Awakening the Divine: A Pardes and Or HaLev Jewish Spirituality

Please fill out a separate form for each individual attending the retreat.

If you would like to learn more about joining fill out the application or contact retreat@orhalev.org.

Additional limited financial aid off the standard price is available. In order to apply for financial aid, please fill out the Financial Aid Request form below.

Financial Aid Request Form

NOTE - Upon completion of this form you will be sent a link to a payment page. Your registration is NOT COMPLETE until payment has been received.

For questions about this retreat, contact retreat@orhalev.org

1. PROGRAM SELECTION

I wish to register for the following program:

Awakening the Divine: A Pardes & Or HaLev Jewish Spirituality Retreat

(January 2 - January 7, 2024)

We are so glad that you are going to join us on this powerful retreat experience. We believe in the spirit of generosity as an essential part of the practice. We also acknowledge that financial abilities differ for everyone and so we strive to make this retreat accessible to those who wish to participate, by offering different payment levels.

This year's spirituality retreat will take place at Shepherd Spring Retreat Center, Maryland. We have several accommodations available at various price levels. Each room or cabin has a toilet, sink, and shower shared among the individual(s) in that room. Prices include your room and all onsite program costs including kosher meals from Monday dinner through Sunday lunch.

All accommodations are heated and insulated.

Single Room - $2,799/person

Double Room - $1,397/person

Triple Room - $899/person

Cabin (5-10 individuals) - $699/person**

**Note: Beds in cabins do not include linens; indicate when you pay if you would like to add $30 to rent pillow, sheets, blanket, towel)

Housing selection:

Single RoomDouble RoomTriple RoomCabins

2. PERSONAL DETAILS

Title:

Your Pronouns (optional):

First Name:

Middle Name:

Last Name:

Housing Sharing Preferences (for anyone not assigned a single room)

My gender identity is:

My roommate/bunkmate preferences are to share with (check as many as apply to you):

Any gender Women identified individualsMen identified individualsAs a non-binary person I prefer to be with other non-binary individuals

Other notes regarding my housing requests:

3. CONTACT INFORMATION

Mobile Phone Number:

Home Phone Number:

Work Phone Number:

Email Address:

Address for Correspondence

Street and Number:

City:

State:

ZIP Code:

Country:

Participant's Date of Birth:

MM/DD/YY

I am an Awakening the Divine retreat alumnus/a?

YesNo

Please note Year:

I am a Pardes alumnus/a?

YesNo

Please note Year and Program:

I am a PCJE/PEP alumnus/a?

Yes

Please note Year and Program:

The information requested here aims to give us a better sense of where you are coming from. We expect and hope for a diverse group, and no specific type of prior knowledge or experience is necessary.

4. HOW DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THIS PROGRAM?

We appreciate your specificity, both to help us in our recruitment, and so that we can say thank you.

I heard about this program from:

Please provide details, including the name of the person who referred you.

5. MENTAL HEALTH NOTICE AND AFFIRMATION

Difficult emotional and mental states often arise on retreat. It is important for all participants to be aware of this fact and to fully and accurately fill out the mental health and other questions below so that we can best support you in your practice. The retreat has been designed in consultation with leading experts in meditation safely with the understanding that the retreat will not be staffed by trained mental health professionals. Per their recommendations, regrettably, the program is not able to accept those who are currently suffering from a serious mental health condition, have had a manic episode in the past 6 months, and/or have had a psychotic episode at any point in their life. At the same time, we aim to be as inclusive as possible while maintaining a safe experience for both participants and staff. Given the broad spectrum of conditions and disorders that fall under the category of mental health, many of which are perfectly compatible with retreat, we rely on your honest self-assessment for compatibility with the retreat experience. If you do choose to apply, you will be asked to fill out a form that details your meditation and mental health history.

If you would like to discuss your mental health with us or have concerns about whether this program is appropriate for you, please email James at james@orhalev.net

Our goal on retreat is to create a supportive space for you to give your full attention to your own experience of being a human being. To enable that, as your teachers, we commit, to the best of our ability, to support you in your practice in the limited ways we are able to on a retreat. However we can only do what we are able to if we have a clear sense of your mental health history. Therefore please read and affirm the covenant below.

I affirm that I will provide an honest and accurate picture of my current state of mental health and of my mental health history by filling out the intake form that I will receive to support my safety and so that the retreat instructors can best support me on this retreat journey and in my practice.

I understand that this retreat is not appropriate for someone suffering from serious mental health conditions, that retreat is not a substitute for therapeutic work with a trained therapist, and that the retreat instructors are not trained mental health professionals. While retreat faculty will support me in my practice to the best of their ability, I am ultimately responsible for my own mental health and commit to taking responsibility for my own mental health on retreat and maintaining my safety.

I understand that the retreat may reach out to a mental health professional or my mental health professional that I have named on my form if they deem it necessary.

I affirm that I do not/have not suffered from the following conditions

Psychosis of any kind
A manic episode within the last 6 months
Trauma or PTSD or other serious mental health conditions that I have not disclosed in my forms to Or HaLev.

I understand and affirm all of the above

6. COVID-19 Policy

Everyone will be required to be up to date on their Covid vaccine per CDC guidelines and test negative on a rapid test on the morning of Tuesday, January 2nd before they arrive. Depending on Covid rates in January we may require indoor masking in certain places, and masks are encouraged when sitting in close proximity to other participants.

I have read the COVID-19 and Refund Policy.

7. MAKE PAYMENT ON THE NEXT FORM

Please press the Submit button below. You will be taken to another page through which you can make your selected payment.

Your registration is only considered complete when payment has been processed.