19 May - Exploring the Magic and Medicine of the Psalms

With Rabbi Shefa Gold

Almost exactly a year since we last had the joy of welcoming Rabbi Sheffa Gold in our midst, we welcome her again to lead a workshop in Amsterdam called Exploring the Magic and Medicine of the Psalms. Join us.

Date: May 19
Time: 6:30 – 9:30 pm (we will start at 7 pm) 
Location: Makom Amsterdam
Costs: 65 euro (sliding scale options available 36 – 90 euro). Do not let cost be a barrier to you joining, everyone is welcome and no one is turned away. Just sign up!

On the Path of Love, we are inspired to receive the vast storehouse of spiritual tools that can help us heal, become whole, generous and connected to ourselves, and to all of Creation. In that remembrance of connection, love flourishes.

There are so many challenges to love that we must meet.

The Psalms are an ancient treasure that must be excavated, refined, polished and made useful in meeting the challenges of our day. On this retreat of deep inquiry and profound celebration we will journey through eight themes that represent the means by which we meet those challenges on the path of Love:

Gratefulness, Praise, Lament, Supplication, Exaltation, Revelation, Comfort and Encouragement.

We’ll use the Psalms to explore these pathways, opening to the magic and the medicine of our inheritance.

We are honored to be guided by the wisdom of Rabbi Shefa Gold, a leader in ALEPH: the Alliance for Jewish Renewal. Rabbi Shefa received her ordination from both the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (z”l). As the director of C-DEEP, The Center for Devotional, Energy and Ecstatic Practice, she teaches workshops and retreats on chanting, devotional healing, and spiritual community-building. A prolific composer of spiritual music and author of several books—including In the Fever of Love: An Illumination of The Song of Songs—Rabbi Shefa’s teachings draw from Jewish, Buddhist, Christian, Islamic, and Native American traditions, making her a true spiritual bridge.

 

We look forward to sharing this transformative journey with you!