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Midreshet B'erot Bat Ayin is
excited to announce our 2008-2009
Garden
of Emuna:
Torah & Agriculture Program
under
the auspices of Rabbi Lazer Brody,
translator of Rav
Shalom Arush's Garden of Emuna: A Practical
Guide to Life
Join
Midreshet B'erot Bat Ayin for our monthly lecture
series with Rabbi Brody!
Each
of our souls is a Garden of Eden!
The entire physical world is an illustrative
example, an analogy to the spiritual. Land requires
cultivation, planting, and watering in order
to bring forth human sustenance, and it also
needs guarding from those things which can harm
and ruin the growths. In the same manner is
the Garden of Eden, which today is the land
of the souls. (Ohr Ha-Chayim Bereishit 2:15)
Cultivating the garden is a metaphor for serving
Hashem, and guarding it against pests is a metaphor
for guarding our souls against negative influence.
The inner Garden within each of us must be nurtured,
and protected from those things which can harm
and ruin its spiritual growths.
Hashem promised Avraham that the Land of Israel
would become the heritage of his children. As
descendents of Avraham, it is our task to work
in union with the Land to make it flourish for
our people. As we plant orchards, vegetables
and herbs, we are not only working to turn over
the soil and discover what is beneath, but as
well to dig deep within ourselves to uproot
those areas that harm our spiritual growth,
while nurturing those middot, the good character
qualities that assist us to grow spiritually.
Just as Avraham had emunah to come to Eretz
Yisrael, we too must believe that Hashem will
send us the necessary “waters” to
allow the greenery and our own souls to blossom
and flourish.
Grow & Let Grow!
Midreshet B’erot Bat Ayin is delighted
to announce our Garden of Emunah Torah &
Agriculture Program beginning this fall of 2008,
which will be G-d willing under the auspices
of Rabbi Lazer Brody. This program, a chiddush
(nuance) in the world, unique and unlike any
other Torah program, will be the bench mark
for others on how to live in harmony with the
Land, emphasizing global consciousness, Torah
& ecology, importance of working the land
and sustainable living. Through wholesome organic
living and environmental awareness, we will
be able to grow and let grow. After having observed
the laws of shmittah during the past year, the
parcel of Land that B’erot calls home is
bursting with a renewed vibrancy, just waiting
for us to begin working in unity with Hashem.
Join us as we lay the groundwork for our “Garden
of Emunah” and help create a miniature
Garden of Eden that will become an example for
the world of women bringing redemption by living
in harmony with the Land, now and in the future,
to enjoy both its physical nutrition and spiritual
inspiration!
Torah of the Earth!
We will immerse ourselves in authentic Torah
of classical Jewish texts in the morning seder
of learning, including classes in Tanach, Halacha,
Tefilah and Emunah. In addition, we will explore
Torah sources on Judaism and the environment.
An in-depth learning of Parashat Lech Lecha
will reinforce the central concept of emunah
as we learn about how Avraham followed Hashem’s
command leaving everything certain in his life
for the sake of the Land of Canaan. Rabbi Lazer
Brody acting as a spiritual guide for this program
will be giving regular teachings based on his
translation of The Garden of Emunah by Rabbi
Shalom Arush, a monumental international best-seller
that is opening people’s eyes to the true
and sincere path to happiness and self-fulfillment.
During the afternoon, our Torah will become
rooted as we learn from professional organic
gardeners (Illan Nov, Meir Rhodes) under the
supervision of Yisrael Horowitz, experienced
landscape architect… The learning will
include both theory and practice in soil improvement,
creating the growing environment necessary for
the best possible outcome, rotation of crop
as the season indicates, the art of pruning,
organic pest prevention, as well as instruction
on how to plan and implement a landscaping project.
It is our sincere hope to be able to offer B’ezrat
Hashem a certification course through the Ministry
of Agriculture, for students who complete their
period of enrollment at Midreshet B’erot
Bat Ayin.
In the Heart of Bat Ayin!
The rural setting of the village of Bat Ayin
nestled in the Judean hills, with its emphasis
on wholesome living and environmental consciousness
is especially conducive for our program.
In recognition of the significant impact of
Midreshet B’erot, the community of Bat
Ayin has granted us land to build our permanent
campus and plant our orchards. Our Garden of
Emunah Program will be an ornament for the community,
a blessed addition to the many organic garden
projects of the neighborhood. We will be able
to share knowledge and seeds with the many inspired
gardeners of Bat Ayin. Imagine the sense of
accomplishment that you will experience as you
partake in the fruits of the Land and your labor.
Tikun Olam!
As we draw close to the geulah (redemption),
it is imperative to develop a deeper connection
with the Land. The Vilna Gaon in Kol Hator delineates
the threefold mission of Mashiach Ben Yoseph
who paves the way for our final redemption:
1. To reveal the secrets of the Torah, 2. To
ingather the dispersed exiles, 3. To eradicate
the impure spirit from the land. This requires
keeping the mitzvot dependant on the land. We
have the zchut (merit) at Midreshet B'erot Bat
Ayin’s Garden of Emunah Program to be involved
in all of these holy endeavors which build the
blessed future of Israel. Join us in this exciting
opportunity to plant the future of Israel.
There
is no greater sign of the coming of redemption
than, when the Land of Israel produces fruits
in abundance. (Sanhedrin 98a)
Apply
Now!
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Learn
about our 2009-2010 Garden of Emuna Programs:
Torah
& Agriculture
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