Rosh Hashana Workshop
We will Join together in prayer, song,creativity,and nature.
It’s two parts davening( communal and individual prayer time), singing with The gifted and super inspirational Gabriel Meyer Halevy. one part bibliodrama(led by talented Tamar Peleg from Washington),another part fun stage, a place to share your inspired self, and repressed chanteuse,or clown, or poet. Start the new year with sharing your gifts. another two parts meaningful rituals . wrapped together in the lovely blanket of the Fairy Forest . with delicious food,and new years delicacies.
Part one in Beit Oren (Wednesday – Thursday, September 8-9), and two, for those that desire can go on a further spiritual journey with Shmuel Saul and Reb Ohad to delightful locations along the Jordon,and the Banias in the north (9-Sept-night to Sept 11 night)
To register call 054-4540276 Zoe
Below is a general plan of the first part of the New Year in Beit Oren (There may be changes to the order of things.)
Sunset: 6:53 / Dawn 6:20
Articles on the nature of the holiday by Rabbi Ohad Ezrahi, can be found in Hebrew.
Wednesday – the eve of the holiday, Sept 8
4:00 Registration and getting settled
4:30 Gathering in the pine forest
5:00 Opening talk and study the inner essence of the holiday / Rabbi Ohad Ezrahi
6:00 Ceremony releasing unconscious vows
6:30 forest retreat
7:00 Song – New Year’s night prayer \ Gabriel Meyer Halevy
Gabriel and Ohad guide ceremony in Pine Forest
8:30 apple and honey feast,and delicious meal. Veggie, with Fish offering
10:00 daring stage – valiantly start the year valiantly and bravely , bring us your expression of creativity and \ Wonderfully led by our resident clown MC Sancho
Thursday A Sep 9 Tishrei
8:00 Breakfast (in the woods, then up at the air-conditioned hall)
On the road 09:00 – who are interested can attend the mikvah pool, led by Dawn in English
10:00 Song of New Year’s morning prayer \ Gabriel Meyer Halevy
- Learning the secret of the shofar, meditation blow the shofar \ fan
11:30 Ceremony “court order” ( a deep ritual making adjustments each year with a personal meaning that is accurate to start the new year in a way paved with clear intentions,supported by witnesses to refine your highest goals)
1:30 lunch break

Torah reading at the Cliffs in the Judean desert (2002)
3:30 Torah reading for Rosh Hashana ( reading by men and women together in perfect harmony)
Torah reading from Beresheit
- Bibliodrama (A system developed by Peter Pitzele of embodying the stories of the bible in an alive and dynamic way) AWorkshop for Rosh Hashana \ guided by Tamar Peleg (a guest from Washington)
6:30 sharing Circle
7:30 Estimated ending time ~ ~
You can stay another night in the woods if you are interested. We will continue the second part of the plan for Rosh Hashanah – to sources of the Jordan -and the upper Galile a spiritual journey with Shmuel Shaul.
To register send an email to notsa.shovava @ gmail.com
Or call 054-4540276 Please Zoe
Costs:
The price includes accommodation camping in the fairy forest , delicious meals, access to the refreshing pool and grounds of Beit Oren to meditate and start the new year in a beautiful setting, with lots of space for personal reflection,and time for celebration with others.
Advance registration ₪ 365 \ 400 otherwise.
please let us know if there is financial hardships.

davening during kabbalat shabbat in the hall of Beit Oren
Registration fees in advance ₪ 65 non refundable- can pay by credit card here
Special discount registering two parts of New Year’s Plan