Topic Tags: Shekhinah

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Shadayim: A Blessing and Ritual of/for Breast Self Examination

A complete ritual for monthly exams for all people with breasts
  • by Rabbi Janet Madden
feminism, health care, Shekhinah
hand holding one apple blossom

Torah and Haftarah Blessings with Feminine God Language and Re-Gendered Hebrew

Torah and Haftarah blessings addressing the Divine as feminine
  • by Lori Sumberg
blessing, feminism, gender, Shekhinah, torah
open torah scroll

Alchemy of Teshuvah

“May my words be embodied. / May my life be lived as prayer.”
  • by Tiferet Welch
Shekhinah, teshuvah
woman blowing a handful of confetti into the night

Ishtar-Lilith-Shekhinah

“We seek to embody your sacred passion, your wisdom, your strength”
  • by Kohenet Ruach D'vorah Grenn, Ph.D.
feminism, Shekhinah
woman in silhouette standing straight looking ahead with setting sun and dark gray sky in background and some trees

Help Me

“Give me the strength to discover new ways to be”
  • by Betty Shapiro
healing, hope, Shekhinah
young woman with brown skin and long black hair standing in a forest looking up and slightly smiling

Meet Me in the Infinite World

“Meet me anywhere / Where G-d stays hidden behind the veil”
  • by Nick Pipitone
Shekhinah
light filled field with closeup of tall yellow grasses or flowers

Prayer for the Broken

“I pray / in accents foreign to my own ears”
  • by Ivy Schweitzer
Shekhinah
person shown far away in silhouette against a sky in which the sun has set and the sky is blue yellow and orange

The Queen Is in the Field

“My dear, there are no keys to the palace”
  • by Rabbi Sarah Brammer-Shlay
feminism, gender, Shekhinah
light brown skinned woman with curly dark hair dressed in gauzy gown looking contemplative in halo-like crown with hair pinned up and curls coming down in field with tree and sunlight

Shekhinah’s Lament

“In a field of lilies trampled by warriors / the Shekhinah weeps”
  • by Elizabeth Caplun
peace, Shekhinah, war
close up of light yellow-white lilies with black background

Shekhinah: The World as Body

“as a world / as a house, a tree / exploding with birds”
  • by Judith Kerman
Shekhinah
black woman with frizzy blonde hair and wing-like black cape with arms spread in field of sunflowers eyes closed

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Havaya Summer Programs

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