Talk to the Ancestors

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Register for 8/17.As we prepare to come back into our community, physically, we must also recognize and give space for our exploration of how this transition back can really be a transition forward. Luckily, our tradition offers us deep wisdom regarding the multi-relational world of community.Each of the four sessions will begin with a conversation prompt from Pirkei Avot. We are entering the season of examining our own hearts, restoring relationships, and re-attuning with the Divine resonance that surrounds us, and perhaps these prompts will help us move toward a better iteration of ourselves. Join us as we begin to discuss, along with the Rabbis, the ways we can be fully and ethically present with ourselves, the Divine, and each other.What is Pirkei Avot?Pirkei Avot, or Sayings of the Ancestors, is part of the Mishnah, the Oral Torah, that eventually was written down to preserve its wisdom and reasoning processes. 62 of the 63 short books that make up the Mishnah are legal texts. Pirkei Avot is the exception. Pirkei Avot transmits ethical advice and insights of the leading rabbinic scholars of different generations. Just like the written Torah, it invites us into the conversation about what it means to be Jewish. But, unlike the written Torah, we know exactly with whom we are conversing. It begins with, “Moses received the Torah from Sinai and transmitted it to Joshua; Joshua to the elders; the elders to the prophets; and the prophets handed it down to the people of the Great Assembly.” And then what happens? Well, that is really up to us!Lisa Strongin is a lawyer, congregational lay-leader, activist, community educator, and life-long learner.

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