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Torah as a Guide to Enlightenment
Teaching and Meditation by Rabbi Gabriel Cousens, MD
Join Rabbi Gabriel Cousens, author of Torah as a Guide to Enlightenment, in spiritual reflection. Truly celebrate the day of renewal and rest in this Shabbat afternoon celebration of the merging of the Heavens (Shamayim) and Earth (Adamah). Dr. Cousens shares teaching with a particular emphasis on ecological kashrut and the kabbalistic Etz Haim (Tree of Life).
The program will be shomer Shabbat and include a lecture, Q&A, meditation and Eco-Kosher Vegan-Live Shabbat Third Meal. (Bringing your own plate for the meal is encouraged to minimize waste - Bal Tashchit - please).
Afternoon program followed by sacred Jewish singing and chanting, Havdallah meditation, and a teaching on the weekly Torah portion.
About Torah As a Guide to Enlightenment
Praise:
"For years, as a Jewish woman, I have been seeking the doorway to Enlightenment through Judaism. And here, Torah As a Guide to Enlightenment has brought the life and soul back, and dramatically touched my essence. Torah as a Guide to Enlightenment is a God-inspired door opener."
- Trudy Green, manager of Aerosmith and Michael Jackson
"Jews and Torah have a symbiotic relationship: the life of one depends on the life of the other. For far too long Torah has been on life support because the Jews have been on life support. Rabbi Gabriel Cousens is about to revive the latter by resuscitating the former. His Torah As a Guide to Enlightenment reveals a level of Torah wisdom that few contemporary Jews know exits, and when they do, there is hope that they will achieve the very enlightenment Rabbi Cousens and Torah promise them."
- Rabbi Rami Shapiro, author of Tanya, the Masterpiece of Hasidic Wisdom
Synopsis:
Inspired by intense studies, meditation, and a variety of teachings from the great Torah sages, best-selling author Gabriel Cousens, MD, presents the fifty-two parashas of the Torah as a practical path to liberation. His interpretation, which focuses on enlightenment, what he feels is the original intention of the Torah, provides a multidimensional analysis and a perspective that is often missing from conventional teachings. Torah as a Guide to Enlightenment conveys liberation understandings not only to those with Jewish backgrounds, but also to anyone seeking to reconnect with their spiritual roots.
About Rabbi Gabriel Cousens:
At the age of forty in 1993, Cousens began to study the Torah and Kabbalistic texts intensely under several orthodox rabbis and, in 1996, officially began twelve years of rabbinical studies and training under Rabbi Gershon Winkler, son of the chief orthodox rabbi for Copenhagen, Denmark. Cousens received smicha in 2008. Rabbi Gabriel Cousens, MD, is a medical doctor recognized for pioneering natural healing approaches, and a spiritual teacher. He is the founder and director of the Tree of Life Foundation, which trains people for spiritual world service in international humanitarian programs benefiting disadvantaged families, children, and indigenous cultures through holistic education.
Co-Hosted by JCC East Bay and Jewish Federation of the East Bay.
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LocationJCC East Bay, Oakland Branch (View)
5811 Racine Street
Oakland, CA
United States
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