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.
Our Blogs
Parashat Sh'mot - Heirloom Seeds, Our Ancestors, and Friendship
by Rabbi Katy Z. Allen My first seeds from the Seed Library arrived in the mail today, part of a gift membership that I had given to...
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Earth Etude for 29 Elul
May We Open Photos by Gabi Mezger Text by Rabbi Katy Allen May we all unfold and open our hearts. May we bloom and blossom...
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Earth Etude for 27 Elul
The Known and the Unknown by Rabbi Anne Heath I celebrated my first Hanukkah amongst my siblings and their children celebrating yet another family Christmas....
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Earth Etude for 26 Elul
Hashem's "Gaslands"* by Judith FeldsteinMy Lord, You sent us not a burning bush, but Your flaming water;a fire that lives in gas and is not drowned...
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Earth Etude for 25 Elul
Rocks in my Life by Rabbi Margaret Frisch Klein They say that Rosh Hashanah is the birthday of the world. It is an opportunity filled...
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Earth Etude for 24 Elul
MEDITATION on ELUL by Richard H. Schwartz Elul is here. It represents an opportunity for heightened introspection, a chance to consider teshuva, changes in our lives,...
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Earth Etude for 23 Elul
Returning from Forgetting by Alexander Volfson Elul, I’m told, is “a time to return to our best selves.” Upon reading these words this time, something...
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Earth Etude for 20 Elul
One Sky by Nyanna Susan Tobin "We are all a family under one sky, a family under one sky." Malvena Renolds wrote and sang this song...
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Earth Etude for 19 Elul
Personal ethics in the face of climate change by Susie Davidson In his master work "Walden," Henry David Thoreau wrote, "We do not ride on...
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Earth Etude for 18 Elul
A Broken Sewer Pipe by Maxine Lyons One might inquire-- How can a broken sewer pipe help elicit responses relevant to Rosh Hashana holiday themes? When our...
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