keren is ordained in the rabbinic lineage of Reb Zalman-Schachter Shalomi as Shaliakh & the first in the new “omana’ya” lineage. “Omanaya” is a Hebrew Ceremonial Artist.
she created the Native Hebrew Spirit path
deeply rooted in the ancient
while at once immediate & relevant
bar/bat mitzvah
mentoring & ceremony
with
keren
from ancient roots, modern minded & co-creative. inspired. uplifting.
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 participation
- creating a theme that guides the mentoring and educational process
- exploring and understanding how this time/process is a “coming of age”
- independence from any affiliation or synagogue establishment, or integrated with those, as the family prefers
- a co-created, inimitable & meaningful ceremony
initial consults about bar/bat mitzvah processes and ceremonies are complimentary
keren’s
Native Hebrew Spirit path
serves folks who are hungering to be personally touched through a Jewish and Hebrew connection.
They are looking for Universal Truth and Immediate Relevance.
we offer insight into Universal Truths as revealed in ancient Hebrew Texts and as we are able to embody through group learning & ritual.
What is our source-text to peer into the Native Hebrew Spirit? 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”.
