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Celebrating the New Moon - A Rosh Chodesh Anthology (Paperback)
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Celebrating the New Moon - A Rosh Chodesh Anthology (Paperback)
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Rosh Chodesh is the Jewish holiday marking each month's new moon.
Celebrating the New Moon is an anthology conceived as a means to
offer writings about Rosh Chodesh that are educational,
inspirational, scholarly, programmatic, entertaining, and
insightful; writings that teach tradition while inspiring
innovation; writings from a variety of women and men, representing
many writing styles, relationships to Judaism, and levels of
observance. Rosh Chodesh observance has waned over the centuries
despite the fact that the Torah provides several clues to the
importance of this holiday and its observance. Rosh Chodesh was
declared a festive day that included practices similar to those
offered on other festivals. The joyous nature of Rosh Chodesh in
biblical times was also marked by the blowing of the shofar. Today,
the shofar is blown only on Rosh Chodesh Elul and onward through
the month, to signal the process of preparation for the Holy Days.
Modern Jews seem to have limited the festivities of Rosh Chodesh to
the recitation of special prayers. It is no longer a holiday but
simply a time to acknowledge the beginning of the new month.
Perhaps the destruction of the Temple and the end of the
sacrificial cult robbed Rosh Chodesh of its sacredness; perhaps it
was the widespread adaptation of the solar/Christian calendar.
Whatever the cause, only the late twentieth century has seen -
indeed, is seeing - the resurgence of this minor holiday. Women in
the search for ritual are connecting their search to the holiday of
Rosh Chodesh - a day that has already enjoyed a special association
with women in traditional lore, and one that is linked to women's
unique cycle, the menses. This collection addresseseach nuance of
Rosh Chodesh, from the historical to the contemporary; from the
traditional to the feminist. Rosh Chodesh is understood in a
variety of ways: as a symbol of renewal, as a women's covenant, as
a marking of time, and as a reminder of cyclical development and
focus. Rosh Chodesh is a forever-returning opportunity for
spiritual development and healing, a time to look inward and
skyward, an occasion to contemplate the reflection of oneself in
the moon's crescent light. Today, hundreds of women gather to
study, to feast, to pray, to talk, but mainly to celebrate and
revitalize the holiday of Rosh Chodesh. Celebrating the New Moon is
the next milestone in this process. It records not only the history
and halachah of Rosh Chodesh but also its unfolding during the past
two decades. Celebrating the New Moon offers a blueprint for ways
to celebrate Rosh Chodesh and stands as a testament to a changing
Jewish community that is more open and receptive than ever before
to women's celebration and ritual.
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