In short
Sivan is the third Hebrew month counting from Nissan and contains Shavuot, the festival of the giving of the Torah at Sinai. Its spiritual theme is receiving: in Kabbalah receptivity is a feminine quality, and Shavuot is described as a wedding between Hashem and the Jewish people with the Torah as the marriage contract.
Hi loves,
We just started the month of Sivan. 🧚🏼🪬(Rosh Chodesh was yesterday)
And this Thursday is Shavuot - the holiday of receiving of the Torah at Mount Sinai.
When I say “Torah,”
I am referring to the giving of Divine consciousness into the human experience
.
Have you ever had the feeling of learning something… but instead of feeling like new information, it felt like remembering something you always knew deep down, but forgot or lost access to?
That is the energy of Sivan & Shavuot.
Shavuot is not only the receiving of Torah - it is the
remembering
of the Divine Wisdom that is already within us.
Our soul is said to already know, so all we are doing is returning.
The Spiritual Energy of Sivan
Every new month and every Jewish holiday brings with it a “spiritual unboxing”
A new light.
So in Sivan, we are not remembering a historical event that happened at Mount Sinai thousands of years ago.
We are re-entering that spiritual moment when Divine Wisdom was revealed and experienced to Am Yisrael for the first time as a collective.
Preparing for Shavuot
- Preparing to Receive the Torah
Learning to Receive : The Feminine Dimension of Shavuot
We did not conquer the Torah,
We RECEIVED it.
According to Kabbalah, receptivity is a feminine quality. (Like egg & sperm, moon & sun - one gives, and the other receives)
Learning to receive is one of the deepest spiritual practices but so hard for many of us.
We know how to give, to strive, to prove, to hold everything together
- but receiving can feel vulnerable.
We feel guilty receiving love, help and even Divine abundance.
But true intimacy cannot exist without knowing how to receive.
This is why Shavuot is often described as a cosmic marriage between Hashem and Am Yisrael at Har Sinai. The Torah - was the ketuba, the marriage contract.
The marriage contract, symbolizes commitment and protection and like the Torah creates safety for intimacy to exist.
Sivan asks:
Do I know how to receive ? If not why ?
Can I truly receive what Hashem wants to give me?
Can I let go & be held ?
Where can I receive more and have more intimacy in my life?
Re-Choosing The Torah From Your Own Place
Inner Work:
Whether you grew up religious or secular, allow yourself to move beyond old understandings, limitations, identities, and fears around Judaism - so you can receive the Torah and Hashem into your life again from your own place.
The Secret of “Walking”
The sense associated with Sivan in Kabbalah is
walking
Sivan reminds us that spirituality is not static enlightenment; it is continual transformation.
Its also a perfect month to start doing 10k steps a day ( I do it and it changed my life)
How I celebrate Rosh Chodesh
I do something for myself.. go on a long walk etc
Say Hallel - if you do not want to pray from the book, spend time saying thank you and giving praise for all you have.
I review notes from the month before as well as photos on my phone.
I learn about the new month & prepare for it.
I do an accounting of the month that passed.. what happened, what did I learn, what can I improve.
Happy Sivan Queens
Written by Yarin Weltsman (Queen Yarin)
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