Ma'yan Tikvah – A Wellspring of Hope
Ma'yan Tikvah - A Wellspring of Hope is a community without walls that focuses on the natural world through year-round outdoors services and events. Holiday programs, adult learning, and other events are held in homes or other locations. Founded and guided by Rabbi Katy Z. Allen, Ma'yan Tikvah provides a place to explore Judaism in an informal and inclusive setting.
Day 35 of the Omer
On this last day of the fifth week of counting the Omer, we experience Malchut in Hod - Leadership in Humility. The majestic mountains of the Himalayan Range; the...
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Day 8 of the Omer
Tonight begins Week Two of counting the Omer. The Divine Attribute for this week is Gevurah, which means justice and discipline, but also restraint. Gevurah is about boundaries and...
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Day 5 of the Omer
By Rabbi Katy Z. Allen Tonight we experience Hod - Humility - in Chesed - Lovingkindness - as we count the fifth day of the Omer. The Moon is...
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Day 3 of the Omer
By Rabbi Katy Z. Allen On day 3 of the Omer, we consider the Divine Attributes of Tiferet in Chesed. Tiferet is Harmony or Compassion. When we see...
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Day 2 of the Omer
By Rabbi Katy Z. Allen The second night of counting the omer gives us the combination of the Divine Attributes Chesed and Gevurah - Lovingkindness and Justice or Discipline....
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Counting the Omer
On the second night of Passover, we begin counting the Omer. We count the 49 days from crossing into freedom to receiving the Torah, the...
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Birds and Blessings
by Rabbi Katy Z. Allen This Shabbat is Shabbat Shira, when we read the Song of the Sea, the song Moses sang after the Israelites...
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Parashat Miketz: North-Flowing River
by Rabbi Katy Z. Allen The Sudbury River flows north, from its headwaters at Cedar Swamp Pond in Westborough to its confluence with theAssabetRiverand the...
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Welcome to Elul!
Elul. It is here. Now. Tonight. Tomorrow, the sound of the shofar will be heard for the first time since the end of Yom Kippur...
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Of Purpleloosestrife, Chihuly, and Desert Journeys
Of Purple Loosestrife, Chihuly, and Desert Journeys Purple loosestrife is beautiful at this time of year. Masses of intense purple fill wetlands. But the stunning...
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