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18 THE GUIDE 2017/2018
who you are. It’s a ‘blah’ feeling sometimes, but
there is a benefit to that.”
On the other hand, Nisan relates to the moon,
which is changing daily, if not more frequently.

Nisan is therefore the “head of the months,” and is
“all about renewal” and change, Schwartz said.

Tishrei and Nisan also are tied to the seasons in
which they fall. Schwartz believes that at different
times of year, there are different energies in the
world. Tishrei falls in the autumn, a time of great
material beauty, namely the changing of the colors
of the leaves. Nisan, on the other hand, falls in
the spring, a time when beauty is only budding —
renewing or resurfacing fresh off the winter.

Rabbi Jessica Minnen, resident rabbi of New
York’s OneTable initiative, which brings together
Jews in their 20s and 30s for Shabbat dinners, takes
this idea a step further. She said Nisan is the plant-
ing season, and Tishrei the harvesting season. Min-
nen said a recent course she was teaching examined
the differences between the two creation narratives
in Genesis 1 and 2, which many modern scholars
believe are competing stories.

“In Genesis 1, God is breathing into Adam, into
the Earth, the ground, the shape that is formed into
a human being. In Genesis 2, God physically shapes
Adam out of the ground,” Minnen said. “This is the




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