Rosh Hodesh Heshvan | ראש חודש חשון
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Blessing for the Month of Heshvan: This Side of the Rainbow
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By Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld
President, Hebrew College
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The real question of Rosh Hodesh Heshvan is this: after all the promises and prayers of the last two months— from the first shofar blast that shook us in Elul to the last willows we shook on Hoshana Rabba—what difference, if any, will it all make? Heshvan is where the proverbial rubber hits the road. How will we keep alive the palpable, ever-present promise of renewal—even as we return to the normal rhythm of our lives with its inevitable distractions, delights, and disappointments?
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A History of Sadness and Transformation in Parashat Noach
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By Rabbi Joey Glick`22, Interim assistant rabbi of Shir Tikvah Synagogue in Minneapolis, MN
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The first time I walked into Dr. Lisa Geiger’s chiropractic office, I was greeted by a symphony of sound. With one large space that doubles as a waiting and treatment room, there was a delightful cacophony of babbling toddlers, crying babies, tired parents, 90s folk music and, above it all, Dr. Lisa giving over wisdom. An experienced healer and Dar Williams enthusiast, Dr. Lisa treats very young kids, their parents—and, in my case, a rabbinical student with a Talmud-induced crooked neck. Over two years of treatment, I started to think of Dr. Lisa’s office as a beit midrash, a communal study hall. In this beit midrash, I observed the healing Torah of the chiropractor: that what seems born and done, bone-deep and calcified, might still be shifted and mended. Dr. Lisa modeled for me how this adjustment might come not by way of dramatic cracks and pops, but by gentle touch, communal witnessing and supportive words.
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Experience a Taste of Hebrew College Adult Learning
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On October 20, Hebrew College hosted the online event Turn It and Turn It Again: Renewing Our Torah Journey to celebrate the beginning of another year of Jewish learning and community with Hebrew College and friends. The event featured an introduction by Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld, President of Hebrew College, followed by breakout teaching sessions with Hebrew College faculty members. Watch sessions by clicking the links below.
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