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The Auspicious Day of Tisha b’Av – Reflections from the Torah, History and Traditions What can we Learn? Part of an ongoing series entitled Hidden Sparks Beneath the Surface by Betty Givin aka Elisheva...

The 5th Month – אב/Menachem Av Part I   Part of an ongoing series entitled Hidden Sparks Beneath the Surface by Betty Givin aka Elisheva Tavor We’ve come through the tragic and painful 17th Day...

The Three Weeks The Saddest Time of the Jewish Year – Lighting our Way through the Darkness Part of an Ongoing Series entitled Hidden Sparks Beneath the Surface   Elisheva Tavor aka Betty Tabor Givin...

The 4th Month on the Jewish Calendar-Tammuz Part Two From the Mountaintop of Sinai to the Descent of Babylon Part of an Ongoing Series entitled Hidden Sparks Beneath the Surface Elisheva Tavor aka Betty...

The 4th Month on the Jewish Calendar-Tammuz Part One From the Mountaintop of Sinai to the Descent of Babylon  Part of an Ongoing Series entitled Hidden Sparks Beneath the Surface   By Elisheva Tavor aka...

From the Heart of Heaven – Reflections on Shavuot and the Sinai Experience – Part Two Part of an Ongoing Series entitled Hidden Sparks Beneath the Surface By Elisheva Tavor Just a little over...

From the Heart of Heaven – Reflections on the Sinai Experience Sivan and Matan Torah – The Giving of the Torah, Part One Part of an Ongoing Series entitled Hidden Sparks Beneath the Surface...

The Month of Iyar, Ziv – Part Two Light and Radiance, Healing, Introspection and Counting of the Omer Part of an ongoing series entitled Hidden Sparks Beneath the Surface By Elisheva Tavor aka Betty...

The First Month/Aviv/Nissan, Part Two The Message of Pesach in the Midst of Chaos Part of an ongoing series entitled                            ...

The First Month, Aviv/Nissan The Month of our Redemption, New Beginnings An Ongoing Series Entitled Hidden Sparks Beneath the Surface By Elisheva Tavor All the months are interrelated, each connecting to the next in...