The 7 Principles of the Ivri Way

Ivri is the oldest name for the ancestors of the Jewish people. The Ivri Way is based on the wisdom of those ancestors. It is mystical, Goddess-rooted, embodied, and open to all. It is shaped by the teachings of Kabbalah and the wisdom of the biblical Morah Miriam. It heals old wounds, cultivates thriving communities, and ignites liberatory consciousness in the world.

Here are the seven principles of the Ivri Way:

Walk at your own pace. We’re all on the path.

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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

  • 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!