Purim High Council Prayer and Meditation Happening for Women

We are Inviting women from around the world to join the actual Jerusalem-based event via zoom (enabled by Shifra Hendrie who has offered her expanded zoom link for the occasion). And…
Sharing the nusach/script of the ceremony so you can prepare for the event and, if you are unable to join our Jerusalem ceremony, you can create your own High Council, either on your own or with friends.

Purim Invite 2025

AN INVITATION… To Women Far and Wide to Participate in a Ground-Breaking, Soul-Awakening Event: The 34th Annual “Purim High Council Prayer and Meditation Happening for Women” (that will also be available via Zoom) In this part of the world we are preparing for Sarah Yehudit’s 34th annual open-house Shushan-Purim-Dance-and-Learn-Seuda-for-Women featuring the Purim-High-Council-Prayer-and-Meditation-Ceremony. However, this Holy […]

RUACH HAKODESH, A PARTNERSHIP

In ruach hakodesh, the person who’s assuming the role of boots on the ground is the initiator and decision maker. They choose a goal, mission, problem or project and pursue it with action and prayer.

Purim 2021: Who is Charvonah…

Charvonah is a seemingly insignificant character in the Purim story. He is one of the king’s attendants who appears at the beginning with those who convey the kings fateful summons to Vashti and then again at Haman’s demise. It is here, in this second mention, that he delivers his single line:

The Chinukh of Chanukka

Chanukka 5781 / 2020

This holiday is called Chanukka because it is training (chinukh) and practice for the future redemption. How so?

Turning Noga into Chashmal

Chashmal thus becomes the codeword for embracing paradox by skirting back and forth between opposing perspectives and admitting the truth that’s present in each.

A Short Tribute to Etrog for Tu B’Shvat

The word for etrog (אתרוג) relates to the Hebrew root, רגג, which means, “to long and desire”; etrog corresponds to to the heart area, the center of conscious emotion and desire.

Fifteen Stages of the Pesach Seder

The Fifteen Stages That Form the Backbone of Our Pesach Ritual and trace the soul’s journey from conception, birth, childhood, maturity and, finally, enlightenment.

Keter – Malchut

The feminine’s teshuva journey is thus the polar opposite of her male counterpart. Whereas the masculine strives for ego-transcendence, the feminine cultivates holy selfhood.

ZOT CHANUKKA: A TRIBUTE TO THE SHEKHINA

The kabbalists read into Chanukka’s eight days, a journey of progressive tikun down through the sefirot from Binah to Malchut, beginning and ending on a feminine note.

Chanukka and the Feminine

The deepening union between the Shekhina and HKBH occurs in a very different way on Chanukka than on any other day of the year.