Rise from Rubble // Tisha B’Av
August 7, 2022 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm EDT
On a day when we lift up what has been broken, we pause to grieve, raise up the shards, and rise from the rubble to the task of repair and renewal.
Join Co-Founders and Spiritual Leaders Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie and Shira Kline with guests including poet Rodger Kamenetz, Rev. Derrick McQueen, and Rabbi Mira Rivera for a special SoulSpa Zoom ritual on the Ninth of Av. Through poetry and prayer, meditation and conversation, we’ll create sacred space together for the broken pieces of our personal and public lives.
The Ninth of Av is Judaism’s saddest day, marked by fasting, reflecting and lamenting historical destruction and exile, as well as enduring, current realities of hatred, division and discrimination.
The afternoon of the fast is traditionally the time in which the rebirth of hope begins, as we rise from grief towards growth, guided by our ancestral prophetic promise.
Following this event, Shira and Rabbi Amichai will be joining our partners at TIRDOF for an in-person and online gathering in Central Park, to Mourn those lost to COVID-19. You can find information and register here.
