Knowledge Share Description

This workshop will be centered around the following idea: “Plants as a Bridge.” Teaching from a Jewish Arab lens, Maz will guide us into exploring authentic and meaningful points of connection with our lineages, plant worlds, and selves. In Maz’s herbal practice, they find meaning and integrity by rooting in the medicine of their ancestral lands, and in Jewish religious practice, the Torah and other Sacred Jewish Texts. This workshop will be taught during the month of Cheshvan on the Jewish Calendar, a month that many refer to as a “Bitter” month since it takes place after the high of some of the holiest days of the year. In practice of sustaining our whole selves – both bitter and sweet – we will endeavor to integrate the highs of Summer into the colder winter months, and continue the sweetness of the new year by making a Fall/Winter infused honey with bitter kitchen medicine herbs (i.e., bring the herbs that are most easily accessible to you!). We will also be doing close reads of the weekly Torah chapter, reflecting on a few herbal medicines from SWANA regions in the Fall/Winter apothecary and taking time for reflection, guided visualizations, and prayer.

Cost

$35 - BIPOC or low income

$75 - standard or reparations (If you have financial abundance, this is our pay-it-forward option to fund our full tuition scholarships)

The zoom link will be sent 1-2 days prior to the knowledge share. Recording will be available for 30 days.

For scholarships please email info@herbancura.com with subject Plants as a Bridge

Accessibility Information

*ASR (automated) captioning provided

*Live captioning & ASL interpretation may be available with advance notice

*Spanish interpretation may be available with advance notice (Si requiere interpretacion por favor mande un email a info@herbancura.com)

Virtual Gathering

Zoom link will be sent out via email 1-2 days before knowledge share

5:00pm - 7:15pm Eastern Standard Time

Class will be recorded and available for 30 days.

Facilitator

Mazal/Maz Masoud Etedgi (they/them/theirs) is a trans/non-binary artist, arab/mizrahi/amazigh jew, child of immigrants, spoonie/chronically ill person, herbalist, Drama Therapist, clown, cultural organizer and poet. Maz utilizes imagination, play, and ritual as tools for liberation, healing and connection. They honor, study and practice the plant medicines, liturgy, piyutim (sacred songs) and healing rituals of their mizrahi and arab jewish lineages, and the sacred texts of Judaism. Website: bsamimapothecary.com. Instagram: @bsamim.apothecary.