Tobi Kahn & Rabba Wendy Amsellem
The Barbara C. Freedman Artists' Beit Midrash
Mondays, 6:15 – 9:00 PM
November 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, December 6
OFFERED VIRTUALLY
Rest, Restore, Reimagine: The Shmita Year 5782
Every seventh year, Jews are commanded to let their land lie fallow, take down fences and boundaries and allow everyone to harvest what they need. While Jews who don’t farm cannot obey this commandment literally, we can adopt its lessons both spiritually and artistically.
During this Shmita year, beginning on Rosh Hashana, we will explore what it means to do so in our own lives, in our communities and beyond. Understanding that the word shmita derives from the Hebrew root lishmot, “to drop or let fall,” we will identify what we most cling to and practice letting go, deepen our perception that whatever we have is a gift and that nothing belongs to us as we celebrate artists who understand these principles and seek to embody them in their own practice.
During the first hour, we will examine a diverse range of Jewish texts, both biblical and rabbinic, to see how, as artists, we can interpret these narratives visually. In the second, we will critique art created by the participants.
The Barbara C. Freedman Artists’ Beit Midrash is a nourishing community of artists who analyze, integrate and create.
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