Category: Hidden Sparks

The Festivals of the Seventh Month of Tishrei Part Three Sukkot, the Season of our Joy!!! By Elisheva Tavor “Full moon full harvest, full hearts…” these poignant words are those of Arthur Waskow in...

Reflections on the Days of Awe and Yom Kippur  The Seventh Month, Tishrei and its Festivals Part Two  Reflections on the Days of Awe and Yom Kippur  By Elisheva Tavor We are nearing what...

The Seventh Month, Tishrei and its Festivals Part One –  Reflections on Rosh Hashanah, Its Background, Origins and Customs And the Relationship to Yom Teruah As we come to the close of the month...

The Central Message of Elul and Beyond “Elul  אֱלוּל – The Month of Teshuvah and Return Part Two The Central Message of Elul and Beyond Part of an Ongoing Series entitled Hidden Sparks Beneath...

Elul  אֱלוּל – The Month of Teshuvah and Return Part One Background, Torah and Tradition Part of an Ongoing Series entitled Hidden Sparks Beneath the Surface By Elisheva Tavor aka Betty Tabor Givin  King...

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 Tavor         ...

The 5th Month – אב/Menachem Av  Part of an ongoing series entitled Hidden Sparks Beneath the Surface By Betty Tabor Givin aka Elisheva Tavor Rosh Chodesh Av and the Nine Days Leading up to...

The Saddest Time of the Jewish Year – Navigating our Way through the Darkness of The Three Weeks – The 17th of Tammuz through the 9th of Av 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...

Part of an Ongoing Series entitled Hidden Sparks beneath the Surface By Elisheva Tavor aka Betty Tabor Givin Just a little over 2 weeks ago we finished our counting of the omer…We counted seven...

Lag B’Omer – What’s it all About? Part of a Series Entitled Hidden Sparks Beneath the Surface By Elisheva Tavor aka Betty K Tabor Givin Introduction – Lag B’Omer, 18 Iyar – Chai Seven...