Teaching with Yiscah Smith

Thursday, May 30
6556 37th Ave. NE
Seattle, 98115

We have a unique opportunity to study with Yiscah Smith, a well-known and respected teacher in our community. (See her biography here.)

She will teach: "You shall love your fellow as yourself." Leviticus 19,18 - Parshat Kedoshim, which is read on Shabbat, 20 April.

Not fulfilling this commandment was the cause of the destruction of the 2nd Temple in 70CE. For almost 2,000 years the Jewish people have been painfully challenged and hurt by not loving one another. Rabbi Akiva, who lost 24,000 students during the Omer, due to this commandment not being fulfilled, said that this is the great principle of the Torah. What in fact are we commanded to do? Why has this one mitzvah been so difficult for the Jewish people to fulfill? What do we need to do in order to dwell in the space of loving one's fellow. Almost every segment of the Jewish population, both in Israel and in the Disapora, tends to push fellow Jews out rather than exerts effort to welcome them in with open loving hearts. Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi in his classic, Tanya, offers us an insight that is inspiring, encouraging, and empowering.

Register by May 27 - Space is limited to the first 20 people who register– There are still a few openings, so register right away.

$15 payable at the door (Nobody will be turned away for financial reasons)

To register, contact Terry Walsh at 206-363-4014 or at Terry Walsh terryhw@earthlink.net

Shabbaton with Reb Arik Labowitz

Friday June 28 and Saturday, June 29

Kabbalat Shabbat - Friday, June 28
7:00 PM -9:15 PM
Knatvold Room at University Unitarian Church (UUC)
6556 35th Ave. NE

Join Reb Arik Labowitz and our virtuoso Flutist Maxxine Smith for our June Shabbaton. We will sing, pray and connect in community.

Shabbat Morning Service
Saturday, June 29 - 10:00 AM
Knatvold Room at University Unitarian Church (UUC)
6556 35th Ave. NE

On Shabbat morning Reb Arik will share his unique music, broad knowledge and love of Jewish liturgy. We will explore Parsha Pinhas, participating in Reb Arik’s blessings Reb Arik that access the deeper meaning of the Parsha.

Join us for a vegetarian potluck lunch following the service and plan to stay for our class. (Details in future announcements.)

For more information about our events contact: info@eitzor.org


Congregation Eitz Or, Seattle's Jewish Renewal Community, www.eitzor.org

Congregation Eitz Or
Seattle's Jewish Renewal Community

     We welcome all flavors of Family

                                    all stages of Life

                                                   and all levels of Jewish Experience

    Sing, dance, drum, chant, meditate, move, study, and pray with us!


Congregation Eitz Or requests that all events be Fragrance Free.
Thank you for the mitzvah of your compassion.