Kohenet Rabbi Sarah Bracha Gershuny
Sarah Bracha Gershuny is a writer, ritualist, musician, healer and teacher. She has been ordained as both a rabbi and a kohenet (Hebrew priestess) and holds a masters in Jewish education from Hebrew College in Boston. In collaboration with MJL, she created and facilitates Chodesh Circle,an online community exploring the kabbalistic wisdom of the Jewish calendar. Click here to learn more about Chodesh Circle.
Articles by Kohenet Rabbi Sarah Bracha Gershuny
Parashat Bechukotai: Great Loss
The curses in this week's portion are a reminder of the calamities we all face.
Ask the Expert: What’s the Difference Between Jewish Prayers and Jewish Blessings?
Distinguishing between different types of Jewish prayers.
Parashat Tazria: Birth, Death and the Sanctity of the Liminal
Parshat Tazria deals with two subjects that at first appear quite at odds: the rituals following the birth of a ...
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Hoshanah Rabbah is the climax of the High Holiday cycle, the day the judgment of Yom Kippur receives its final seal.
Parashat Nitzavim-Vayeilech: Ethical Wills
Although we might think of the Torah as being about the past, detailing the origins of the cosmos, the planet ...
Parashat Shoftim: Justice, Death and Uncertainty
Judaism provides for the liminal, confusing period of grief with a series of stages.
Parashat Vaetchanan: Prayer and Pleading
Life is not simple, and prayer is more than just pleading.