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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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