Birthing the New Year 5781: Break. Breathe. Push. (Rosh Hashanah
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Birthing the New Year 5781: Break. Breathe. Push. (Rosh Hashanah
Description
The third appearance of the Hebrew root of mashber, of crisis can be found in the book of Isaiah, “This is a day of distress…” he says Ki va-u vanim ad mashber, v’choach ayn l’leydah “the babies have reached the birthstool, but there isn’t the strength to give birth.” The birthstool was the primitive chair, usually built of 2 stones, on which a mother sat in labor. How brilliant of our ancestors to understand crisis as the seat of new birth. But Isaiah writes that at this most regenerative, hopeful, high-stakes moment on the verge of birthing life, sometimes we don’t have the strength to PUSH.
Subject
Analogies to Mythic Narratives
has community
Progressive Judaism
Spatial Coverage
New York
has denomination
Central Synagogue
Date Submitted
11/16/2020 12:08
