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Learning with different people alters and impacts the learning experience for each of you, both in relation to learning on your own and also to what the learning would be with someone else. What does it mean to purposefully learn in partnership, aka in chevruta, and what does this have to do with Jewish movement practices?
![For today’s practice of Netzach within Tiferet — endurance within compassion — Rabbi Jessica Minnen guides us towards finding the sacred even in a time of pandemic with poetry and meditation. 🔥
Rabbi Jessica is Resident Rabbi at OneTable, which empowers people who don’t yet have a consistent Shabbat dinner practice to build one that feels authentic, sustainable, and valuable. @onetableshabbat
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☀️Omer Day 18 practice [3 Iyar 5781 | 15 April 2021]☀️
1-First, read the poem below out loud (even if you are by yourself). 2-Then sit in quiet contemplation for five minutes.
3-End by reading the poem out loud a second and final time, noticing what lands differently and/or more deeply the second time around.
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Finding the Sacred in a Time of Pandemic
by Rabbi Jessica Minnen
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Yes, the space between us is scary.
It is odd and at odds,
an area unoccupied where all things exist.
But the space between us is also liminal,
a threshold between old and new.
And so, in this space anything is possible:
to grow without gathering,
to connect without congregating,
to create without convening.
Which means the space between us is sacred.
Yes, the space between us is scary.
But scared and sacred are so close —
and we need to make space for both.
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🌀Materials🌀
• Quiet space
• Timer
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✨Practice Notes ✨
• One alternative you might try the second time through is to read the poem line by line from the bottom up to see what unintended moments are created in this way.
• Just as in traditional chevruta (partner) learning, we suggest you read outloud to help vocalize the learning and locate yourself in relationship to both your internal and external self.
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☀️ This post is part of our Omer Wellness Series – a daily 7-minute opportunity for introspection and intentional focus on caring for ourselves, each other, and our environment in this incredibly challenging time. ☀️
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