Kabbalah Study
15 Oct @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Kabbalah Adult Study with Peter Grand
Shana Tova.
Here are some wonderful High Holidays 5782 meditations from the National Council of Jewish Women. The first is by our local rabbi and poet, Rachel Barenblatt, who blogs as the “Velveteen Rabbi”, reflecting on our readiness to let go of the summer sun as we enter the New Year. Click HERE for the readings.
Judaism traditionally discourages sun-worship as idolatrous, but is it? What is the Sun? Might it be a messenger of divine light? How does this relate to the Kabbalistic myth of Adam Kodmon, primal being, and the plasma of creation? While hardly a preacher, climate-change prophet Bill McKibbon’s new book, “Here Comes the Sun” invites us to contemplate on a deep level the hope that a global energy revolution already underway brings, despite entrenched resistance.
As the Zohar puts it: Come and see!