Holy Conversation: The Kavannot of the Shabbat Amidah
Thu Jan 20, 2022 7:00 PM - Thu Feb 24, 20228:30 PM EST
Online, Zoom
DESCRIPTION
Thursdays, January 20, 27, February 3, 10, 17, 24 @ 7–8:30 p.m. EST
$216 for 6 sessions
Like the journey of our lives, every prayer and prayer service can be seen as a story, a process of transformation. The rubrics of the prayer service preceding the Amidah reintroduces us to our bodies (The Morning Blessings), to our community (Songs of Praise), and then explores the nature of God (Kriat Shema), until finally, we cross the Red Sea and are ready to have our own one-on-one conversation with God: a holy conversation (however you understand or don’t understand God). If approached with mindfulness and intention, the Amidah can be our spiritual mission statement. Using prompts, short guided mediations, English translations of different denominations and discussion, liturgist Trisha Arlin will guide us through the Shabbat Amidah and the seven “stories” within it, and we will then write our own holy conversations.
Session One: Avot v’ Emahot – Praying with the Ancestors (immediate and ancient)
Session Two: Gevurah – What is divine power, even if you don’t believe in an intervening God?
Session Three: Kedushah – What is holiness? How is God’s name holy? Does God need praise? What is God?
Session Four: Avodah – How does prayer apply to service to the community, to God, to ourselves?
Session Five: Hoda’ah – To loved ones, leaders, essential workers, health, God (ingratitude, too)
Session Six: Shleimut – Completeness, Peace, Connection, being seen and seeing
All sessions will be recorded and sent to participants. We encourage live attendance for you to get the most out of the experience.
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