Kislev (כסלו) Basics

Introduction to the Jewish month of Kislev, including correspondences

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Moon of Dreaming (November/December)
As the nights grow longer, we read many Torah portions about dreams and dreaming. In these long nights, take the time to dream and re-ignite your creativity.

Basics

• Linear Month: 3

• Torah Month: 9

• Season: Autumn to Winter

• Holidays: Hanukkah, Tekufah Tevet (Winter Solstice)

• Offerings¹: Combinations of Fire and Water or other opposites, Braided Candles

• Element²:  Aish (אֵשׁ) Fire within Mayim (מַיִם) Water

• Symbol: Hanukkiah (8 branched menorah)

• Spiritual Focus³: Personal connection to Divine through creative expression

• Netivah: Baalat Ov (בעלת-אוב) Witch/Shamaness/Spirit Vessel

• Constellation: Keshet (קשת) Sagittarius

• Letter: Samech (ס)

• Tribe: : Benjamin (בנימין)

• Sense: Sleep

• Guide: Belly/Digestion

• Tarot Card⁴: Temperance

• Soul Trait⁵: Yirah (יראה) Awestruck, Radical Amazement

Note: Letter, Tribe, and Sense are derived from the Sefer Yetzirah
See NOTES below for additional information on sources of these all correspondences.