Friday
6:30P Rosh Pinah style musical Kabalat Shabbat led by the Rosh Pinah pluralistic community's founding Rabbi, Golan Ben-Chorin and BK musicians.
8:00P Join Rabbi Golan Ben-Chorin, founding Rabbi of The Pluralistic Community of Rosh Pinah as he recounts the story of the creation of this vibrant start-up congregation, established in Israel's original agricultural village situated below Safed in the Galilee region. Pioneering inclusive, egalitarian Judaism in Israel's northern periphery, the congregation is reaching out and bringing into its fold a spectrum of identities ranging from unaffiliated secular Israelis to traditional Jews.
Offering mindful and meaningful Jewish living the congregation's innovativeBeit Midrash of Soul & Soil will include a community garden and the renovated 1885 original kindergarten building. Grounded in a Jewish understanding of sustainability, integrating both tradition and innovation, they are creating a shared space of Jewish exploration and agriculture, study and permaculture, prayer, art and music.
Saturday
9:00A Adult Bet Midrash: In the Torah study of October 31st we will focus on the Binding of Isaac as it may speak to the reality of live in Israel today. Israel as a society needs to protect the values it holds as its beacon. If Judaism is to remain the prophetic voice of Israel it must sound the call from the week's portion "all the nations of the earth shall enjoy blessing through your seed" (Genesis 22; 18 ) in light of the creation of "Adam Betsalmenu – humanity in the image of the holy" (Genesis 1;26). Egalitarian, democratic and inclusive Judaism is needed in Israel now more than ever to guide and motivate us in these trying times.
Rabbi Ben-Chorin will also be giving the devar.
