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Adar: When Boundaries Blur
This is a curious time of year. Though snow still covers the earth and cool winds linger, the sun shines brighter and warmer. Ice thaws. The air softens. Neither fully winter nor yet spring, this season exists as a threshold between them. Boundaries blur. Contradictions coexist—not in tension, but in concert. This is Adar. The…
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Elul: Turning Toward Our Higher Selves
Elul is the final month of the Hebrew calendar, immediately preceding Rosh Hashanah and the Days of Awe. It is traditionally a time of deep introspection, of reflection, of preparation for the holiest day of the year: Yom Kippur. Indeed, some liken the 30 days of Elul and the following 10 Days of Awe to…
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Shevat: Renewing the Divine Flow
For behold, the winter is past, the rains are over and gone.The blossoms have appeared in the land, the time of pruning has come;The song of the turtledove is heard in our land. Song of Songs 2:11-12 As snow blankets the earth and frigid winds blow, we wonder: Will winter ever end? When will spring…
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Heshvan: Closing the Cycle
Leaves fall and fields turn pale. Days grow shorter and cooler. The last vestiges of summer light and plenty fade away, and the earth lumbers towards the sleepy months of winter. The rhythms of Creation are inescapable. The month Heshvan is sometimes called Mar-Heshvan—mar meaning “bitter”, an allusion to the absence of holidays in the month, but perhaps a…
