Muse – Tagged "New Year"– Renaissance Woman Kippot

As the Gate Closes...

by Yael Fischman October 11, 2022

Do we have any sci/fi /fantasy folk around here? Besides me, that is! Have you ever read a book so profound that you want to grab everybody you kno...

Posted in #art as midrash, #High Holy Days, Book of Life, commmentary, Divine Feminine, Divine Parent, fiery angel, four sages story, Garden of Eden, Jewish spirituality, Neilah, New Year, Torah commentary, Yom Kippur

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God's Grimoire

by Yael Fischman September 8, 2022

What would we see if we looked into God's Book of Life? Would it look like an ancient grimoire, such as the one owned by Hagrid,from the Harry Potter series?

Posted in #High Holy Days, Book of Life, grimoire, Harry Potter, Jewish spirituality, multiverse, New Year, Rosh Hashanah, Torah commentary

Put on your Thinking Cap...

by Yael Fischman July 8, 2022

Did you know that a kosher kippah only needs to be big enough to cover one's fist? Rabbi Susan Grossman of Columbia, MD shared that teaching with m...

Posted in #fallholidays, #High Holy Days, #wearable art, art for the head, beaded wire kippah, commmentary, heart, Jewish Renewal, Jewish spirituality, New Year, One, thinking, Yom Kippur

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Birthing the New Year

by Yael Fischman December 23, 2021

The parsha, or Torah portion, we read last week mentions the midwives who refused Pharaoh's orders to kill the Israelite baby boys. One of those boys was, of course, Moses, the future leader of the Israelite people.The midwives' action thus saved an entire people! We too, can play the part of midwives as we usher in the secular New Year...

Posted in #art as midrash, beaded wall hanging, commmentary, Jewish Renewal, Jewish spirituality, midwives, naming ceremony, New Year, Tree of Life

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