and Day of the Dead are in the air.Provisions grown in the Summer are being canned for use in the upcoming winter months. The focus shifts inward as the daylight hours diminish. Uncertainty, spooky Images, often mischievous, humorous Jack o’ Lanterns, Skeletons, Witches, Goblins, Costumes, Trick or Treat, Halloween, All Sts Day, and Day of the Dead.

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ROSH HODESH SIVAN

Gemini

Let’s greet the new moon of Sivan and attune to its uniqueness and receive timely wisdom. We will learn the potent Hassidic text Sefer B’nai Issachar in English translation.
Monday MAY 30 5 pm – 8 pm

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TEXTURES IN TIME METZORA – HOD IN NETZAH

Holistic Jew

Metzora continues the subject of ceremonies welcoming the cured tzara’at back into community by means of offerings. These are: a bird; cedar wood; a piece of crimson wool; a hyssop branch; one or two lambs; a meal offering of flour; a jar of olive oil; and a ceremonial ritual which involved shaving off all of one’s body hair, including the eyebrows.

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