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URL:https://www.tbzbrookline.org/events/community-book-read-conversation-w
 ith-rabbi-toba-spitzer-and-rav-claudia-online/
SUMMARY:Community Book Read: Conversation with Rabbi Toba Spitzer and Rav C
 laudia (in person)
DESCRIPTION:Community Book Read\n\nGod Is Here: Reimagining the Divine by R
 abbi Toba Spitzer\n\nIn God Is Here\, Rabbi Toba Spitzer argues that wheth
 er we believe in God or fervently disbelieve\, what we are actually disagr
 eeing about is not God at all\, but a metaphor of a Big Powerful Person th
 at limits our understanding and our spiritual lives.\n\nGoing back to the 
 earliest sources for Judaism as well as Christianity\, Spitzer discovers i
 n the Hebrew Bible a rich and varied palette of metaphors for the divine
 —including Water\, Voice\, Fire\, Rock\, Cloud\, and even the process of
  Becoming. She addresses how we can access these ancient metaphors\, as we
 ll as those drawn from rabbinic tradition and modern science\, to experien
 ce holiness in our daily lives and to guide us in challenging times. In th
 e section on water\, for instance\, she looks at the myriad ways water flo
 ws through the Biblical stories of the Israelites and emerges as a powerfu
 l metaphor for the divine in the Prophets and Psalms. She invites us to ex
 plore what it might mean to “drink from God\,” or to experience godly 
 justice as something that “rains down” and “flows like a river.”\n
 \nEach chapter contains insights from the Bible and teachings from Judaism
  and other spiritual traditions\, accompanied by suggestions for practice 
 to bring alive each of the God metaphors. Rabbi Toba Spitzer has helped ma
 ny people satisfy their spiritual hunger. With God Is Here she will inspir
 e you to find new and perhaps surprising ways of encountering the divine\,
  right where you are.\n\nGod is Here is available in print\, ebook\, and a
 udio formats\n\nRav Claudia will be in conversation with Rabbi Toba \n\no
 n Wednesday\, March 18th\, 7:00pm! 
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CATEGORIES:Adult Learning,Homepage Featured,In person
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