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Nurture the Wow: Parenting as a Spiritual Practice
Past SessionsMonday, February 10, 2020 • 15 Shevat 5780 - 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM - BHA
Monday, February 3, 2020 • 8 Shevat 5780 - 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM - BHA
Monday, January 13, 2020 • 16 Tevet 5780 - 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM - BHA
Monday, January 6, 2020 • 9 Tevet 5780 - 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM - BHA
Monday, December 16, 2019 • 18 Kislev 5780 - 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM - BHA
Monday, December 9, 2019 • 11 Kislev 5780 - 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM - BHA
Monday, December 2, 2019 • 4 Kislev 5780 - 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM - BHA
Monday, November 25, 2019 • 27 Cheshvan 5780 - 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM - BHA
Monday, November 18, 2019 • 20 Cheshvan 5780 - 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM - BHA
Monday, October 28, 2019 • 29 Tishrei 5780 - 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM - BHA
Every day, parents are bombarded by demands. The pressures of work and life are relentless; our children’s needs are often impossible to meet; and we rarely, if ever, allow ourselves the time and attention necessary to satisfy our own inner longings. Parenthood is difficult, demanding, and draining. And yet, argues Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, if we can approach it from a different mindset, perhaps the work of parenting itself can offer the solace we seek.
Rooted in Judaism but incorporating a wide-range of religious and literary traditions, Nurture the Wow asks, Can ancient ideas about relationships, drudgery, pain, devotion, and purpose help make the hard parts of a parent’s job easier and the magical stuff even more so. Ruttenberg shows how parenting can be considered a spiritual practice, and how seeing it that way can lead to transformation. This is a parenthood book, not a parenting book; it shows how the experiences we have as parents can change us for the better. Enlightening, uplifting, and laugh-out-loud funny, Nurture the Wow reveals how parenthood, in all its crazy-making, rage-inducing, awe and joy-filled moments can actually be the path to living fully, authentically, and soulfully.
Join us for a discussion of this remarkable book, and more essentially, our own experiences of parenting.
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Friday, Sep 12th 6:00p to 8:00p
Please join us for a potluck dinner in the BHA Community Room where we'll communally light the Shabbat candles, followed by Kabbalat Shabbat services in the Sanctuary. Led by Rabbi Justin David & Luke Wygodny -
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SepSeptember 13 , 2025Drum & Shaker Shabbat with Rabbi Justin David
Shabbat, Sep 13th 9:30a to 12:00p
Bring your drum or any other percussion if you have one to Drum and Shaker Shabbat!! With our collaborative and collective drumming to guide us, we will chant and sing our way through Shabbat morning. At a natural pause, we'll stop to reflect on the week's Torah reading, and finish with some more spirited drumming and singing. All are welcome - with our without your drum! -
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