LIVING ROOM A Tu BeShevat Seder: The Feast of Fruits from the Tree of Life

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Wednesday, January 26, 2010

6 pm Doors, 7 pm Program

Intersections, 274 5th Ave
Btwn 29th and 30th Sts 

With mystic Maggid Yitzhak Buxbaum and Carole Forman 

Suggested Donation of $10-15 for food and drink during Seder 

Tu BeShvat is the only Jewish holiday ordained by the kabbalists. At the seder we taste many fruits, drink fruit of the vine, hear mystical teachings, and meditate to soul-stirring melodies. The seder anticipates the redemption of all humanity and our return to the Garden of Eden, when we will eat fruit from the Tree of Life. This celebration of God’s creation is about the redemption of the whole planet– including animals, plants, and Nature itself. Tu BeShvat is mystical, inclusive, and “green.” Its theme is One God, one humanity, one planet. On Tu BeShvat, the Jewish people hosts the whole world. And you’re invited!

Yitzhak Buxbaum is a maggid (inspirational speaker and storyteller), who specializes in mysticism and hasidic tales. He teaches at synagogues and Jewish institutions throughout the U.S. and Canada, and also at churches, ashrams, mosques, temples and interfaith venues. Yitzhak founded and directs the Jewish Spirit Maggid Training Program, and is the author of ten books, including The Light and Fire of the Baal Shem Tov, Jewish Tales of Holy Women, and A Person is Like a Tree: A Source Book for Tu BeShvat.

Carole Forman is a baal mesapair ruchani- a master spiritual storyteller; a graduate of the Jewish Spirit Maggid Training Program. She has thrilled audiences of adults and of children around the U.S. and Canada. Her Soul Motion – TenuYah! workshops in creative movement bring body and spirit together. Carole is a long-time yoga teacher and a Guidess at Life Works Inc. A professional actress, she currently plays Miriam in the five-woman play In the Voices of Our Mothers.

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