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tag: solstice Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? תהלים קל״ט | Psalms 139, a mizmor by David with verses attributed to Adam haRishon for the Winter SolsticeA well-known midrash explaining the universality of the Kalends festival beginning after the Winter Solstice attributes this psalm to Adam haRishon, the primordial Adam, as they describe being knitted together within the Earth in Psalms 139:13-16. In the Roman calendar, the calends or kalends (Latin: kalendae) is the first day of every month. Named after Janus, the Roman god of beginnings, and derived from ianua, “door,” January began with the first crescent moon after the winter solstice, marking the natural beginning of the year. Marcus Terentius Varro, in his Res Rusticae (37 BCE) divided the agricultural year into eight parts. In the final part beginning on the winter solstice, no hard work was to be done outdoors. . . . Categories: Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150), the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere (21 December) Tags: זאת חנוכה Zot Ḥanukkah, Calends, Kalendes, קלנדס Ḳalends, מזמור Mizmor, Psalms 139, solstice, winter Contributor(s): the Masoretic Text, David ben Yishai (traditional attribution) and Aharon N. Varady (translation) Psalms 139 in Hebrew with an interpretive translation in English by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l. . . . Categories: Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150) ? מִדְרָשִׁים עַל אָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן וּתְקוּפַת הֶחֹרֶף | Midrashim on the Origin of the Winter Solstice and Kalends Festivals by Primaeval AdamA sourcesheet shared by Dr. Devora Steinmetz to accompany a shiur on the Winter Solstice in Jewish thought. . . . Categories: 🌐 Gregorian New Year's Day (January 1st), Midrash Aggadah, the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere (21 December) תפילה לראש חודש טבת ותקופת החורף על חנוכּה | Prayer for the new moon of Tevet on Ḥanukkah occurring on the winter solstice, by Rabbi David Seidenberg (neohasid·org)Here’s a first draft of a brief liturgy for last night, for solstice plus Ḥanukkah. Note that this is a kind of eco-liturgy, but it also stands on its own without imposing an ecological overlay. Since it’s still solstice all day, you may want to use this prayer now, or at dusk tonight. . . . “Tilt: A Prayer for the Winter Solstice” was first published by the author on her website (17 December 2015). . . . | ||
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