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Throughout the ages, Jews have connected legends to particular days of the Hebrew calendar. Abraham’s birth, the death of Rachel, and the creation of light are all tales that are linked to a specific day and season. The Jewish Book of Days invites readers to experience the connection between sacred story and nature’s rhythms, through readings designed for each and every day of the year. These...

Hebrew phrases usually translated as “the presence of God” or “the glory of God” here appear as “the Shekhinah,” the Indwelling One, a name for the feminine Divine. Shekhinah is a talmudic word for the tangible presence of God. The kabbalistic work called the Zohar, I:8a, 48a, 223a–b and II:65b transforms the Shekhinah into a mother, bride, and defender of the Jewish people, and the word becomes a name for the sparks of divinity within the earth and all creation. It is crucial, in reclaiming an embodied
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