
The 7 Principles of the Ivri Path
Walk at your own pace. We’re all on the path.
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1. Hineini
Speak from where you are
Acknowledging the limitations and gifts of every perspective
Practice: Red string
Incantation:
אָז תִּקְרְאִי ויְהוָה תַּעֲנֶה תְּשַׁוְּעִי וְתֹאמַר הִנְנִי—
Az tikre’i, v’YHVH ta’aneh; t’shava’i, v’tomar: Hineni
Then when you call out the One will answer, when you cry out the One will say: hineini, here I am
(Isaiah 58:9)
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2. Ahava
Love the stranger
Offering wise love to that which is estranged within our hearts, within our communities, and within our histories
Practice: Be a beacon of love for the stranger
Incantation:
ואהבת לרעך כמוך זה כלל גדול בתורה
V’ahavta lah-rei’acha kamocha ze klal gadol batorah
Love other people like you love yourself: This is the greatest principle of truth
(Bereishis Rabbah 24:7)
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3. Tikkun Olam
Repair what has been broken
Healing our hearts, our communities, and the earth by returning again and again to the eternal inner goodness of every being
Practice: (1) Achrayut/Responsibility (2) Cheshbon HaNefesh/Accounting of the Spirit (3) Hamtaqa/Sweetening (4) Slicha/Apology (5) Nizikin/Damages
Incantation:
אִם־אֶסַּ֣ק שָׁ֭מַיִם שָׁ֣ם אָ֑תָּה וְאַצִּ֖יעָה שְּׁא֣וֹל הִנֶּֽךָּ׃
Im-essak shamayim, sham atah, ve'atzia she'ol, hinneka.
If I ascend to the heavens, there You [the Divine] are, if I descend to hell, You [the Divine] are there, too.
(Psalms 139:8)
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4. Achat
Goddexx is love
Tapping into the power of a personal relationship with loving non-dual gender-fluid Mystery
Practice: Two candles of rest on Friday night
Incantation:
שְׁמַע עִבְרִ֖י יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ יְהֹוָה אַחַת
Shema Ivri Ya Eloheinu Ya achat
Listen boundary crosser: Life, our power, Life is one!
(Deut 6:4)
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5. Yadua
Pursue sacred pleasure
Embracing the sensual joy of being known as an embodied being
Practice: Monthly immersion/washing with a Miriam bowl
Incantation:
לִבִּי וּבְשָׂרִי תְּרַנֵּנָה אֶל אֵלָה חַיָּה
Libi u’v’sari t’ranenah el Elah ḥayah
My heart and my flesh praise the power of life
(Psalms 84:3)
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6. Kosher
Honor your practice
Recalibrating religious practice and directives away from patriarchy and towards service of a just and loving Divine
Practice: A minimum of no red meat on weekdays
Incantation:
Imanu SheBa’aratz, our Mother who art underfoot, hallowed be Thy names. Thank you for our daily bread, our water, our air, each other, and so much beauty. Amen.
(from Rebecca Solnit “Mother’s Prayer)
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7. Moshiach
We are the mothers of the messiah
Committing to a process of individual, communal, and ecological liberation
Practice: Meeting regularly in small spiritual groups for ceremony, connection, and to dream the culture forward
Incantation:
אֲנִי מַאֲמִין בֶּאֱמוּנָה שְׁלֵמָה בְּבִיאַת הַמָּשִֽׁיחַ
Ani ma’amin b’emunah shleimah b’vi’at ha-Mashiaḥ
I believe with complete faith in the liberatory consciousness we are emerging
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A Book of Ivri Theology
Want to dive in deeper? Rav Jericho is publishing a book on Ivri theology in 2026.
Watch here for more!