Shavuot repair in Bialik Square 10.6.24

Shavuot correction 2024

 

Where will we face? Where will we advance the coming day? My soul is swimming, H.N. Bialik

Talks, lectures and musical performances on options for repair 

 
Bialik Square, 10.6.24 Thursday, Sivan 5774 19:00-22:00
 
 Featuring:
Dov Elbaum, Prof. Eugene Kendel, Ben Dror Yemini, Liat Regev, Assaf Beizer, Dr. Moti Zeira, Athaliah Lavie, Dr. Rani Yager, Rabbi Ido Pechter, Yossi Yizreali, Uri Efroni, Rabbi Esteban Gottfried, Esti Salomon, Yael Yehieli, Noya Sagiv, Noam Dan, Ronen Keller, Omer Steinmetz Haskel, and more. 
 
Join us for a Shavuot Tikun on the topic of… Tikun. For the first time, an Israeli house of prayer is being hosted at the Bialik Square Houses (Beit Bialik, the Felicia Blumenthal Music and Library Center, and Beit Liebling) for an entire evening of lectures, conversations, performances, and thoughts on the different ways of Tikun.

 

The correction will take place on Monday, June 10, 24 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM, in three rounds of sessions.
 
Choose your seats and register using the form at the bottom of the page.
 
The number of places is limited!!
 
Cost for the entire evening: 25 NIS

19:00 19:45

A performance of Bialik's songs and the stories behind them

With the Israeli Prayer House Band and Dr. Moti Zeira Singing: Athaliah Lavie Piano: Orel Oshrat Bass: Ziv Greenberg Flute: Shani Stern Bar Ilan

The concept of "correction" in theater

With Prof. Yossi Yizraeli

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Service as a basis for social reform

With Uri Efroni and Esti Salomon

20:00 20:45

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The Jews Are Coming - Satire as Correction

Rabbi Esteban Gottfried talks with the creator of "The Jews Are Coming" Assaf Beizer

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Israeli Halacha - From Bialik to the Day

With Dr. Rani Yager and Rabbi Ido Pechter

20:00 20:45

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You and I will change everything - gender equality from vision to reality

Yael Yechiel and Noam Dani

Changing the law as a basis for correction

Prof. Eugene Kendall and Ben Geror Yemini

21:00 22:00

The Declaration of Independence as a Mitzvah for Correction

Dov Elbaum

Israeli Halacha - From Bialik to the Day

Prof. Eugene Kendall and Ben Geror Yemini

21:00 22:00

Between Shavuot and Yom Kippur - an opportunity for personal correction

Liat Regev

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Where are we headed? A panel on ways to fix it.

Ronen Keller, Omer Steinmantz Haskel and Noam Dan

Shavuot Correction – Democracy and Judaism, Unity and Separation

Shavuot correction
Judaism and democracy, unity and separation

The two communities together, house Prayer Israelis and the Sinai community unite to repair Shavuot night under the sign of religion and state.

 Thursday, May 25, Shavuot Friday evening, from 7:30 PM-12:45 PM

With former Prime Minister and opposition leader Yair Lapid, Maj. Gen. (res.) Ami Ayalon, Prof. Karin Nahon, Rabbi Esteban Gottfried, Rabbi Ariel Pollak, Rabbi Mira Raz and many others. 

  

19:30-19:45 Musical opening

Rabbi Esteban Gottfried, Rabbi Ariel Pollak, Athaliah Lavie

19:45-20:00 Everyone wants unity, but for what?

Rabbi Roni Klein

20:00-20:15 [In English] These are things that have no lesson – Prof. Shani Zoref

These are the things that have no shiur – Prof. Shani Tzoref

20:15-20:30 [In English] Jewish mindfulness Marija Gorodiski

Jewish Mindfulness – Mareike Gorodisky

20:30-21:00 Holiday reception and musical evening

Rabbi Esteban Gottfried, Rabbi Ariel Pollak, Athaliah Lavie

21:00-21:45 The Jewish and Democratic State of Israel

Maj. Gen. (Res.) Ami Ayalon – Head of the Shin Bet and former Commander of the Navy

21:45-22:00 Snack and coffee break

22:00-22:45 On borders and power in the information age, and where it meets Israeli democracy

Prof. Karin Nahon, Head of the Data, Governance and Democracy Track at Reichman University

22:45-23:00 Coffee break and music

23:00-23:45 The punishment of Moses our Lord

Yair Lapid, former Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition

23:45-00:00 Nighttime music break and snacks

00:00-00:15 Kabbalistic and psychoanalytic reflections on unity and separation

Rabbi Ariel Pollak

00:15-00:30 Shavuot Tikkun as a protest crying out for change

Many Mira Raz

00:30-00:45 [In English] Missing or Hidden? A Look at the Incomplete Acrostic of the "Asheri" Prayer – Rachel Schwartzman

Missing or Hidden? A look at the incomplete acrostic of the Ashrei prayer  –Rachel Schwarzman

00:45-01:00 [In English] Tisha Kabin, Seriously? Rethinking Talmudic Units of Measure – Peter Reuven

No, nine kav, really? Not so straight: forward thinking on Talmudic units of measurement – Peter Reuven

 

Those who welcomed the start of school

Those who welcomed the return to school

In preparation for the school year that begins tomorrow, Reno celebrates the blessing that appears in the Shabbat Eve siddur of an Israeli prayer house for the beginning of the school year. 

Author: Rabbi Esteban Gottfried

Those who welcomed the return to school

May it be the will of the Lord our God, the God of our fathers and our mothers, that you lead them into the house of the book in peace, and guide them within its walls in peace, and bring them to the end of the year of study, which is near, to life, to joy and to peace. 

And grant the hearts of our sons and daughters to understand, to be enlightened, to hear, to learn, and to teach all the words of the Talmud of Your Torah with love, and all the diverse wealth of culture, knowledge, arts, and dimensions revealed to their eyes from day to day, so that they may discover every day a new thing to be activated by the miracle. And to be alarmed by every small manifestation.

Grant in their hearts the courage to do one act of mercy every day, that they may know how to overcome the evil and appreciate the unknown, and that they may be able to find one thing each day to be grateful for.

The Lord of the world has opened the eyes of our sons and daughters who stand at the threshold of a new life of worldly discoveries, to touch and to discover new worlds within themselves.

Who will grant that our teachers, our sons and daughters, who are engaged in the kingdom of God, will know how to bestow upon them love and patience, that they will know how to cultivate and preserve in our sons and daughters the natural spark of innocence, curiosity, joy and the joy of life? Who will grant that their teachers will know how to be A model and a guide for them and for us.

May we parents have the ability to believe in the hidden strengths of our children, the ability To give them the space they need to succeed and fail at times, and the wisdom to instill in them a love of learning.

Who will give and the letters of the thousand house shall be consumed, our sons and our daughters in one day, to build the heaps of heaps of the land of Yitz'rah, for their sake, for the sake of the whole house of Israel, and for the sake of all the inhabitants of Tabeel?.

May the Lord bless you and keep you.

May the LORD make his face shine upon you and bless you.

The LORD lift up his face toward you and give you peace.

Shabbat reception of an Israeli prayer house at the Western Wall

Musical Shabbat reception at the Western Wall

Welcoming Shabbat at the Western Wall, the whole family together!

An Israeli house of prayer is coming to Jerusalem! And not just to Jerusalem, to the Old City, and not just to the Old City, to the Western Wall! And not just to the Western Wall but to the egalitarian Western Wall! (The Western Wall!) We are happy to announce a new initiative of musical and joyful Shabbat receptions, especially at the Western Wall, in collaboration with the traditional movement that operates the place. The Shabbat reception will be, as is customary at the place - without instruments - a cappella, with a fine vocal ensemble that includes cantor Athaliah Lavie, singer Moran Maysles and singer Erez Tal, and led by Rabbi Esteban Gottfried. Admission is free. It is recommended to park in the Mount Zion parking lot or in the adjacent parking lot, or in the Kata parking lot. Friday, June 24, Shabbat Korach, 6:00 PM, at the Western Wall. We would love to see you!!!

Kabbalat Shabbat at Caesarea Port

Kabbalat Shabbat at Caesarea Port

For the first time: Musical Shabbat reception at Caesarea Port

In June and July, every two weeks we will gather in one of the magical places on the coast of Israel, in the port of Caesarea - near the ancient ruins of the ancient temple (from the first millennium CE) that were discovered there, and through singing, piyyut, breeze, sunset, egalitarian prayer, music, and a good atmosphere, we will cleanse the old-new custom of entering the Sabbath, together. 

An Israeli house of prayer is happy and excited about the new collaboration with the Caesarea Port and invites the general public to take part.

Friday 3.6, Friday 17.6, Friday 1.7, Friday 15.7, Friday 29.7, Friday 12.8, Friday 26.8 

Gathering at 6:00 PM, Shabbat reception begins at 6:30 PM

Difference between Remembrance Day and Independence Day

Difference between Memorial Day and Independence Day

To every purpose there is a time and a season under heaven.

D. A time to weep and a time to play, a time to mourn and a time to dance

Ecclesiastes 3

 

The transition between Memorial Day and Independence Day connects sadness with joy, mourning with celebration.

In this time interval, between the sunsets, we will meet for a Havdalah ceremony that was created to fill the emotional space between them and is based on ancient and new, traditional and contemporary sources. Through thought, poetry, prayer and melodies

 

As every year, this year too, we invite you and your friends, members of the Israeli House of Prayer and the general public, to gather together in the moments of transition between Memorial Day and Independence Day – we will gather together the moments of pain and heartbreak and grow stronger together in moments of celebration and joy.

 

Wednesday, 3rd Iyar 5782 | 4.5.2022 | 18:00

Beit Shalom Aleichem, Berkovich 2, Tel Aviv

 

For volunteering and additional details

office@btfila.org | 050 – 6656266

Of all Israel's national holidays, Yom Hazikaron and Yom Haatzmaut are the times in which Israelis feel most connected to one another.

The transition between these two charged days, with the connection between grief and celebration, is emotionally complex for many of us.

Our Havdalah ceremony was created to fill the space between sorrow and joy and is based on ancient and new sources, the traditional and the contemporary.

Through poetry, prayer, hymns, contemplation and Israeli songs, we will come together to experience a gradual emotional transition, right before we finish mourning and begin celebrating our independence.

If you are looking for a meaningful way to transition from Yom Hazikaron to Yom Haatzmaut? Join Beit Tefilah Israeli for a special, musical Havdalah ceremony that marks the transition from Yom Hazikaron to Yom Haatzmaut

 

Wednesday, May 4th at 6:00pm

at the Beit Shalom Aleychem, Berkowitz 2 st, TLV

 

A Journey to Myself – The Time of Elul

A journey into myself

From 1 Elul to Yom Kippur – A journey to myself in 40 days and 40 questions

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""The preparations "The mitzvah's consequences are more important than the mitzvah itself," says Rabbi Avraham of Shukotsov when interpreting the commandment to "be ready" before giving the Torah. What does it mean to be ready, to prepare for what? - The preparation itself is half the reception of the Torah, and indeed, sometimes the preparation is more important than the thing itself.  The same is true regarding the Tishrei holidays. 

Elul is the time for these preparations. The holidays of Tishrei are points of encounter, with our surroundings, with the sublime, and with ourselves. So how can we prepare for this contact? Preparing for Tishrei means opening up, being present to meet the present, and being ready for what the future holds for us, and most importantly – the unknown. Therefore, we invite you to join a special journey around the most important person – myself!

On the first day of Elul, an invitation opens for a personal journey into ourselves, a journey that begins on the first of Elul and ends on Yom Kippur.

It is an invitation addressed to us from somewhere in previous generations to open our senses, listen, and become more sensitive to the subtle nuances of our daily existence.

 

Elul is also an acronym for "I am to my uncle and my uncle to me," the intention being the emphasis in looking at the behaviors between one person and another. But before we talk about "my uncle," there is also the "uncle" that is dearest to us all - ourselves.

 

How will I look at myself with courage and honesty? How will I look inward with forgiveness and kindness?

We invite you on a personal journey. Each day we will present a question of intention that directs the self-view to the different aspects of our lives. It is time to take a few minutes each day for introspection and personal reflection. Each of the next 40 days contains a key. Take the opportunity to take each key and use it wisely.

 

To join our silent journey group, click here. 

 

A journey for myself

A journey for myself

A journey to myself #1

The days of Elul give us a chance to zoom out and look at ourselves from a bird's eye view. The holidays of Tishrei are like fixed stops in the spiral of life.  This is an invitation to stop and examine the grand scheme of our lives – where am I versus where do I want to be? Not to develop frustration but quite the opposite! From the standpoint that our lives are in our hands and we have another opportunity each year to steer the ship of our lives to where we want to go.  Where am I today and where would I like to be? Take a few minutes – 

If you want, you can even use a pencil to draw the two places and the gap between them. Listen to the song "Choose the Right One" by Amir Dadon – 

A journey to myself #2

How many times have I raised my voice and regretted it immediately afterwards? Do I manage to control my emotions or do I let my emotions control me? Do I have a personal way to pause my reaction in situations where I feel difficulty? What helps me calm myself? The chapters of the Apocrypha teach us simply, "What kind of hero is he? He who conquers his own creation.".

A midrash on Parashat Toldot explains the verse, "And it came to pass, when Isaac was old, that his eyes could not see" (Genesis 27), in that anger removes the light. There is a kind of blindness in total surrender to the raging emotion. So how do I manage to pause? Response? Count to 10? outgoing Going for a walk in the sea? Listening to music? Breathing deeply? Writing in a journal? What is my way of being in control of My feelings…? 

Please write on a clean page, What tools do you have at your disposal to calm the turbulent waters that occasionally overflow? Or In other words – how do I manage to control My temperament? 

Wanted/Admiel Kosman

 

A quiet place is wanted.
Upon him rests the soul.

How many degrees?
only.

Wanted: A place to use
A path to the foot.

How many degrees?
only.

Wanted: A pot, a leaf,
Gibeol, or Shi'ah, may it never be established.

And it will fold when it is
Come. How many are there in the heart?.

One word is requested,
Clean, comfortable and warm, a place to relax.

A recorder, for me,
My dear, my dove-child, my soul

As soon as it came out of the ark,
How many minutes, in the morning hours,

And there is no escape from the place of rest.
To the leg.

 

A journey to myself #3

humanum est errare – to err is human, Seneca wrote as early as the 4th century BC. After him, they also added the sentence "and to forgive is divine.". The Jewish term for error is sin, and on the days of atonement and Yom Kippur in particular, we are called to list a broad series of general sins, which include our own mistakes and those of society together, and to confess them. 

So what is "sin"? Sin comes from the word "sin," meaning "missing." When I'm not precise, when I don't do the most precise thing I should do, I miss something—and that's what sin is. 

When was I not precise with myself? When was I not precise with those around me? How did I miss my goals this year? Are these misses recurring? Do I have the ability to be more precise, and not miss? Our answer is that the possibility of correction always exists. 

The measure is always "Would I be able to act differently when I find myself in the same situation I was in when I made the mistake?".

Yehuda Poliker – "Things I Wanted to Say" 

A journey to myself #4

What is my most significant achievement this year?

Every day we achieve achievements. Small and large. Waking up in the morning with vitality and strength for a new day can be a significant achievement for one person, while for another, a great financial success or an unprecedented achievement at work can be considered worthless. Achievement is in the eye of the beholder. Take a moment to think about your achievements in your eyes. What are my achievements in reaching out to others, what are my achievements in maintaining my health, in carefully maintaining a clean living space? What are my achievements in relationships with the people close to me? And which of my achievements is the achievement that makes me walk with my head held high and be proud of myself the most?   

 

You are invited to listen and be inspired by the poetry of Avigail Uziel Amar on Rabbi Kook's sermon "Wings of the Wind""

A journey to myself #5

What habits or regular patterns would I like to get rid of? 

""Habit becomes nature/ And nature is hard to change/ But in a permanent way/, "You have to try."" 

This is what Hava Alberstein writes, and even if she didn't intend it, she hit exactly on the central theme of the month of Selichot and the High Holy Days: the possibility of starting over, breaking the patterns we are familiar with, and believing that it is possible to start again from the beginning.   Every year the High Holy Days offer us a new opportunity to look at ourselves and examine which of our actions are choices and which are habits. How do I distinguish between nature and habit – even before it becomes nature?.   

The Rebbe of Kobrin gives a creative interpretation of the verse, "Your shoes are above your feet, for the ground on which you tread is holy ground" (Exodus 3:5). Don’t call it your shoes, he says – but your lock. 'Your lock is above your feet.' Shoes are the locks that fix us and don’t allow us to get out of our fixed patterns. The holy place is ""Here and now" is the fertile ground and the hour of opportunity in which the human spirit commands the positive action of renewal.  Elul is a good time to shake off the locks so that we can arrive at Rosh Hashana free from these patterns. 

You are invited to take some time and paper and make a list of the habits you would like to get rid of, and you are invited to bring the list to the community Tashlich ceremony that will be held on Rosh Hashanah. 

Poetry by Hava Alberstein – "Habit Becomes Nature""

Ovadia Hamma's poem "Your locks are above your feet" – based on the midrash.

A journey to myself #6

What is stopping me from being the best version of myself? 

I know exactly how I would like to live - what I would like to do, in what physical and human environment I would like to spend my daily life, how I want to feel and look. But life is not easy.. and there are things that prevent me from being exactly where I would like to be. What are these obstacles? What prevents me from living my life exactly as I would like? How can I overcome them and become the best version of myself? 

Near his death, Rabbi Zusha Manipoli said: "In the world to come, they will not ask me: 'Why weren’t you Moses?' Rather, they will ask – 'Why weren’t you Zusha?'" Rabbi Manipoli’s famous statement succinctly states that even if we have role models, they are not us, and any imitation – even if it justifies the generation, misses the mark. The question we are invited to ask ourselves is whether my actions reflect my unique personality and my role in the world. Each person has a different role, and therefore my expectations of myself are different from the expectations of someone else. In fact, the question about achievements is always in relation to my role in life. And how do I figure out for myself what my role is? That is a different question. The late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks writes that one way to get an indication of what my purpose in the world should be is at the intersection where my abilities meet what needs to be done. When the two paths intersect, there is a call to purpose. May we be able to be attentive to these voices, and recognize the obstacles that lie in the way.

You are invited to listen and be inspired by Arik Lavie's magical poetry in the song "On My Way"  

 

Arik Lavie – "In My Own Way""

A journey to myself #7

What is a source of strength for me?

Send me strength, don't let me escape. 

Even if the night is long and winding,

When the sun is erased again,

Bring me some peace,

This loneliness screams 

And it's not always easy.

 

Send me strength, help me forgive,

In the shadow of every mistake lies a bright opportunity,

To start from scratch, to rise from the fall,

To breathe with all my strength, even if I have no air.

 

Send me strength, don't let me forget,

The light that lights up at the edge of every pain,

Give a little hope, a sliver of faith,

Just don't break, don't break my heart.

 

If you hear and it's not too late,

Send me strength because it's all that's left,

Let me just whisper a prayer to you and ask,

I'm already excited for you to come to me.

A song by Noam Horev and Rami Kleinstein performed by Avraham Fried – Send Me Strength

Legend of Destruction

Legend of Destruction

Gidi Dar's film, Legend of Destruction, tells one of the most important stories in the history of the Jewish people – How the story of the Jewish revolt in the Roman Empire turned into a civil war that endangered the
The continued existence of the entire Jewish people and led to the destruction of the Second Temple. The story deals with issues such as justice, freedom, and…extremism, and demonstrates how even the best intentions can lead to a major rupture that may not necessarily be repairable.

Legend of Destruction – Tisha B'Av Eve 2021
Megillah reading, study and film screening at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque
Israeli House of Prayer and Alma – a House of Hebrew Culture
The public is invited to a ceremony, study, and screening of the new film "The Legend of Destruction" on the eve of Tisha B'Av at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque. We will gather, sing new and old laments, read together from the Book of Lamentations, learn the story of the destruction from Dr. Ruth Calderon, and watch together the wonderful and innovative film "The Legend of Destruction" by Gidi Dar, which has just been released.
Saturday, July 17 at 8:30 PM, at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque (Hall 1)
Participants: Rabbi Esteban Gottfried, Dr. Ruth Calderon, Athaliah Lavie
For registration and payment: https://www.coing.co/Btfila/36692
 
 
 

Prayer for those in need

Prayer for those in need

The moment we have been waiting for has arrived. It is time to give thanks for the wonder of science and medicine, for the miracle of human unity that brought us vaccines faster than we expected, and for the Creator of the world who looks upon his creatures with pride and satisfaction at this impressive achievement. You are invited to share, print, and pray before the vaccination.
This is the day we have hoped for, we have found it and rejoiced in it.
With fear and trembling, with gratitude and wonder, I accept the Creator's commandment, "And you shall be very careful for your souls.".
I give thanks to You, God of all creation, Lord of all births, Who bestows knowledge upon man and teaches man understanding, for the interweaving of the hands of scientists and healers, and the knowledge of the four wings of the sea. Who unites the houses of medicine for medicines, healing, and vaccines, and who comes into them to engage in the improvement of the world.
I am grateful to you that we have lived and established and reached this time, a time of giving immunity to the virus. And renewed hope in your world. This will be a vaccine that I take today in full before you, and this will be my small contribution to preventing the spread of the epidemic in your land.
.It is our will that this vaccination will stop the plague and save the lives of thousands of millions in the world that you created and that the verse "and the plague will be stopped" will be fulfilled in our children, and that through this vaccination, our right hand will be renewed as before, and we will return to gathering and meeting in the houses of prayer, in the synagogues, in the houses of culture. And outside the city, and a man embraced his neighbor, as it is written: "And he brought them near to him, and kissed them, and embraced them.".
Heal us, O Lord, and we shall be healed; save us, and we shall be saved, for you have glorified us, for you are the God of kings, the faithful and merciful healer.
Blessed are you, O Lord, who, in communion with angels in human form, heals all flesh and works wonders.

Rabbi Esteban Gottfried
 
 

A traveling community

A traveling community

Traveling and getting to know the city and each other on Friday mornings.

6/11/2020

First Meeting – From Evangelicalism to Socialism

From a successful public struggle, through the Haaretz newspaper house, to the Templar farms that became workers' housing in the Kiryat Sefer garden area.

6/11/2020

11/12/2020

Second meeting – The secrets of the old north

From the castle through the hiding place, the logic behind street names, the slaughterhouse, to the Battle of Crossing the Yarkon in World War I in the old northern region.

11/12/2020

22/1/21

Third meeting Jaffa – Leaving the walls

The bustling commercial life on Bustros Street, the political struggle over electricity, the Hebrew Gymnasium, the institutions during the Mandate period, and the Noga neighborhood. In the area of Raziel Street and the Noga neighborhood.

22/1/21

5/3/21

Fourth meeting – Ramat Hasharon in Tel Aviv

From the Colonies Square through the luxury neighborhood to the electricity station and along the way a passionate love story. In the area of the electricity neighborhood.

5/3/21

9/4/21

Fifth meeting – Orthodox in Tel Aviv

From Neve Shalom and the War on Shabbat, through the Great Synagogue to the Hasidic sects in the city. In the heart of Tel Aviv.

9/4/21

14/5/21

Friday Meeting Abu Kabir is not just a detention center

From the well houses in the Jaffa orchards, to the southern front in the War of Independence, through the Kiryat Shalom neighborhood to the Russian Church. Harosh Park and Kiryat Shalom.

14/5/21
 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
 
 

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About the tour guide

Noam Pink

Born and raised in the center of Tel Aviv. The memories of the places he spent so much of his childhood are now gone. Along with the curiosity to learn about the past of the places we pass by every day, they led him to a hobby of studying and researching the city's past. For several years, he has been planning and leading tours of the city in which he shares the information he has collected.

Thank you to Noam Pink for the spirit of volunteerism, sharing, and partnership along the way!

Price for the entire course

For the general public
300
  • For all six sessions

Price for the entire course

For members of an Israeli house of prayer *
300
150
  • For all six sessions