Rosh Chodesh

With Hashem's help, I try to send out an email every Rosh Chodesh. But when I sat down to write it, I felt confused. It's Rosh Chodesh Teves, again a new start of something, but we're deep into Chanukah! I don't want to shift gears to something new now. The good news is that we don't have to. Every Rosh Chodesh we say an incomplete Hallel. There are two exceptions. On Rosh Chodesh Tishrei we don't say Hallel at all, (the books of life and death are open, how can we say Hallel

We have entered the month of Kislev. The mazal of Kislev is a keshes, a rainbow. A rainbow is formed when pure white light refracts into seven shades. Red is nearest the original beam, and violet is the furthest away from the pure white light. But all the colors - red, yellow, orange, green, etc. - are really just an expression of the same light, just seeming different to us based on how it's expressed. Our life is the same. We all have different colors in our lives, differen

Rosh Chodesh Chesvan is arriving. For many women, it is a relief when Cheshvan comes. Finally, some routine! Summer vacation and Yamim Tovim are great (or not!), but it is a relief for most people to get back to a predictable routine. We have had the intense work and intense growth of Elul. We had the intense work and intense growth of Tishrei. And now comes Cheshvan, and Cheshvan is about processing, absorbing, and intergrating all that we have grown. Klal Yisrael worked rea