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We Have Been Answered

10/23/2020

We have been answered: The month of Heshvan and the Transition out of High Holiday Mode

Elizabeth reflects on events that have transpired since Simhat Torah and the end of the High Holy Day season. As snow falls to the ground in Spokane today, Elizabeth describes the last days of the Fall, offers gratitude for the gifts we have accumulated over the last months, and imagines, with vibrant hope, a winter that will quickly yield to Spring in which a Passover exodus coincides with a new vaccine.

Heshvan and the Transition Out of High Holidays Mode.

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Happy and Blessed Psalm 1 Poetry

10/20/2020

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I am Happy א׳אַ֥שְֽׁרֵי

Blessed path taken
happily join follow the
counsel & company

א׳אַ֥שְֽׁרֵי־הָאִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֤ר ׀ לֹ֥א הָלַךְ֮ בַּעֲצַ֪ת רְשָׁ֫עִ֥ים וּבְדֶ֣רֶךְ חַ֭טָּאִים לֹ֥א עָמָ֑ד וּבְמוֹשַׁ֥ב לֵ֝צִ֗ים לֹ֣א יָשָֽׁב׃
Happy is the man who has not followed the counsel of the wicked, or taken the path of sinners, or joined the company of the insolent;
(Psalm 1:1) Sefaria

The Company

Not the path itself
but the company I keep
make the leaves brighter
red and golden
the path stretching
into the blue sky at the horizon
puffy clouds hover
as I hold her hand
and walk this path

- Kimberly Burnham

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Simhat Torah Virtual Celebration with Hineni

10/6/2020

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Celebrate Simhat Torah with Hineni. Join us as we rejoice in the light of Torah, chanting it’s end and singing in its beginning. As we renew the season and ourselves, be with us as we renew Torah in this new, holy year. Sunday Morning October 11, 2020 9 am PST / 12 EST. Same Zoom Link as previous services or email Hineni.Space@gmail.com for the link and passcode.

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Psalm 113:9 A Childless Woman Gives Birth (aka When the Lucky Can Be Grateful)

10/6/2020

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The happiness of Sukkot collides with the three-year anniversary of the twin boys to whom Devorah gave birth. She gave her friends the greatest gift that one can give—surrogacy. Exploring the painful journey of infertility, and the pitfalls in confronting an unexpected outcome, we are led on one such journey through Devorah’s compassionate and self-reflective lens.

Trigger warning: message deals with the pain of infertility, the highs, and lows of desiring, wanting and losing the potential for children.

Music and verse from the Hallel, psalms of praise, traditionally sung over Sukkot and Simhat Torah. Join us Sunday morning tefillah for Simhat Torah with Hineni.

Psalm 113:9 Sukkot Reflection [Click Here to Listen]

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Zekie Janus Lieberman Bar Mitzvah Composition of Adon Olam

10/5/2020

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Sukkot 2020 Adaptations and Reflections

10/2/2020

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Devorah explores what it means to build a sukkah inside her house. She struggles at first with the decision, but eventually realizes that God provides meaning in our observances even when we cannot perform them in the ways we might want or think we ought to.

Sukkot Reflection [Click Here to Listen].