Come join Midreshet B’erot Bat Ayin Elul~Tishrei holiday preparation program

 

Rise to Your Higher Self 

• Chassidic insights to the High Holidays
• Journey through the Machzor
• Process of Inner Teshuva
• Insights for Life ~ Ba’al Shem Tov
• Meditative in Movement
• Explore Rosh HaShanah Torah Reading

 

See you in class!

Live on campus, or zooming in from around the world!

Contact us for a full-time campus enrolment at office@BerotBatayin.com or register here for the Zoom program.

 

Zoom Classes Donation Fee: 

$226 for a 5-week program for a total of 70 hours of learning.

*Repeat students or bring a friend, ask us about a discount coupon code.

*All classes will be recorded for you for your convenience.

*Next  EMUNAHEALING COURSE /Kabbalah and Self-Healing starts Sundays, August 15, 22, 29, September 5, 12, 2021 (EmunaHealing, classes are a separate registration)

 

 

 

 

Our exciting B’erot Online Midrasha Community brings some brilliant teachers from Israel direct to your home! 

 

Rebbetzin Chana Bracha Siegelbaum, Director
Rebbetzin Chana Bracha Siegelbaum, a native of Denmark, is founder and director of Midreshet B’erot Bat Ayin: Holistic Torah for Women on the Land. She holds a Bachelor of Education in Bible and Jewish Philosophy from Michlala Jerusalem College for Women, and a Master’s of Art in Jewish History from Touro College. Rebbetzin Chana Bracha creates curricula emphasizing women’s spiritual empowerment through traditional Torah values. She has published the following books: Women at the Crossroads: A Woman’s Perspective on the Weekly Torah Portion; Ruth: Gleaning the Fallen Sparks; The Seven Fruits of the Land of Israel with their Mystical & Medicinal Properties; Parasha Meditations for Spiritual Renewal and Strengthening Communication with the Creator and My Memoir: The Story of a Danish Jew who Fled the Nazis. Rebbetzin practices EmunaHealing as a gifted spiritual healer through Emunah, tefilah and energy work. Chana Bracha has a married son and several granddaughters, and lives with her husband and younger son on the land of the Judean hills, Israel.

 

Women in Tanach – A Textual, Mystical & Creative Exploration of Women Who Built the House of Israel

Chana Bracha Siegelbaum has been researching and teaching women in Tanach for about thirty years. Her teachings always empower women while bringing new sources and a fresh perspective highlighting the importance the Women’s role in the Torah. This series of 10 experiential classes focus on an in-depth analysis of our Foremothers, highlighting sources that tap into women’s hidden power. A comprehensive source sheet in Hebrew/English accompanies the textual study of each of the classes integrating, Bible texts, Midrash, Chassidism and sometimes Kabbalah, weaving together and amplify the personalities of these holy women.  Creative writing, art, & drama will help make the struggles and aspirations of these inspirational role-models come to life. 

The Rosh Hashanah Torah Reading

Why was the story of Sarah’s infertility and subsequent pregnancy and birth selected as the Torah reading for the first day of Rosh Hashana? How do we learn from Sarah to juggle the roles of wife and spiritual seeker? How does Rashi learn out from the text that Avraham was inferior to Sarah in prophecy? How come the theme of ‘laughter’ is the red thread in the Torah reading of such serious day? Through in-depth textual analysis (Iyun) of Rashi, Midrash, chassidic and kabbalistic commentaries, students will receive tools for gaining a clearer and deeper understanding of Chumash (The five books of Moses). We will also discuss moral and religious issues involving the characters, the relationship between them and the dilemmas they face in the light of the High Holidays themes.

Yona – The Fleeing Prophet

Herbal Workshop, Torah & Healing

The Herbal Workshop integrates vast information of the ancient wisdom of our Torah about plants, herbology, nutrition and health with traditional folk medicine and medical research. The course delves into textual Torah sources on herbs and healing, as well as general knowledge of the use of herbs. For the Elul program, we will focus on the seven holy fruits of the Land of Israel with their mystical and medicinal properties, as this is the time of their ripening. A comprehensive source sheet in Hebrew/English accompanies the textual study of each of the classes integrating, Bible texts, Midrash, chassidism kabbalah, folk medicine and medical research.

 

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Rav Mechael Siegelbaum, MD, Rabbi of B’erot

Rabbi Dr. Siegelbaum holds a BA in Philosophy and Psychology from Yale University, and an MD from Rutgers Medical School, New Jersey. Rabbi Mechael received his rabbinical ordination from Toras Zekeinim, Jerusalem in 1987.  In addition to teaching halacha in B’erot Bat Ayin, Rabbi Siegelbaum learns Torah part-time, is active in the Bat Ayin central synagogue, where he serves as the Gabbi and practices medicine in Bat Ayin and various other clinics.

 Halacha

Rav Siegelbaum will discuss the halacha pertinent to the High Holidays. In addition, to learning the “how” of the mitzvot, the student will come to appreciate the process of the development and transmission of halacha from the written and oral Torah.

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Tsipi Egert  

Tsipi Egert grew up in Israel where she attended high school. She received her B.A. in Jewish History from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Tsipi has been teaching Nevi’im (The Prophets) at Midreshet B’erot Bat Ayin since 1998 and has a Master’s in Education in Tanach from Herzog College. She is currently obtaining a MA at Hebrew University towards a PhD in Tanach. Tsipi lives with her family in Efrat, Gush Etzion. 

The Rosh Hashana Haftarot (Prophetic Readings)

 

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Rabbi Avraham Izkowitz   

Rabbi Izkowitz spent the first 16 years of his life on American army bases in Europe and the United States while attending litvish yeshivot, after which he made aliyah with his family to Jerusalem. After high school, he pursued his hobbies as a rock keyboardist and songwriter, creative writer, and BMX biker, while tutoring at Yeshivat Ohr Sameach and working in the optometry industry. His hobbies led him to Manhattan where he almost signed a record contract with Atlantic Records, but Hashem had other plans for him. Avraham returned to Jerusalem, worked as a landscape artist whilst studying psychology and anthropology at the Hebrew University. At the age of 27, he ‘retired’ to study full time at the Bat Ayin Yeshiva for seven years. Avraham, his wife and 5 children live in Bat Ayin, where he teaches, practices safrut and therapy.

Chumash: The Akeida – The Near Sacrifice of Yitzchak

 

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Rav Hillel Benchimol

Born and raised in Gibraltar in southern Spain, Rabbi Benchimol at age 16 learnt in Sunderland Yeshiva, England and Beer Yakov, Israel. He received Semicha from Rabbi Shalom Messas זצ״ל, Chief Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu זצ״ל and Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach זצ״ל. Served as Rabbi of the Turkish, Iranian, and Iraqi communities in Miami and Los Angeles for over 20 years. A certified active Mohel since 1992, Rabbi Benchimol is married to Keter, has 6 children, and lives in Moshav Aviezer in the Ella valley Israel.

Parashat HaShavua

Rabbi Benchimol will be teaching our Parashat HaShavua from an inner dimension viewing the weekly Torah portion as part of a bigger plan – part of the jigsaw puzzle and tapestry of life. You will receive a broad perspective as to how the parsha is lived today and how it pertains to your life today.

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Sarah Prijs

Sarah has an extensive Torah education from various perspectives – from Old Gateshead seminary to B’erot Bat Ayin, Orayta summer program, and learning at Shiviti. She has a BSc in psychology from BPP University in London. Sarah has been on her own internal journey to discover and receive the light, transformational wisdom, and Divine connection available in the Torah. A lover of everything connected to the Torah of early chassidut, with a focus on the Torah of Rebbe Nachman and the writings of Rav Kook, she delves deeply into the texts of our tradition, while facilitating others to find their own connection and transformation as well.

The Process of Inner Teshuva

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Yedida Miriam Levy

Yedida Miriam grew up in UK and made aliyah early on. With a passion for education, and a background in theatre, she spent ten years teaching in Jerusalem, before returning to Bat Ayin in 2018. Her passion is ‘tutoring’, teaching the Holy texts, and Hebrew ~ making it accessible to students.

Understanding the High Holiday Prayers Journey through the Machzor  

 

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