keren is ordained in the rabbinic lineage of
Reb Zalman-Schachter Shalomi
as Shaliakh & the first “omana’ya”
“Omanaya” is a Hebrew Ceremonial Artist
with no affiliation except the ancient wisdom
serving folks in prayer gatherings, torah study, and ceremony
bar/bat mitzvah
mentoring & ceremony
from ancient roots, modern minded & co-creative. inspired. uplifting. Personally meaningful – for you!
I am so happy to be able to co-create this beautiful rite-of-passage now with families worldwide via Zoom video conferencing.
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a bar/bat mitzvah mentoring process with keren includes
- initial family meetings to establish: intentions, goals and curriculum outline
- learning the beautiful ancient hebrew, to read and chant
- learning ancient liturgical melodies
- exploring the ancient hebrew calendar of festivals & learning modern conventional applications as well as alternative possibilities for celebrating
- creating a theme that guides the mentoring and educational process
- exploring and understanding how this time/process is a “coming of age”
- exploring biblical stories and sacred-text historically
- independence from any affiliation or synagogue establishment – or – integrated a synagogue, as the family prefers
all culminating in a family-officiated
co-created, inimitable & meaningful ceremony
initial consults about bar/bat mitzvah processes and ceremonies are complimentary
keren founded the
“Native Hebrew Spirit path”
deeply rooted in the ancient
while at once immediate & relevant
serving folks who are hungering to be personally touched
through a Jewish and Ancient Hebrew connection.
They are looking for Universal Truths
and Immediate Relevance inside what the
Ancient gives us.
What is our source-text to peer into the Native Hebrew Spirit ways? Simply, Tanakh (hebrew bible) . Though we frequently re-tell stories of Abraham & Sarah, Moshe & Miriam, and the many others wandering in the Tanakh, the essences of their practices and experiences are nearly lost in contemporary Jewish practice. here, in the omana’ya path, we re-vitalize their essential wisdom-ways.
At this time in history our remembrance and inclusion of the sensibilities from the more ancient Hebrew Spirit ways can serve this need. as well, this path of practice, education and celebration serves to reveal the Hebrew wisdom as one facet of a varied-culture world-wisdom.
one of the consequences of exiles and collective trauma is the condensation of spiritual practices into “backpack-able religion”.
As keren sees it, now is the time to unpack what was condensed and largely crystallized into the more contemporary texts and protocols. her work as omana’ya is in service to this “unpack”.