Blessing for Rosh Ḥodesh Kislev, by Kohenet Ilana Joy Streit
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open_content_license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license date_src_start: 2019-11-19 date_src_end: 2019-11-19 languages_meta: [{"name":"English","code":"eng","standard":"ISO 639-3"}] scripts_meta: [{"name":"Latin","code":"Latn","standard":"ISO 15924"}] Date: 2019-11-19
Last Updated: 2025-04-11
Categories: Rosh Ḥodesh Kislev (כִּסְלֵו)
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer
Excerpt: A poem-blessing for the Hebrew month of Kislev, suitable for Birkat HaḤodesh, Rosh Ḥodesh Kislev, and the whole month. . . .
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Blessing for Rosh Ḥodesh Kislev
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May we be nourished by the darkness
and by the light
May we be held in our moments of darkness
and see the ripples of our light
May all of the Shabbat candles from the past year cheer us on
illuminate our path to rededication
give us just a bit more energy
team up with the stars to brighten our faces and hearts
May Hershel stay with us all year
may we dress up as him for Purim and offer hard-boiled eggs to misguided politicians
May we let our dreams be our ḥevrutas
And may we put the Lev back in Kislev
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A poem-blessing for the Hebrew month of Kislev, suitable for Birkat HaḤodesh, Rosh Ḥodesh Kislev, and the whole month.
Please note that this was written in the Northern Hemisphere and conveys the experience of Ḥeshvan as a winter month.
The references to Hershel and hard-boiled eggs are from the popular picture book, Hershel and the Ḥanukkah Goblins, by Eric A. Kimmel, which is highly recommended both in general and in further understanding this poem.
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Contributor: Kohenet Ilana Joy Streit
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Title: espaliered fruit tree ḥanukkiah
Caption: espaliered fruit tree ḥanukkiah