Mishkan Shalom

Time 2021-04-26 10:08:03

Web Name: Mishkan Shalom

WebSite: http://mishkan.org

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Mishkan Shalomis an activist, spiritual, community of Jews committed to Avodah (Prayer), Torah (Study) and G milut Hasadim/Tikkun Olam (Acts of Caring/Repair of the World). Avodah/PrayerIn our community there are many different ways of understanding God as we explore Jewish spiritual living. Our synagogue is a safe place to share our faith and doubt, a place where we can ask questions and learn from one another as we seek to balance tradition and innovation. Torah/StudyOur study of Torah, Jewish history and culture, as well as universal teachings, enables us to pursue a just world. We learn that our obligation is not only to act, but to realize how much is in our power to change. G milut Hasadim/Tikkun OlamActs of Caring/Repair of the WorldWe commit to compassionate support for each other and to being a voice for Tikkun Olam.We are a dynamic, diverse, progressive and inclusive Jewish community with anoutstanding Congregational School, an array of adult education opportunities, a dynamic teen program, our Celebrations! program for children with special needs, A Way In: Center for Jewish Mindfulness, a community of Tikkun Olam activists and more. All who share our Statement of Principles are warmly welcomed to join us. For more information, please contact our rabbis and office staff.Below are highlights of upcoming services and programs. For our complete schedule, please see the calendar. For the latest from our rabbis, staff and members, check out Kol Shalom, our monthly newsletter. In thisLive and Learnseries, Rabbi Shawn Zevit enters conversations with a number of Mishkan members. It enables us to learn Jewishperspectiveson avarietyof topics,and know the personal journeys of members of our community. The conversations explore their work in the world as it relates to our core Statement of Principles,with a particular focus onthemes of racial and climate justice.For those of you who were not able to join us, we are sharing selections from the 2020-2021 episode Click here for additional Life Long Learning Adult Education Programs Read more Reprinted from the Jewish ExponentThe end of Pesach often gets overlooked or becomes a countdown to the finishing the matzah collections on the shelf. However, there are meaningful spiritual practices that can help bring the values and experiences of the seder into the week and weeks that follow.The seventh night of Passover in some Jewish mystical and Chasidic circles, using the math of the ancient rabbis, became a time to re-enact the Crossing the Sea. This led to an early Chasidic custom of holding a mirror seder on the last day of Pesach. There was an early Chasidic custom of the rebbe giving over Pesach wisdom, of gathering around the table or in a circle and everyone rotating one chair to share their Passover wisdom from the rebbe s chair. Read more As the month of Elul began, so did a new Mishkan initiative, The Elul Project. Members were invited to be active participants in communal Elul prep for the High Holy Days. We met in the early morning twice a week to hear the shofar and enjoyed sweet opportunities to learn from one another.The project will continue under a new name but as we curate these changes, take a moment to enjoy what came our way during the month of Elul.Read more Looking to explore issues of current interest? Delve a bit more deeply into certain topics? Just dabble in a few short stories? Lose yourself in a novel or memoir? Here s an array of suggestions for what to read next!Enjoy video snippets of Rivka Jarosh s big night. #ThatsMyRabbi Shawn Zevit plays in the band for Rev. Dr. William Barber s touring Revival! What a lively night of righteous testimony and heartfelt call for justice! Enjoy this and more: Click here. Jewish Exponent: Rabbi Shawn discussed the tradition of building a sukkah________________________________________ Philadelphia Inquirer: Theatre of Witness new program highlighted on Shabbat Shuvah__________________________________________Philadelphia Inquirer: We welcome new tenants: Private high school for Philly kids in foster care__________________________________________Read more In cities of sacred diversity...we organize ourselves and our shared resources...we sustain the poor...and visit the sick...and bury the dead...and comfort the bereaved...for these are ways of peace and wholeness. (Jerusalem Talmud, Tractate Gittin)Shalom dear friends! As I sit to write this article, I am keenly aware it arrives as the first year of global pandemic life comes full circle in the Jewish calendar. A year since Rabbi Yael, Spiritual Life and the extended Purim team assembled a satirical and joyful evening to help us cope with the surreal megillah that was our social and political landscape, and to find connection, strength, and uplift face to face amid the tumult.Read more

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