Literature
Wed 13 Jul 2011
2011
July 2011
Wednesday 13 July 2011
Wed 13 Jul, 7:45-9 pm. 126 High Street, Boston, 02110. Alison Rosen, Outreach & Networking, 617-457-8789. GesherCity Boston - [email][events]
Seeing through the Darkness: The Kinot of Tisha b'Av with Rabbi Reuven Cohn Ma'ayan: Torah Studies Initiative for Women Cost: $70.00 General Admission, $35.00 Full-time students and teachers, $52.50 Chevrutah Discount When: July 13, 2011 | 07:45 PM to 09:00 PM Where: Congregation Shaarei Tefillah, 35 Morseland Ave, Newton, MA 02459 Special Features: Exploring the piyut (medieval liturgical poetry) as a form that possesses both power and beauty, each week we will analyze a different piyut. Tracing its themes and imagery from the Tanakh through the Talmud and Midrash, we will consider how the piyut's motifs have been selected and molded by the paytan (pious composer), and we'll recover our appreciation of the Kinot (mourning poetry recited on Tisha b'Av).
We will also look forward to the High Holidays uncovering the possible roots of the piyut movement in the familiar High Holidays prayers of reflection and repentance. Newcomers as well as prior participants are welcome.
Wednesdays, 7:45-9:00 PM
Four Sessions: July 13, 20, 27; August 3
Level: All
Open to Men and Women