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Braided Together: ‘Take Challah’ Ritual in Community

Join Adva Chattler for a monthly gathering to explore the ritual of “Taking Challah”: the tradition of blessing the dough of our challah before baking it. Aside from the ritual, we will learn a new braiding and decorating technique each month. Our time together will be sprinkled with song, chant, storytelling and more, as we braid our challahs together. Recipe, step-by-step guide and more resources will be shared in advance.

Braided Together: ‘Take Challah’ Ritual in Community

Join Adva Chattler for a monthly gathering to explore the ritual of “Taking Challah”: the tradition of blessing the dough of our challah before baking it. Aside from the ritual, we will learn a new braiding and decorating technique each month. Our time together will be sprinkled with song, chant, storytelling and more, as we braid our challahs together. Recipe, step-by-step guide and more resources will be shared in advance.

Threading Stones: An Elul Tradition

Three women stand at the gate of a cemetery

For centuries, Jewish women in Eastern Europe measured cemeteries and graves with thread. Join us to learn how to perform these rituals using translated Yiddish ethnographic studies and memoirs. Participants will receive training and resources to host a grave measuring event in Elul or another time during the year.

Threading Stones: An Elul Tradition

Three women stand at the gate of a cemetery

For centuries, Jewish women in Eastern Europe measured cemeteries and graves with thread. Join us to learn how to perform these rituals using translated Yiddish ethnographic studies and memoirs. Participants will receive training and resources to host a grave measuring event in Elul or another time during the year.

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Training the next generation of groundbreaking rabbis

Modeling respectful conversations on pressing Jewish issues

Curating original, Jewish rituals, and convening Jewish creatives

Join author Evonne Marzouk to find ways to strengthen your experience as a spiritual being, expand your consciousness and deepen your ability to be present. Through study and creative writing, you’ll take away new strategies to use in daily life. 

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