Illuminate Your Soul
Join Midreshet B’erot Bat Ayin for a Special Chanukah Yom Iyun and Party!The first Night of Chanukah, Sunday Dec. 18th 2:15- 9:15 PM
14:15- 3:30 “Chanukah and Today’s Hottest Headlines” with Shai Ben-Tekoa
4:00-5:10 “The Secret of the Dreidel, the Four Kingdoms and Dimensions of the Human Psyche” with Rebbetzin Chana Bracha
5:20 – 8:00 “Chanukah Lighting and Party!” With Kochava Rozenbaum
We will light the first Chanukah lights together, followed by a Festive Chanukah meal including yummy dessert! Our Chanukah Party will include gift giving, dancing, Dreidel games and more!
8:15-9:15 “Exploring how the Hodaya on Chanukah is the Key to a New Vision of Gratitude” with Rav Daniel Kohn, Rabbi of Bat Ayin
Full Online Program $36 donation
On Campus program Nis 20 per class, Chanukah party with Festive Dinner Nis 50
Preregistration Required | For more information info@www.berotbatayin.org
The first ten online registrants for our Winter Program: Return to Your Roots will be a part of the Chanukah Yom Iyun for free!
We would love to see you!
Sha’i Ben Tekoa is an American-Israeli journalist. He studied comparative religion at Columbia University and the University of Chicago before serving in the Yom Kippur War effort of 1973. His articles on the Arab-Israeli conflict, terrorism and Islamic fundamentalism have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, National Review, Midstream, Congress Monthly, Jerusalem Post and Israel National News, where he was formerly the lead English-language commentator. In preparation for 1991’s historic Arab-Israeli peace conference in Madrid, he worked on assignment for the Office of the Prime Minister of Israel Yitzhak Shamir, developing the research on which this book is based.
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 Masters 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; The Nameless Chicken from Judea; Parasha Meditations for Spiritual Renewal and Strengthening Communication with the Creator and My Memoir: The Story of a Danish Jew who Fled the Nazis; The B’erot Bat Ayin Songbook with Guitar Chords and Torah Tidbits. 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.
Distinguished as the Rav of Yishuv Bat Ayin, Rabbi Kohn holds a BA in Comparative Religion from Columbia University. He studied at Yeshivat Netzach Yisrael, Jerusalem and received his ordination from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. In addition to serving as Morah d’Atra in Bat Ayin, Rav Daniel teaches in the Bat Ayin Yeshiva, Makor Chaim Yeshiva Highschool, and in their Beit Midrash l’hitchadshut, a program for educators and Rabbis, the Women’s Beit Midrash in Efrat, and various other places. He lectures and holds seminars about Torah pathways and practices of Jewish spirituality and Tefila in Israel, USA and South Africa.
Upcoming Events & Seminars
Special 5783 Events 2022 /23
Elul-Tishrei Session Begins – In the Paths of Our Mothers – Sunday August 28 – Tuesday October 11 – א’ אלול תשפ”ב – ט”ז תשרי תשפ”ג
Rosh Chodesh Elul Retreat – My Beloved & I – Sunday Aug. 28 – א’ אלול תשפ”ב
Meditative Rosh HaShana Retreat – Rebirthing – Sunday – Tuesday, September 25- 27 – כ”ט אלול תשפ”ב – ב’ תשרי תשפ”ג
Tzom Gedalya – Fast, morning classes only – Wednesday Sept 28 – ג’ תשרי
Ma’arat HaMachpela – Visit the Cave of the Patriarchs – TBA
Yom Kippur Program – Return to the Land of Your Soul – Tuesday – Wednesday, October 4-5 – ט’-י’ תשרי
Sukkot Retreat – Ingathering Festival – Sunday – Tuesday, October 9-11 – י”ג-ט”ז תשרי
Break – No program – Wednesday – Tuesday, Oct 12-18 – י”ז – כ”ג תשרי
Post Shemita Garden Restoration – With Students and Volunteers – Wednesday – Monday October 19-24 – כ”ד – כ”ט תשרי
Fall Program – Go To Your Inner Selves – Tuesday Oct 25 – Monday Dec 19 – ל’ תשרי – כ”ה כסלו
Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan Event – Reach for the Rainbow – Tuesday Oct 25 – ל’ תשרי
Kever Rachel – Visiting Rachel Imeinu’s Tomb – TBA
Rosh Chodesh Kislev EmunaHealing Retreat – Tapping into the Light – Friday – Motzei Shabbat, November 24-25 – א’ כסלו- ב’ כסלב
Chanukah Yom Iyun – Chanukah Program & Party – Sunday – Monday, December 18-19 – כ”ד– כ”ה כסלו
Break – No Program – Tuesday – Monday, December 20-26 – כ”ו כסלו – ב’ טבת
Winter Program – Return to Your Roots – Tuesday December 27 – Monday February 6 – ג’ טבת – ט”ו שבט
Asara B’Tevet – Fast, morning classes only – Tuesday January 3 – י’ טבת
Winter Shabbat Out – Ramat Beit Shemesh – TBA
Rosh Chodesh Shevat Event – Herbal Festival – Monday January 23 – א’ שבט
Tu B’Shevat EmunaHealing Retreat – Restore Your Core – Friday – Monday, February 3-6 – יב – ט”ו שבט
Break – No Program – Wednesday – Shabbat, February 8-11 – י”ז- כ שבט
Mid-Winter Program – From Darkness to Light – Sunday Feb 12 – Tuesday March 7 – כ”א שבט – י”ד אדר
Rosh Chodesh Adar Event – Myrtle Dance & Spa Night – Tuesday Feb 21 – ל’ שבט
Ta’anit Esther – Special Prayer Program – Monday March 6 – י”ג אדר
Purim – Festive Party & Purim Bake – Monday night March 6 – י”ד אדר
Purim Program – Purim Spiel & Purim Seudah – Tuesday March 7 (11am -2 pm) – י”ד אדר
Pre-Pesach Program – Freedom & Cleansing – Sunday – Wednesday, March 12-29 – י”ט אדר – ז’ ניסן
Rosh Chodesh Nissan Retreat – Sprouting Forth Redemption – Thursday – Shabbat, March 23-25 – א’-ג’ ניסן
Break – No Program – Thurs March 30 – Shabbat April 15 – ח’ ניסן – כ”ד ניסן
Post Shemita Garden Restoration – With Students & Volunteers – Sunday – Thursday April 16 -21 – כ”ה – ל’ ניסן
Rosh Chodesh Iyar Emunahealing Retreat – Spiritual Detox – Friday April 21 – Shabbat, April 22 – ל’ ניסן – א’ אייר
Spring Program – Grow and Let Grow – Sunday April 23 – Shabbat, May 27 – ב’ אייר – סיון ז
Yom HaZikaron – Memorial Day – Tuesday April 25 – ד’ אייר
Yom HaAtzma’ut – Nature Hike & BBQ Singalong – Wednesday April 26 – ה’ אייר
Lag B’Omer – Partial program – Monday – Tuesday May 8-9 – י”ח אייר
Rosh Chodesh Sivan Event – Thank You Luncheon – Sunday May 21 – א’ סיון
Return to the Land Retreat – Week Retreat – Sunday – Shabbat, May 21-27 -א’ – ז’ סיון
Shavuot Retreat – From Sinai to Bat Ayin – Thursday – Shabbat, May 25-27 -ה’ – ז’ סיון
Break – No Program – Sunday May 28 – Friday June 2 – ח’-י”ג סיון
8-week Summer Program – Creative Ulpan with a Twist – Sunday June 4 – Thursday July 27 – ט”ו סיון – ט’ אב
Rosh Chodesh Tammuz Event – Ein Livne Hike – Monday June 19 – ל’ סיון
17th of Tammuz – Fast, Morning classes only – Sunday July 6 – י”ז תמוז
Fast of Tisha b’Av – Special Program – Wednesday –-Thursday, July 26-27 -ט’ אב
Break – No program – Sunday July 30 – Thursday August 17 – י”ב – ל’ אב
Elul – Tishrei 5783/84 Program – Facing Your Higher Self – Thursday Aug 17 – Shabbat Sept 30 – אלול תשפ”ג – ט”ז תשרי תשפ”ד