Subject 02 · Women, Feminine Judaism & Embodiment
Women, Feminine Judaism & Embodiment
This is the wisdom most Jewish women were never taught: the moon as the feminine principle, Rosh Chodesh as the women's holiday, Shabbat as the Shekhinah, and the body as a vessel rather than an obstacle.
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About this subject
Most of these pieces come from Feminine Rising, a seven part masterclass. They can be read in order or on their own.
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The essential lessons
Essential 01 · 4 min
Why This Moment in History Belongs to Women
Feminine Rising is a seven part masterclass on the feminine dimensions of Judaism: the Hebrew calendar, Rosh Chodesh, Shabbat and women's cycles. This opening piece sets out its claim, drawn from the Talmud and Midrash, that the Jewish people were redeemed from Egypt in the merit of righteous women and will be redeemed again in their merit.
Essential 02 · 5 min
Your Body Is Not an Obstacle to Spirituality, It Is the Vessel
In Kabbalah the soul is light, or, and the body is the vessel, kli, that receives it. Rather than transcending the physical, Jewish practice sanctifies it through tangible acts: bread, wine, candles, movement, breath. When the vessel is exhausted or unsafe, the light struggles to express itself, which is why rest and embodiment are spiritual work rather than a detour from it.
Essential 03 · 5 min
Women's Mitzvot and the Feminine Art of Becoming
Jewish women are traditionally associated with three mitzvot: separating challah, lighting Shabbat candles and taharat hamishpacha. Read as a set they correspond to nourishment, light and cycles, or body, soul and time, teaching trust in what you cannot control, the creation of atmosphere rather than only action, and the honouring of rhythm.
Syllabus
Everything in Women, Feminine Judaism & Embodiment
- 01
Feminine Rising · Part 1 · 4 min
Why This Moment in History Belongs to Women
Episode one of Feminine Rising. Every woman is a queen, every soul has a unique mission, and in the merit of righteous women we will be redeemed.
- 02
Feminine Rising · Part 6 · 5 min
Your Body Is Not an Obstacle to Spirituality, It Is the Vessel
Judaism does not ask you to escape the body, it asks you to elevate it. On light and vessel, the nervous system, and why neshima and neshama share a root.
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Feminine Rising · Part 5 · 5 min
Women's Mitzvot and the Feminine Art of Becoming
Why challah, Shabbat candles and taharat hamishpacha? Read together, the three mitzvot form a map: nourishment, illumination, renewal.
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Feminine Rising · Part 4 · 5 min
Transform Your Life Through the Jewish Calendar
A walk through the Jewish year as a map for the soul: Elul as womb, Rosh Hashanah as birth, Sukkot as vessel, winter as contraction, Pesach as liberation, Shavuot as revelation.
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Feminine Rising · Part 2 · 5 min
What Kabbalah Says About Feminine Awakening
The Midrash of the two great luminaries, why the moon was diminished, and what it means that she will one day shine like the sun again.
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Feminine Rising · Part 3 · 4 min
The Power Is in the Pause
Growth in Judaism is cyclical, not linear. On Shabbat as an encounter with rest, Rosh Chodesh as a monthly reset, and why contraction is as holy as expansion.
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Shabbat Shira · 2 min
Shabbat Shira: Miriam, Movement and Feminine Leadership
The women carried tambourines out of Egypt before there was anything to celebrate. What Miriam's dance teaches about embodied faith and feminine leadership.
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Miriam the prophetess · 2 min
Miriam the Prophetess
Miriam appears four times in the Torah and carries an entire archetype. Water as her signature, the well that connected the tribes, and leadership that is horizontal rather than vertical.
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