The text which we will look at after reviewing the place of Mopsik’s work in the history of the Kabbalah is here: Mopsik Sex of the Soul pp 46-52 Ruach HaYam Facebook Subscribe to newsletter Ruach HaYam Workshop at Congregation Eitz Chayim, Cambridge, MA June 22, 2017. See end of post for logistics. This study is led by Penina Weinberg. We will dip one toenail into Charles Mopsik’s book: Sex of the Soul: The Vicissitudes of Sexual Difference in the Kabbalah. Mopsik was a modern scholar of Kabbalah. With him we will re-visit the creation… Join Ruach HaYam on March 20, 2017, for a Saturday morning Shabbat service followed by potluck lunch and learn on Ruth. Get ready for Shavuot! Arrive at 9:30am to schmooze and help set up. Service will begin at 10am. For the potluck please bring veggie/dairy food and your ideas on Ruth. We worship without a mechitza, and with acoustic music only. We have our own siddur. Our services and study sessions are warm, meaningful, collaborative, lead to deepening of friendships, and are simply fabulous. Ruach HaYam Facebook Subscribe to newsletter Ruach HaYam Workshop at Congregation Eitz Chayim, Cambridge, MA April 20, 2017. See end of post for logistics. This study is led by Penina Weinberg. King Saul’s visit to the necromancer of Endor (1 Kings 28) introduces us to man who is at the end of his political life but hoping for saving words from beyond the grave. Saul hopes the necromancer will bring up the ghost of Samuel to help him. We will look at what drives Saul politically to seek out the necromancer, and at how the woman’s wizardry… Ruach HaYam Facebook Subscribe to newsletter Ruach HaYam Workshop at Congregation Eitz Chayim, Cambridge, MA March 16, 2017. See end of post for logistics. This study is led by Penina Weinberg. Parashat Ki Tisa is a Song of both longing and danger. First, the longing. Previous to our parsha, Moses has gone up to the top of Mount Sinai, entering the cloud of God’s presence, to remain with God for 40 days (Ex 24:18). While Moses is up on Mount Sinai encountering the Divine, the children of Israel wait expectantly at the foot of Mount Sinai for Moses… Ruach HaYam Facebook Subscribe to newsletter Ruach HaYam Workshop at Congregation Eitz Chayim, Cambridge, MA February 16, 2017. See end of post for logistics. This study is led by Penina Weinberg. There is a mysterious and awe-filled encounter between YHVH and Moses, as Moses returns from Midian to Egypt to undertake the deliverence of the Hebrew slaves from Pharaoh (Exodus 4:24-27). It appears that YHVH seeks to kill Moses and that Moses’ wife Tziporah, a Midianite priestess with overtones of Osiris, performs a magical and life-saving circumcision. Immediately afterwords, YHVH sends Aaron from Egpyt to join Moses… Ruach HaYam Facebook Subscribe to newsletter Ruach HaYam Workshop at Congregation Eitz Chayim, Cambridge, MA January 19, 2017. See end of post for logistics. This study is led by Penina Weinberg. Join us for a queer look at Moses and the five powerful women of Exodus 1-2 who birthed/midwifed/nurtured the great leader of the Hebrew people. Despite contrary decrees by the powerful Pharaoh of Egypt, the women used their wits to gain power when they lacked authority. They launched Moses as a prophet and leader, and Miriam became a prophet herself. At the end of the book… Ruach HaYam Facebook Subscribe to newsletter Ruach HaYam Workshop at Congregation Eitz Chayim, Cambridge, MA December 15, 2016. See end of post for logistics. This study is led by Penina Weinberg. Inherent in the watery story of creation is the deluge – the flood which God will bring to wipe out God’s act of creation. In the first six chapters of the Hebrew Bible, humanity is birthed, drowned and rescued. From “God’s spirit glided over the face of the waters, and God said ‘Let there be light.’” (Gen 1:2-3) to “YHVH regretted having made human beings on earth… I visited the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston to see the painting Elijah in the Desert by Washington Allston. http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/elijah-in-the-desert-30844 A great deal of my time is spent viewing digital photos and images. In fact, I found the image of this painting through a google image search for Elijah. As a small jpg, the picture is stunning enough – a stark portrayal it seems, of Elijah in the throes of despair. I used this image as a banner for a study session I’m leading called “Elijah the Prophet: Zealotry, Despair, and Hearing kol d’mama daka.” By great coincidence, the… Ruach HaYam Workshop at Congregation Eitz Chayim, Cambridge, MA September 15, 2016. Ruach HaYam study sessions provide a queer Jewish look at text, but are open to any learning or faith background and friendly to beginners. Study starts promptly at 7:15 pm. However we open the doors at 6:45 for schmoozing. Feel free to bring your own veggie snack for the early part. —- A parking consideration is in effect for the three blocks around EC during all regularly scheduled events. Accessibility information: MBTA accessible, all gender/accessible bathrooms, entry ramp. This study is led by Penina Weinberg. We will do… Ruach HaYam Workshop at Congregation Eitz Chayim, Cambridge, MA August 18, 2016. Ruach HaYam study sessions provide a queer Jewish look at text, but are open to any learning or faith background and friendly to beginners. Study starts promptly at 7:15 pm. However we open the doors at 6:45 for schmoozing. Feel free to bring your own veggie snack for the early part. —- A parking consideration is in effect for the three blocks around EC during all regularly scheduled events. Accessibility information: MBTA accessible, all gender/accessible bathrooms, entry ramp. This study is led by Penina Weinberg. The Hannah Narrative,…
Sex of the Soul: Gendered in the Image of God (June 22, 2017)
Pre-Shavuot Shabbat and Potluck Lunch and Learn: RUTH (May 20, 2017)
Saul and the Necromancer of Endor (April 20, 2017)
Ki Tisa as a Song of Longing (Mar 16, 2017)
Tziporah and the Awesome Fusion of Aaron and Moses (Feb 16, 2017)
A True Leader – Moses and the Five Women who Birthed Him (Jan 19, 2017)
Genesis: Creation, Destruction, and Re-Birth (Dec 15, 2016)
Elijah in the Desert
Elijah the Prophet: Zealotry, Despair, and Hearing kol d’mama daka (Sept 15, 2016)
The Hannah Narrative: Listening to (my, your, their) Inner Voice (August 18, 2016)
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