Mystical Tu B'Shvat Seder: An Inner Journey to the Roots of Our Souls
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Jewish Mystics of the holy city of Safed envisioned Tu B’Shvat as a holiday to welcome and honor the sap that begins to rise into the trees in mid-winter, bringing new life and promise.
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Through singing and meditation, they sought a moment of pure encounter with God. Click here to see or download a flyer for the Tu Bshvat seder.
On Wednesday, February 8, A Way In Jewish Mindfulness Center will sponsor a Mystical seder in that tradition, including ritual drinking of wine or grape juice and the mindful eating of fruits and nuts with the goal of emerging renewed and awakened, and inspired to work for sustainability in the natural world.
Led by Rabbi Yael Levy using a haggadah that she created, the seder is scheduled for 6:15 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, February 8 in the third floor Heschel King Room at Mishkan Shalom, 4101 Freeland Avenue, Philadelphia. Click here to register for the sede
The seder, says Rabbi Yael, comes from the mystical conception that we live in four worlds, four visions of reality: assiyah, the physical world; yetzirah, the world of emotions and feelings; beriyah, the world of creation, insight and intuition; and atzilut, the world of pure, divine spirit.
"The mystics believed that we are constantly moving between those four worlds, in an effort to live well and to be in connection with God and the mystery," says Rabbi Yael. "So what they devised as a seder is an experience of eating and drinking that takes us through the worlds, that opens our mind, body and soul into deeper and deeper and deeper awareness of relationship.
"It invites us on an inner journey to the roots of our souls. At the root lies oneness, the mystics teach. And touching this onenes reignites our love for all creation.”
Cost for the seder is $25 for members of Mishkan Shalom and students at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and $36 for non-members. Pre-registration is required. Click here to pre-register. Or email awayin@ymail.com or call the Mishkan Shalom office.
