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 Hidden Message of Purim The Whole Megillah!

A Bit of Background and Review This is the third in our series of articles on the month(s) of Adar and the joyous festival of Purim which is recorded in the Book of Ester. The story takes place in Persia in approximately the year 357 BCE during the time of the...

Adar Beit – The Second Month of Adar The Joy of Purim and the Courage of Queen Ester

We are fast approaching the beginning of another new moon on the Hebrew calendar, but this new moon brings on a bit of a twist on the traditional calendar for strangely enough, it marks not the beginning of the 12th month but rather the beginning of the 13th month. ...

Adar Aleph The First Month of Adar – Increasing our Joy!

Adar is the 6th month on the traditional Jewish calendar counting from Rosh HaShana and the month of Tishrei which is in the fall, but on the Biblical calendar, counting from Aviv or Nisan, Adar is the 12th month and falls towards the end of winter. It was the last...

Shevat Part Two – Tu B’Shevat – New Year for Trees

From the Torah and the Traditions We noted in part one of this article that the word shevat stems from the Hebrew word shevet and can be translated as a rod, a stick, a branch, a staff, also a tribe or a symbol of authority as in a scepter. If we paint a picture in...