Kelim Le'Orot:
Vessels for the Light
Spiritual Preparation for the Holidays
by Or HaLev and the Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center
Join us for a new series to prepare for the holidays - Kelim Le’Orot: Vessels for the Light, a special collaboration between Or HaLev and the Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center.
Before each Jewish holiday, from Purim through Shavuot, we will gather with a different teacher and, together, prepare ourselves for the next stop on the spiritual journey.
These sessions will be an opportunity to:
Learn about the meaning and traditions of the holidays
Engage in embodied practices to connect with the meaning and spiritual essence of the holiday on a deeper level
Prepare the body, heart, mind, and spirit for the holiday
March 21 // Purim with Rabbah Mira Nesahma
April 10 // Pesach with Rabbi Daniel Silverstein
May 23 // Lag Ba’Omer with Avigail Be'eri-Harel
June 9 // Shavuot with Rabbi Ami Silver
At 7:30pm-9:00pm
David/Geller/Epstein Beit Midrash, Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center, 8 Agron Street, Jerusalem, Israel
Shavuot: Veheyeh Sham - Being There
An Evening of Learning and Practice in Preparation to Receive Torah
With Rabbi Ami Silver
Thursday June 9, 2024 // 19:30-21:00
Shavuot marks the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai, but what exactly is it that about?
We tend to relate to Torah as a book, a text that carries our ancestral traditions and instructions. But the experience at Mount Sinai was one of collective revelation. It was a direct encounter of Divinity that each person experienced. And this is the core, not only of what Mount Sinai was, but of what Torah is. It is an encounter and a felt experience.
In preparation for Shavuot, we will gather together to explore the experiential identity of Torah. We will study texts that orient us toward this facet of Torah and will engage in embodied, contemplative practice together to cultivate a state of openness and presence for encountering Torah in this way.
The Divine invitation to Moses to receive the tablets of the Torah was: “Ascend the mountain, come up to Me – veheyeh sham – and be there” (Exodus 24:12). What could it look and feel like to receive Torah through a state of presence, through being? How does Torah change and transform when we relate to it as a living, experiential communication?
Please join us as we prepare to receive “the living words of the Living Divine.”
You are invited to join us with a basic registration fee of 20 ILS.
At the end of the day you will be invited to give a donation to the teacher for the teaching.
About Rabbi Ami Silver, MSW
Ami has been a devoted student of contemplative, embodied Jewish practice for the last 20 years. For more than a decade, he has taught Jewish wisdom and practice as a path of direct experience and spiritual connection. In addition to his rabbinic work, Ami is a practicing psychotherapist who supports people through mindfulness-based, somatic and experiential therapy approaches.
This practice session is a diverse container open to anyone. We welcome all different Jewish backgrounds and meditation experience levels.
Any questions? Please contact our English Language Coordinator, Naomi Shifrin, at naomi@orhalev.org
