SHABBAT CHANUKAH
WITH SARA ESTHER CRISPE
Friday, December 7 and
Shabbat December 8, 2007
Writer, teacher and popular lecturer, Sara Esther Crispe, is the editor of the women’s site www.TheJewishWoman.org, a project of chabad.org where she is a featured writer. For eight years, she and her husband Asher Crispe, co-directed The Institute for Advanced Learning for Jewish Women, in Israel. She received her BA in Literature/Writing, from the University of California, San Diego, and her MA in Literary Theory from Brooklyn College.
Sara Esther is currently working on a book celebrating gender difference according to Kabbalah. She lives with her husband and four beautiful children in Merion, PA.
FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER & LECTURE
Transforming Darkness Into Light
Every time you turn on the news, another disaster is being reported. We constantly hear of death and destruction from terrorism, hurricanes, earthquakes or illness. How does one remain positive with so many terrible things happening around us? Learn how the Torah teaches us to maintain our faith and to not only endure difficult times, but transform them.
Friday Evening, December 7, 2007
Candlelighting at 3:54 pm
Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat at 4:00 pm
Dinner at 5:00 pm
Advance Registration Required
SHABBAT DAY KIDDUSH & LECTURE
Mind Control
Delve into the inner dimensions of our foundational characteristics, and learn how they are the basis for how we interact with the world around us, and discover just how much power we have over them.
Shabbat Day, December 8, 2007
Shachrit at 9:45 am
Followed by Kiddush & LectureAdvance
Registration Required
SATURDAY NIGHT LECTURE
I Place My Soul in WritingWomen’s Writing Workshop
This interactive class explains the necessity and purpose of writing, according to Kabbalah and Chassidut, in terms of our emotional and intellectual growth. Through learning how writing is the physical expression of our innermost thoughts, we glean lessons and practical projects for communicating and clarifying our ideas, both within and outside of ourselves. Participants bring paper and pen and a desire to tap into the depths of one's soul.
For Women Only.
Begins at 7:00 pm
Babysitting will be provided onsite. Older children can enjoy creating a Chanukah art project. Please reserve Childcare in advance.
CHANUKAH MELAVE MALKA
Coffee & Desserts
Open to all - Begins at 8:30 pm
Advance Registration Required
