Brainstorm
Our goal for this final session of the semesters is to move from YHVH unknown to Eloheinu Melech ha Olam, which is regrounded in acknowledgment of the communal "our Gd," and then our best articulation as a community of what Gd is "King of the Universe." This semester we have been exploring the blessing formula Baruch Atah YHVH as a journey from the known, clear, directional Baruch Atah to the unclear, not-oriented, directionless YHVH. As we close out the semester we end with the way the blessing formula ends "Eloheinu Melech ha Olam," a re-grounding, re-orientation, a new "known," this time with the knowledge of having been together in the unknowing.
The blessing formula takes us on a journey: we each come in with our own assumptions, together we go through a process of being challenged, exploring new ground, having our original ideas dislodged. It is only then, coming out the other side, that we can articulate a shared experience and a shared vision. Our
