Hidden Sparks Beneath the Surface

Hidden Sparks Beneath the Surface – a Series by Elisheva Tavor aka Betty Tabor Givin

All of the months are interrelated, each connecting to the next in the cycle of the seasons, the ‘round’ of the year…set up by The Creator from the beginning for our benefit to make up what we call time…like a beautiful string of pearls…each is significant to the whole…and each carries within it a special spark that lies hidden beneath the surface, waiting to be discovered!

With each New Moon or Rosh Chodesh, we have a New Beginning and are afforded the opportunity to renew ourselves. In this series as we go from month to month we will focus on these hidden sparks that lie just beneath the surface and what they have to teach us.

The 2nd Month – The Month of Iyar, Ziv Part One A Month of Light and Radiance

As a brief word of explanation, in the Hebrew Bible this second month of the year which is counted from Aviv or Nisan is referred to as Ziv (I Kings 6:1, 6:37), meaning light, glow or radiance in Hebrew. After the Babylonian captivity it became known as Iyar and took...

The Celebration of Passover – Past Present and Future

At every turn, life connects us to HaShem. Anyone who has lived very long will agree that life definitely has its ups and downs, its twists and turns, yet there is an opportunity to connect with our Creator at each and every turn…and if we follow the cycles of the...

The First Month Part Two- New Beginnings! Reflections on the Meaning of Passover.

Just a few days ago we witnessed the tiny sliver of the new moon of Nissan, the First Month on the Biblical Calendar, the Month of New Beginnings and now we are on the final countdown to Passover and find ourselves in a world that seems to have been turned upside...