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Rosh Hodesh Tevet: Dec.-Jan.

Starry night sky with wispy clouds and a crescent moon.

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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Audio/video shiviti meditation chant

Full moon against a dark, star-filled night sky.

New moon meditation

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“The new moon is a new universe for women”

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A song for the new moon

Crescent moon in a twilight sky over a vast grassy plain, with distant mountain silhouettes on the horizon.

Meditations on Hanukkah, focusing in particular on moving from the month of Heshvan, to Kislev, and on to Tevet

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A summary of facts, characters, and holidays pertaining to the month of Tevet

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A new ritual based on an older North-African custom celebrating women’s roles in the Chanukah story on Rosh Chodesh Tevet

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