Rivka Sari's Shabbat & Holiday Workshops
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| For the Jewish values and Ahavas Yisroel that was given to me this Workshop is dedicated in the loving memory of my father, Yaacov Moshe zt”l may he rest in peace. Tammuz 6, 5766 /1940-2006 Love is in the Air The month of Elul is a time of special closeness between Hahsem and His bride Israel. This is alluded to by the fact that, in Hebrew, the first letters of the verse "I am to my beloved and my beloved is to me" (ani ledodi v'dodi li) Alef, Lamed, Vav, and Lamed spell the word Elul. It is significant that the acronym for Elul comes from the verse that describes a love that is initiated by the bride, rather than the verse in which the initial show of love comes from the groom. For despite its designation as a time for special closeness between G-d and man, Elul is a most "ordinary" month, conspicuously devoid of festivals and holy days. In other words, Elul is not a time in which we are "lifted up" from our daily routine to the more spiritual state of a festival day; rather, it is a time in which we remain in our natural environment as material beings inhabiting a material life. For the month of Elul, whose astral sign is the sign of betulah ("virgin"), is the month of the bride. Elul is a time when the initiative comes from our side of the relationship, and the divine response to our love is one that relates to us as finite, material beings and embraces our natural self and personality. Workshop activities For this Elul Workshop participants created a Ketubah to remind themselves to renew their vows with Hashem. In this Ketubah they must vow to keep Torah, act in loving kindness (chesed) towards one another, develop a strong relationship with Hahsem through good deeds (mitzvot), tzedaka (chairity giving), study, and tefilla (prayer). The Shofar was blown and the pattern of the Shofar were heard to express the importance of hearing the Shofar daily in the month of Elul. On Shabbat the Shofar is not blown. Each person received a special bookmark for a reminder to study Torah, daven (pray), everyday to keep the mitzvot (commandments), to bring about good deeds, and Chesed (Kindness). There was Wine tasting and Raffle of a pair of Hand painted Shabbat Candlesticks signed by Rivka Sari |
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