No Water, No Wine: Kehillah Adult Education & Yeshiva Shel Maala

Kehillah North London is very excited to welcome back Shel Maala, a Queer US-based Yeshiva, to teach us.

Join us right before we head into the reflective month of Elul, in a garden in Stoke Newington, to learn Torah with our wonderful guest teachers for the third consecutive year. This year Shel Maala are again bringing texts to help us with big questions:

When the Second Temple fell in 70 CE, our sages decreed that we could no longer be joyful. Some ascetics took that prohibition to the extreme, while other arbiters encouraged balance, even in the wake of massive destruction. In this world, where we are witnesses to, complicit in, and sufferers of so much loss over such a sustained amount of time, how we mourn is critical to how live. Can we find a way to live our lives without forgetting the terrible events we must remember? Can we sustain ourselves without cycling into despair? Is there a time for extreme measures, where balance is insufficient?

Uncover answers to these questions and more in a loving learning community with your queer Yeshiva, Shel Maala.

Please bring veggie/vegan snacks to share.