Thanks to our friend Melila who is running the Hartman rabbinical students fellowship, we got invited to join their shabbaton at kibbutz keturah in the Arava (near Eilat). Among other things, the kibbutz was founded by Young Judea snd famous for its solar panel fields (fueling almost all the energy needs of the region) and Arava environmental institute.
When we arrived tonight, we headed outdoors to a straw hatched outdoor pavilion for a dance workshop. One if the students had studied a Hasidic commentator on Miriam’s dance after crossing the Red Sea which he explained as a process of her bringing down divine energy and replicating God’s process of creation. This student then choreographed a dance to express this commentary and taught our group this dance to a niggun of Joey Weissberg, dancing in the dessert in Miriam’s footsteps.
It was incredible. We could feel Miriam’s joy, wisdom and leadership.