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During these times, for those of us who are anti-Zionist and involved in the work of Freeing Palestine, it can be difficult to engage in Jewish ritual. Our spirituality and culture are being used to green light a genocide. Connecting with our ancestors helps us remember the thread line that has always run through Judaism, those who seek to live beyond the confines of nationalism and empire and embrace diaspora and the struggle for justice for all. This embodied understanding is needed more than ever as we build our strength and brightness to continue our work to Free Palestine.
It is with this kavannah (intention), you are invited to begin Sukkot by joining in our study and ritual practice of the Eastern European and Russian tradition of making Soul Candles. Made to both honor ancestors and call on the dead for support and protect the living. This tradition is part of a long line of tkhines(Yiddish, derived from the Hebrew wordtehinnot, “supplications”), prayers and devotional practices created and prayed by women and gender-non-conforming people who did not always have access to the practices that centered Jewish men and the Hebrew language. Obscured historically by Patriarchy and Christian Dominance, we bring the tkhines and spontaneous prayers into our lives and hold them up to shine brightly.
Making Soul Candles is traditionally done during the Days of Awe (between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippor). There is a teaching that our sealing is finalized on Hoshanah Rabah, the seventh day of Sukkot. We embrace this teaching and weave the traditions of Sukkot into our Soul Candles practices: welcoming Ushpizim (ancestors), honoring temporality, building our spiritual strength and thanking the plants and rains.
In this workshop we will learn about the history of Soul Candles, the people who first practiced them, study text, engage in ritual and lean into practices to support processing of grief. We will return to our ancestors, whether we know their names or not, to remind us viscerally and spiritually, of the love and care they are always supporting us with.
Rebekah and Jonah have both been practicing, learning and teaching about this beloved tradition since 5776 (2015) and with joyous hearts we invite you to join this ritual space.
Access Information:
This online series of live sessions will be hosted on Zoom with live closed captioning. If you need ASL interpretation in order to participate, please contact jonah@narrowbridgecandles.org right away. You are welcome to join regardless of your spiritual background; if you have beginner or advanced knowledge of Judaism, interest in converting to Judaism, or are a Jew by Choice. No prior knowledge of Judaism or Hebrew is required for participation in this class.
Cost:
If you would like to attend but paying for a ticket is a barrier to participating, please contact Jonah@narrowbridgecandles.org
The workshop is offered on a sliding scale. You determine your place on the sliding scale based on your income and access to resources. You may fit anywhere between the $27-$108 range.
Please bring:
A journal
Photographs of benevolent blood or chosen ancestors (can be on phone/screen or paper photographs)
Books of spiritual or ancestral significance, a prayer book, objects of meaning from your ancestors or chosen ancestors
We will be teaching about how to make Soul Candles together in this class.0p
If you are able to gather candle wick or string and wax prior to class, please do that.
If you don’t have these items, you can still participate in the workshop, learn the practice and do the ritual at a later time.
Purchasing your ticket is your registration!
*You will receive an e-mail confirmation with the Zoom link for the workshop.
*All participants will receive a download of the Soul Candles Ritual Guide with their workshop ticket.
*Workshop will be recorded and available to watch for one week following the class.
Your Teachers:
Rebekah Erev centers the beauty of life in their practice as an artist, ritualist, teacher, community herbalist and politicized somatic healer. They are queer, non-binary and disabled with ancestors from the Pale of Settlement, Anglo-Celtic Isles & Mediterranean living on Squaxin land with their partner, animals and a magical garden. They work in the Jewish diaspora to move towards greater solidarity for #LandBack with Queer Mikveh Project & in local and national anti zionist space for Palestinian liberation. They love facilitating workshops & creating ritual tools, liturgy and art in service of collective liberation with a feminist, mystical, abolitionist orientation. www.RebekahErevStudio.com
jonah aline daniel is an queer and trans, disabled, anti-zionist descendant of Russian, Lithuanian and English Jews and the founder of Narrow Bridge Candles. They love nothing more than holding space for radical transformative ritual with beauty, care, accessibility, and connection to land and home at the center. They are a ritualist, medicine maker, and herbalist with Sick Witch Herbs, an herbal project located on Skokomish land seeking to support and uplift the brilliance and resilience of queer, trans, sick and disabled communities. They hope you will come visit and support the tending of the beautiful land that they call home.
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