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Writing with Rebbe Nachman: Creating our own Spiritual Stories
March 10, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm EDT
|Recurring Event (See all)
An event every week that begins at 1:00 pm on Monday, repeating until March 24, 2025
Mondays, February 17, 24 & March 3, 10, 17 and 24, 2025
1:00-2:30 p.m. EST
$250
Rebbe Nachman of Breslov (1772 – 1810) is an enigmatic figure whose life and teaching still exert enormous influence across the Jewish world. The stories of Rebbe Nachman draw upon deep, archetypal themes in our consciousness. These stories often read like fantastical children’s tales, or Kafka-esque puzzles, posing us questions intended to provoke awakening. They are based upon Rebbe Nachman’s profound grasp of Torah and Kabbalah, and have also been read in the light of broader creative and intellectual movements such as Romanticism and Existentialism. Rebbe Nachman himself said that the stories were his deepest, most powerful teachings.
Join Rabbi Daniel Raphael Silverstein to learn about and discuss some of Rebbe Nachman’s key stories, discovering the meaning that they hold for us today. Then, building on this inspiration, we will take time to create our own stories, or at least begin them. There will also be time for optional sharing and feedback, so we can benefit from one another’s wisdom and perspective on what we have created.
All sessions will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.
Daniel Raphael Silverstein is a rabbi, educator, meditation teacher and MC/poet. He lives in Israel with his family, where he directs Applied Jewish Spirituality, an online portal which makes the transformative spiritual wisdom of our tradition accessible to all who seek it. Daniel is an accredited teacher of Jewish Mindfulness Meditation and regularly teaches classes and retreats. He was born and raised in London and received a BA from the University of Cambridge and an MA from Warwick University. After receiving semikha from Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School, he served as Director of Jewish Life and Learning for Hillel of Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA. Daniel has performed and facilitated all over the world as a spoken word artist, MC, and creative educator, and the Jewish Week selected him as one of their “36 Under 36” young innovators reshaping the Jewish community. Daniel is a cofounder of Lines of Faith, a Muslim-Jewish hip hop and poetry collective that uses performances and workshops to challenge prejudice and build meaningful bonds between communities.
