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A Solar Eclipse Deserves a Blessing
By Roger Price
August 17, 2023
Jewish tradition considers an eclipse to be a bad omen. But it should be seen as an occasion for a blessing.
Sharon Anstey
Sharon Anstey
August 9, 2023
sunset over the snow
By Kimi Hardesty
January 2, 2023
Winter Solstice seemed like the perfect time... a time to move from darkness to light.
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by Cyd Weissman
September 7, 2022
A Different Way of Counting the Omer
by Rabbi Jill Hausman
April 3, 2022
The sefirot can be regarded a progressive stepping down of the power of God until it can come into our physical world.
Esther
By Rabbi Lina Zerbarini
March 7, 2022
A question was brought: Why do we read about the building of the Mishkan, or Tabernacle, in the month of Adar, when Purim falls?
Forgiving Ourselves on Yom Kippur
By Lisa Braun Glazer, PhD
August 30, 2021
How can we gather the courage to confront ourselves honestly and compassionately so that we can somehow realize a fresh start?

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