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Rosh Chodesh Women's Circle

2 months ago

THE STRENGTHENING LIGHT
The three days of consecutive candle lighting this year creates a ‘chazakah’, a strengthening of spiritual opportunity both here and in Israel - for Rosh Hashana is the only festival where they too have a second day of Yom Tov. ‘We Stand With Israel’ in candle lighting and in prayer with strengthened unity and love, spiritually empowered by the energy of a ‘chazakah’.

The inspiration continues after Rosh Hashanah in the lead-up to Yom Kippur with the RCWC iconic Eshet Chayil event. Some highlights:
*My Mother My Inspiration - with Ettie Spigelman and Helen Savitz.
*The Tishrei Inspiration - Mothers and Daughters of Israel - with R. Sara Gutnick.
*An Inspired Moment - with Sarah Moshel, R. Menucha Cooper, Ruth Wein, Rachel Mihalovitch and Mussie Kaminetzky.

Our events are short and sweet yet powerful and meaningful. This event is dedicated with love and gratitude for the Land of Israel, our gift from Hashem and an inheritance forever. We pray for the safety of our heroic soldiers, the return of the hostages, and peace for our people.

May you be written and inscribed for a good and sweet year. May all our prayers be fulfilled Letova Velivracha - for goodness and for a blessing.
Ketiva Vachatima Tova, Leshana Tova Umetuka

From the Team at the Rosh Chodesh Women’s Circle
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Rosh Chodesh Women's Circle

3 months ago

The month of Elul is a personal and meaningful gift from G-d, a once in a year opportunity to mindfully reset the rhythm of our daily lives as a preparation for the holy and festive days starting with Rosh Hashana.

Rosh Chodesh itself is a reminder that we are a resilient people, who mourn our sadnesses but look to the future with hope and joy for better times. Just as the moon will reach its full brightness, so too will we continue to celebrate miracles and joy in the tempo of our daily lives as individuals and as a people.

Our Sephardi Shule RCWC group invites you to their event this Tuesday evening to celebrate Rosh Chodesh with joy and purpose. The evening is dedicated to the brave soldiers of the IDF and Shin Bet who not only protect Israel, but ensure the deceased are returned to Israel for burial. They will also be remembering those who were recently murdered, with a memorial prayer. Am Israel Chai 💙 www.trybooking.com/CSKWI

To attend the BCOD RCWC, Perth RCWC or Frankston RCWC events in honour of Rosh Chodesh Elul please message us via facebook or contact us at rcwc.org.au/contact-us/.
We would like to invite you to attend a RCWC event and consider becoming an affiliate of the RCWC yourself. rcwc.org.au/projects/affiliates/ Elul is the month to subscribe or resubscribe for the new year 5784. We have lots of offers during this month and we would love to tell you more.

Chodesh Tov
May this month herald in goodness and sweetness
Shana Tova Ume’tuka
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Rosh Chodesh Women's Circle

3 months ago

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The Full Moon of Joy
The full moon of Tu B’Av is fixed on the Jewish calendar as the greatest day of joy. Like every other month, Av begins with a potential of what quality the month uniquely represents, with the first sliver of the moon becoming visible on Rosh Chodesh.
Although the joy and luminance of the full moon of Av is yet to shine forth, it is greater than that of any of the other full moon festivals such as Pesach or Shavuot, perhaps due to the contrast with the dark and sad day of Tisha B’Av preceding it.
Soon, however, darkness will be replaced by the full moon of the 15th of Av as it has been marked from the beginning of time that on this day we will experience the “greatest light and joy of all”.

Let’s get a Glimmer
Find your own personal way to experience joy on this 15th of Av and to spread joy to others. Some suggestions:
1) Our Sephardi Shule RCWC group invites you to share in their joyous celebration of Rosh Chodesh Elul, marking the official beginning of the preparation for the High Holidays. See invite below and RSVP here. www.trybooking.com/CSKWI Check out some photos of their last event below.
2) Join the RCWC as an affiliate. If you’d like to subscribe or resubscribe for the upcoming Jewish year 5785, the time to make enquiries is now. Early bird specials apply in the month of Elul no matter when your starting date is. rcwc.org.au/projects/affiliates/
3) Join the Inner Circle and help plan and prepare the highlight Évent of the Year, the 6th annual Eshet Chayil event to take place between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. rcwc.org.au/projects/eshetchayil/, rcwc.org.au/projects/inner-circle/

Happy Tu B’Av
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Rosh Chodesh Women's Circle

3 months ago

Vision and Comfort

The Shabbat before Tisha B’Av is called Shabbat Chazon, Shabbat of Vision based on the opening line of the Haftorah read that week. For the same reason the Shabbat after Tisha B’Av is called Shabbat Nachamu.

Open our eyes - what do we see?
Do we see the chaos
Or do we see calm in alignment with truth
Do we see the darkness
Or the slivers of light breaking through
Do we see abandonment
Or do we see the miracles, open and revealed

When we envision a reality of unity, love, goodness and light, we feel the comfort during difficult times and we know that the full comfort will soon be upon us.
Amen.
The fast of Tisha B'Av begins in Melbourne on Monday at 5:42pm and ends on Tuesday at 6:11pm.

Sending our love and our vision of hope and comfort to our people in Israel and everywhere. We pray for the release of the hostages and for the protection, strength and healing of all the hostages and soldiers and we thank them and their families with all our hearts and soul.

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