SEFER YETZIRAH: The Book of Creation and Jewish Earth-Based Theology and Practice with Rabbi Jill Hammer, PhD — Thursdays, October 8, 15, 22, 29, November 5, 19, 26, and December 3, 3-4:15 pm ET / 12-1:15 pm PT
Sefer Yetzirah, or the Book of Creation, is an ancient Jewish mystical work that describes God’s process of creating the universe. Written in Hebrew and composed of poetic passages that offer cryptic, mythic images and meditative practices, Sefer Yetzirah imagines letters as the building blocks of the universe, introduces us to basic cosmic structures of space, time, and body-soul, and envisions a process that allows the Divine to move from transcendence to embodiment. Sefer Yetzirah locates sanctity in the details of the physical universe and the body, and invites us to contemplate, and even partake in, the Divine creative process.
In this eight-session course with Rabbi Jill Hammer, PhD, we’ll enter the book’s world, study the text, and meditate on its images and concepts, and consider how this book can be a foundation for an earth-based, embodied and egalitarian Jewish theology and practice.
About Rabbi Jill Hammer, PhD: Rabbi Jill Hammer, PhD, author, scholar, ritualist, poet, dreamworker and midrashist, is a co-founder of Beit Kohenet and of the Kohenet movement. Click to read more →
Course Details:
Sessions will be taught via Zoom and can also be accessed via phone.
While live attendance via Zoom is encouraged, all sessions will be recorded, allowing you to engage with the material even if you’re unable to attend in real time.
For financial assistance and scholarship opportunities, please contact liviah@beitkohenet.org.
Tuition & Registration:
Cost: $350 + $25 non-refundable registration fee
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Rabbi Jill Hammer, PhD
Rabbi Jill Hammer, PhD, author, scholar, ritualist, poet, dreamworker and midrashist, is a co-founder of Beit Kohenet and of the Kohenet movement. She is the Director of Spiritual Education at the Academy for Jewish Religion. She is also the author of Undertorah: An Earth-Based Kabbalah of Dreaming, Return to the Place: The Magic, Meditation, and Mystery of Sefer Yetzirah, The Hebrew Priestess: Ancient and New Visions of Jewish Women’s Spiritual Leadership (with Taya Shere), The Omer Calendar of Biblical Women, The Jewish Book of Days: A Companion for All Seasons, Sisters at Sinai: New Tales of Biblical Women, and The Book of Earth and Other Mysteries. She is the translator of The Romemu Siddur and of Siddur haKohanot: A Hebrew Priestess Prayerbook. She has written a children’s book, The Garden of Time. She lives in Manhattan with her family. She is also the author of the fantasy-fiction novel, The Moonstone Covenant, recently released by Ayin Press!