Shayna ‘Rabba Nechama’ Naveh: Holistic Independent Rabbi and Educator with a passion for exploring wellness and spirituality from a Jewish perspective.
My vocation and primary focus is on helping fellow Jews, and those on the path to becoming Jews, find their personal spiritual derech (way) within the larger Jewish path. I provide personal spirituality and wellness sessions and teach a variety of Hebrew/Judaica classes. I also help people prepare personalized Jewish wedding ceremonies and ketubot, using a template I developed that befits the modern social reality of marriage and obviates iggun. Additionally I am passionate about Jewish end-of-life and served as a Jewish chaplain as well as Rosha and Rabbinic Advisor for the Maui Chevrah Kadisha until I moved recently. I am still serving, until June, as President of the Hawaii Inter-Island Chevrah Kadisha.
Semikha: Morat Hora’a VeManhigah B’Israel (Sephardic Rabbinic Ordination); Certified Holistic Health Practitioner (HHP); Certified Nutritionist Consultant (CNC)™; Certified Clinical Master Aromatherapist (CCMA); Certified Clinical Master Herbalist (CCMH)™ Board Certified by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners (AADP); BA, Linguistics
“Nechama's work is real. What she does is very real. Her work is genuine and happening. She is 'oia'i'o/ truth and people are getting that from her.”
- Auntie Puanani Mahoe, Maui, Hawaii
