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  • November 2023

  • Mon 13
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    Mussar Poetry: Writing Toward the Other

    November 13, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST Recurring

    Facilitator: Rabbi Joshua Boettinger

    Program Type: Immersions

    Topic: Poetry, Spiritual practice

    Zoom

    We will look at poems that not just describe but embody encounter itself, such as poetry written by people we might think of as ‘other' and poetry in which the poem itself directly speaks to the reader.

    $250
  • September 2024

  • Mon 9

    Reading and Writing the Mourner’s Kaddish

    September 9, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EDT

    Facilitator: Rabbi Joshua Boettinger

    Program Type: Event, Free

    Topic: creative writing, Elul, healing, Kaddish, Mi Shebeirach, Mourners Kaddish, Mourning, prayer

    Zoom

    Join us for a special Elul program where we get inside the structure of one of Judaism’s most powerful and enigmatic prayers, examining some of the context and history of this liturgy and then mapping and writing our own versions.

    Free
  • Mon 16
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    Reading and Writing Mi Shebeirach Le’Holim, the Jewish Prayer for Healing

    September 16, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EDT

    Facilitator: Rabbi Joshua Boettinger

    Program Type: Event, Free

    Topic: creative writing, Elul, healing, Mi Shebeirach, prayer

    Zoom

    Join us to study the origins of Judaism’s central healing prayer and craft an original healing prayer.

    Free
  • May 2025

  • Tue 13
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    Mussar for This Moment

    May 13, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EDT Recurring

    Facilitator: Rabbi Joshua Boettinger

    Program Type: Immersions

    Topic: Jewish spirituality, Jewish wisdom, mussar, Poetry

    Zoom

    In periods of uncertainty, Mussar can be a practice that helps us see more clearly and not merge with our sense of despair. Join Rabbi Joshua Boettiger for a four session immersion where we will explore this ancient lineage tradition – studying middot (precepts) and practices from the Mussar masters. In each session, we will also read and compose poetry related to Mussar themes – poetry of proximity, relationality, perplexity, responsibility.

    $180
  • Tue 20
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    Mussar for This Moment

    May 20, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EDT Recurring

    Facilitator: Rabbi Joshua Boettinger

    Program Type: Immersions

    Topic: Jewish spirituality, Jewish wisdom, mussar, Poetry

    Zoom

    In periods of uncertainty, Mussar can be a practice that helps us see more clearly and not merge with our sense of despair. Join Rabbi Joshua Boettiger for a four session immersion where we will explore this ancient lineage tradition – studying middot (precepts) and practices from the Mussar masters. In each session, we will also read and compose poetry related to Mussar themes – poetry of proximity, relationality, perplexity, responsibility.

    $180
  • Tue 27
    A water droplet hanging from the tip of a green leaf against a blurred green background.

    Mussar for This Moment

    May 27, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EDT Recurring

    Facilitator: Rabbi Joshua Boettinger

    Program Type: Immersions

    Topic: Jewish spirituality, Jewish wisdom, mussar, Poetry

    Zoom

    In periods of uncertainty, Mussar can be a practice that helps us see more clearly and not merge with our sense of despair. Join Rabbi Joshua Boettiger for a four session immersion where we will explore this ancient lineage tradition – studying middot (precepts) and practices from the Mussar masters. In each session, we will also read and compose poetry related to Mussar themes – poetry of proximity, relationality, perplexity, responsibility.

    $180
  • June 2025

  • Tue 3
    A water droplet hanging from the tip of a green leaf against a blurred green background.

    Mussar for This Moment

    June 3, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EDT Recurring

    Facilitator: Rabbi Joshua Boettinger

    Program Type: Immersions

    Topic: Jewish spirituality, Jewish wisdom, mussar, Poetry

    Zoom

    In periods of uncertainty, Mussar can be a practice that helps us see more clearly and not merge with our sense of despair. Join Rabbi Joshua Boettiger for a four session immersion where we will explore this ancient lineage tradition – studying middot (precepts) and practices from the Mussar masters. In each session, we will also read and compose poetry related to Mussar themes – poetry of proximity, relationality, perplexity, responsibility.

    $180
  • Tue 10
    A water droplet hanging from the tip of a green leaf against a blurred green background.

    Mussar for This Moment

    June 10, 2025 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EDT Recurring

    Facilitator: Rabbi Joshua Boettinger

    Program Type: Immersions

    Topic: Jewish spirituality, Jewish wisdom, mussar, Poetry

    Zoom

    In periods of uncertainty, Mussar can be a practice that helps us see more clearly and not merge with our sense of despair. Join Rabbi Joshua Boettiger for a four session immersion where we will explore this ancient lineage tradition – studying middot (precepts) and practices from the Mussar masters. In each session, we will also read and compose poetry related to Mussar themes – poetry of proximity, relationality, perplexity, responsibility.

    $180
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