Rosh Hodesh Kislev: Nov.-Dec.

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The first of each Jewish month—the celebration of the new moon, its slender crescent barely visible in the night sky—is a day historically associated with women’s renewal and celebration. In recent decades, Rosh Hodesh has become an occasion for Jewish women to gather for learning, ritual, and spiritual exploration, and to mark life passages. Rosh Hodesh groups, meeting monthly, offer a women’s space in time. (Some men’s gatherings have begun as well, sometimes associated with kiddush levanah, celebrating the coming full moon.)

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“The month of Kislev calls us to welcome the darkness, to welcome the darkness, as a friend, a teacher, a guide.”
A teaching and meditation to enter the month of Kislev
“Even the angels must bend down, melt the snow in their hands / to smell its sweet fragrance.”
“For eight days Light cries /out to you, assures you / it is safe now…”
This poem emerged from an exploration of the component words of Kislev: kis (pocket) and lev (heart)

Audio/video shiviti meditation chant

New moon meditation

“The new moon is a new universe for women”

Rosh Hodesh winter healing circle script

A song for the new moon

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