January 21 & 28 | 7:30-8:45 ET
Unleash Your Sacred Imagination: Making Midrash – Don’t just read the story—become part of it.
Our holy teacher, Maggid Reb Yitzhak Buxbaum z”L taught that imagination is a form of divine service. Midrash is an ancient Jewish art for uncovering deeper meanings, bridging gaps in the narrative, or applying ancient passages to contemporary life. In our two interactive sessions, we’ll learn a little history about the craft and create and share our own imaginative responses to an English-language text (provided). Your sacred imagination might show up in words, artwork, music, a guided meditation or movement. We won’t just study the text—we’ll step inside it.
Please note: there is reading requested in advance and ppractice for the week in-between.
Rabbi Dr. Chava Bahle
was ordained as a Maggid by Reb Yitzhak Buxbaum. She practices as a renewal rabbi from rural northern Michigan. Her career-long focus is addressing the scourge of Othering. She was the first rabbi to serve as the Senior Spiritual Leader of a Unitarian Universalist congregation, and the first Jew to earn a doctorate at Catholic Theological Union at Chicago. She’s the author of the forthcoming book MORAL COURAGE IN DANGEROUS TIMES: CONRAD VEIDT, AN ETHICAL BIOGRAPHY.