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New Seminar and Fourth Anniversary
Evening of Jewish Chant – both Nov. 30

Opening to Your Inner Light
KABBALAH AND SACRED CHANT, SUNDAY, NOV. 30

Rabbi Joseph Saltoun

Afternoon Seminar with Rabbi Joseph Saltoun and Lorne Mallin 2-5:30pm, Or Shalom, 710 E.10th Ave. (at Fraser), Vancouver

The Hebrew month of Kislev is related to Chanukah (the Feast of Lights) – the liberation and re-consecration of the Holy Temple. The Levites chanted in the Holy Temple as a way to purify it as the rituals were performed by the Kohanim (priests).

Seminar Program

• Lecture on Kabbalah and Jewish Astrology (Sagittarius, Chanukah and the voice of Inner Freedom).
  
• Jewish chanting  – Expanding Inner Space.
• Lecture on Kabbalistic Meditation with Hebrew letters of the month, based on The Book of Formation (Avraham Avinu).
• Guided Group Meditation.

Joseph Saltoun is an ordained rabbi from the Jewish Academy (Yeshiva) of Kol-Yehuda in Jerusalem. It was founded by the Kabbalist Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag in 1921 for the purpose of learning, teaching and opening the gates of Kabbalah to all. Rabbi Saltoun has been lecturing on the subject since 1983.

COST: Or Shalom members $25, couples $45 • Non-members $35, couples $60
Send a cheque made out to Lorne Mallin to him at 116 E.44th Ave., Vancouver, B.C. V5W 1V6
INFO: 604-222-3379
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Evenings of Jewish Chant in Vancouver

ANNIVERSARY GATHERING ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30

Bring your voice and be transported by the deep intention and inner experience on Sunday, November 30, at our monthly Evening of Jewish Chant. We'll be joined by regular guest musician David Embry Solest and percussionist Russell Shumsky.  

The evening marks four years since Lorne Mallin began hosting these warm and friendly monthly evenings in November 2004. You're invited to stay for tea and cake.

Lorne's teacher, Rabbi Shefa Gold, says that we can "enter through the door of a chant into the depths and vast expanse of the silence."

The practice of Jewish chanting is a vehicle for prayer, healing and connection. The chants are composed from a short phrase of sacred text with a beautiful melody. The most powerful moment of the chant happens in the silence that follows. The chant inclines the mind toward a state of consciousness that can be accessed in that moment after the chant.

• WHERE: Sourcepoint, 3263 Heather St. between 16th and 17th Aves.  
• WHEN: 7:30-9pm on the last Sunday of the month, except December, when it will be held on Sunday, Jan. 4, due to Lorne's travels.
• ADMISSION: By donation, $10