Shmitah Brick By Brick
by Levi Selig of Oakland Hebrew Day School || Hello, our names are Levi, Simon, and Eitan. We go to Oakland Hebrew Day School. And…
The Shmita Prizes
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Renewing Shmita
by Idelle Hammond-Sass || This ritual object was conceived as an object to explore the creation of a personal Shmita ritual. In its current iteration…
Sleeping Huts
by Mira Burack || How do we create space for valuing rest, stillness, deep breathing, contemplation, and connection to the land? We live in the…
The Thistle
by Benjamin Shalva || I believe the Shmita cycle – working six years, resting on the seventh – is a natural cycle, something that resonates…
Seij Años
by Jessi Roemer || This is a music video for my original composition, Seij Años, a musical setting of a Ladino translation of Torah verses…
Earth Chant/Yotzeir Or
by Alisa Fineman || I love Shabbat, especially because it’s all about getting back to the garden. Shabbat is the sacred instruction to cease from…
I HAD A GREAT TIME
by Maya Simkin || I HAD A GREAT TIME is a built space for a ritual suspension. After learning a text from Menachot 29b, where…
Shabbat Candlesticks
by Cassandra Clark || I made this artwork because I love handmade Judaica. It is ceramic painted with acrylic and finished with acrylic glaze. The…
Sulam Slam
by Lisë Stern || I’ve always been drawn to Jacob’s dreams, so mysterious and compelling. When he leaves his childhood home, forever, as it turns…
Shmitacure
by Sara Phina || Nails are an outer symbol of adornment/ feminine beauty. Women are told that they have to primp and “prune” to meet…
Seven Strands for Seven Years
by Sara Phina || Havdalah is a weekly ritual. A havdalah candle must have at least two flames to form a torch. Shmita is the seventh year…
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