PART TWO
High Holiday Integration...Going inside
to reap some harvest from a great outlay of energy
Date: 9/21/2009 5:22:45 PM ( 15 y ) ... viewed 4527 times
PEACE IS ETERNAL
5770 SHALL BE A YEAR OF CHANGE
& FULFILLMENT
Shofar rests on a large branch of an Olive
Tree at the AMERICAN JEWISH UNIVERSITY
BRANDEIS-BARDIN CAMPUS at the end
of the First Day of ROSH HASHANNAH 5770.
This Olive Tree was cut down after fires
raged about four years ago. There are
small olive branches coming up all around
the cut limb.
MEANINGFUL CLIP
SECOND DAY OF ROSH HASHANAH
MAKOM ORH SHALOM with
REB ZALMAN, ACKERMAN HALL, UCLA CAMPUS.
September 19, 09
"Your Trial, or test, is your Miracle"
Rabbi Deborah Ornstein
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The man in the photo to the right of REB ZALMAN SCHACHTER_SHALOMI
is THEODORE BIKEL, the original FIDDLER ON THE ROAD. The Woman
is Rabbi DEBORAH ORNSTEIN, of MAKOM ORH SHALOM
THEODORE BIKEL is a KOHAN, the Priestly class
of the Jewish people. The Komanim, including Reb Zalman
and his son, gave blessings to the community.
EVE ILSEN, wife of REB ZALMAN with LESLIE.
I asked Eve to say a blessing on the new movement
"AHSEEDS." It is a play on the word Chasid.
The silver box contains organic beet seeds.
LAUNCHING AHSEEDS, new Spiritual Movement,
5770, inspired by YOGA BEYONDANANDA
at the WHOLE BEING WEEKEND, September 11-13, 09
EVE is the daughter
of SHEBA PENNER, and was the wife of
SAM PENNER. I met RABBI SAM PENNER and SHEBA
through my friend RABBI SHLOMO CARLEBACH. I
felt very estranged from Judaism at that time
and Sheba felt a close mystical ally. Sheba was
one of the first Kabbalists, I ever met. She would
teach at RANCHO LA PUERTA, on of my main
Essene Homing grounds.
Here is a paragraph from a Tribute to SHEBA PENNER
by JEFFREY MISHLOVE, another ally who I have not seen in many
years.
"I'm sure that many others on this list have fond memories of Sheba.
She was a beautiful soul, who touched many of us. I sense that her
transition to the other side is an occasion for openings of many
kinds among those of us who knew and loved her.
I'm reminded of the time I spent Yom Kippur with Sheba and her
family in Los Angeles. I believe it was in about 1997. The services
were very special and were led by her son-in-law, Reb Zalman (one of
the foremost, living Chassidic rabbis). Zalman invited the
congregation at UCLA to celebrate the Day of Atonement in an unusual
way. He viewed it as a celebration -- not as a time of chest-
beating, guilt-inducing focus. At one point, during the singing of a
special song to me, "Avinu Malkhenu," Zalman actually had the
congregation dancing in the isles of the synagogue/UCLA auditorium.
Considering that this is normally a very solemn moment in the
service, this was quite unusual. Sheba and I were next to each
other, probably even holding hands as the dance snaked around.
And, suddenly the veils were lifted and I sensed my connection to my
Jewish ancestors who had passed over. It was a beautiful, radiant
feeling -- rather beyond my capacity to articulate in mere words.
I'm glad that I was able to share that moment with Sheba, because we
touched eternity then. And, I know we will always be connected."
Jeffrey Mishlove
CONNECTION SOME DOTS
JEFF MISHLOVE is the author of the classic work
THE ROOTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS. We first met at
ASSOCIATION FOR HUMANISTIC PSYCHOLOGY CONFERENCES.
I did some ceremony work at those events back in the 80's.
Mishlove also works with the MANLEY P. HALL Philosophical Library in
Los Angeles, a fount of universal Wisdom.
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