Episode 3.1: Shavuot Siyum: The Journey Toward Completion

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Episode 3.1: Shavuot Siyum: The Journey Toward Completion

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May 25, 2023

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Taya Mâ Shere welcomes us into Season 3, Shavuot Siyum.

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May 25, 2023

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Jewish Ancestral Healing teacher and practitioner Taya Mâ Shere engages spiritual leaders, artists, activists and visionaries on their journeys of ancestral healing, embracing resilience, and ancestor reverence practices rooted in Jewish traditions and counter-oppressive devotion. May this offering be a portal of connection, that we may root in positive resource, remember ancient ways, reclaim and innovate new possibilities, and be deeply nourished by the well of our loving and wise ancestors.

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Episode 3.1: Shavuot Siyum: The Journey Toward Completion

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