Listen: ‘The Breath of Life’
November 9, 2022
Deep belly breaths led by Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg connect us to nishmat kol hai, the “Breath of Life” that animates all creation.
Deep belly breaths led by Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg connect us to nishmat kol hai, the “Breath of Life” that animates all creation.
Rabbi Steven Nathan teaches that this story can serve as a warning to us today: The desire for wealth and security is a natural and healthy drive, but if we are not careful, it can overtake us and, in its extreme form, threaten us with economic and social destruction.
This “Essence” is taken from the Sourcebook for Leaders, written by Rabbi Rachel Gartner and Barbara Berley Melits, for Rosh Hodesh: It’s a Girl Thing, a program created by Kolot: The Center for Jewish Women’s and Gender Studies to strengthen the Jewish identity and self-esteem of adolescent girls through monthly
Autumn becomes most evident during this month, which is celebrated in Ann Kanter’s sensual poem.
Shekhinah Speaks, by Joy Ladin, gives voice to the Divine Feminine by remixing language from the book of Isaiah and Cosmopolitan magazine. There Are Still Woods by Hila Ratzabi is an urgent, prayerful book of poems responding to the climate crisis and includes the voices of spirits, gods and goddesses
