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  • ID: A promotional graphic with a starry night sky as a background. At the bottom of the graphic is a red barn with Zzz’s emerging from the roof. Outside it is a wheatfield with a chicken and a crowd of arguing people. The text reads “Sleepless at Sadeh, Shel Maala Returns to Sadeh to learn about a Holy Rabbinic Sleepover, July 25-27, Shabbes, Yumminess, Learning, Community, PWYC”

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    Join Shel Maala, your online queer Yeshiva, comes back to Sadeh Farm, for a weekend of Shabbes, delicious meals and hardcore Talmud study
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  • ID: A promotional graphic with a blue background. At the bottom of the page is a line drawing of the London skyline accompanied by a teapot with the Shel Maala logo on it pouring tea into a teacup. The text reads: “Shel Maala Returns To England! Azara - July 17, Naamod - July 22, Sadeh FARM - July 25 - 27, Kehilla North London - July 2”

    Your favorite queer yeshiva is coming back to tour England and learn in your community!
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  • ID: A promotional graphic featuring a large magnifying glass which is focused on the Sefaria logo. A trail of footprints leads to this magnifying glass, passing over images of pages of Talmud. The text reads “Sefaria Super Sleuths, Find your way through an ever expanding text library with Olivia Devorah Tucker! More info soon” Also featured is a photo of Olivia Devorah, with the subtitle “With Olivia Devorah Tucker!”

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    Navigate Sefaria like a pro with the help of local online-jewish-library-expert Olivia Devorah Tucker!
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  • A promotional graphic featuring piles of laundry with a beautiful pair of eyes peeking out, on a light purple background. The dark purple text reads: “Clothed in HolinessAn In-Depth Exploration of the In-Dwelling Presence, Sundays, Feb. 9 - Mar. 9, 2-4 PM ET || 11 - 1 PT, All You Need is Your Alef Bet, NOTAFLOF” and the dark red text floating above the laundry reads “*Shechina!”

    Help returning Shel Maala teacher Olivia Devorah find Shekhina in texts from Talmud and Kabbalah together, all about Divine Presence
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  • A promotional graphic featuring yellow stars on a dark blue background, a pink sleep mask and two sets of bunk beds. In the upper left hands corner are the Shel Maala and Kadima logos. The text reads “The Sleepless Sanhedrin, a Full Weekend of Prayer, Feasting and Gay TALMUD Learning with Shel Maala Jan 31 - Feb 2 SEATTLE $72, Pay What You Can, In Partnership with Kadima”

    Join Shel Maala, your online queer Yeshiva, live in Seattle, for a weekend of Shabbat services, delicious dinner, and hardcore Talmud study
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  • A promotional graphic with a red to white gradient background, an image of red lips with their tongue stuck out, books and a crown of stylized students. Text in speech bubbles at the top of the page reads “In Every Tongue”, with the subtitle reading “Learning How to Raise Your Voice in Jewish Text, Sundays December 8th - 22nd, All You Need is Your Alef Bet, NOTAFLOF”

    Can the Torah be understood in any language? Does Hebrew always take precedence? Dive into the Torah of translation with ada morse
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  • A promotional graphic with a variety of fruit on a yellow background with green and white text that reads “Be Fruity! And Multiply? Trans Teshuva Writers Tackle the First Mitzvah, A Lecture Series with Shel Maala & the Trans Halakha Project, December 5, 12 & 19, 8 PM ET || 5 PM PT, NOTAFLOF, No Hebrew Required”

    The first mitzvah in the Torah is “be fruitful and multiply.” How should queers and/or trans Jews interact with this commandment?
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  • A class promotion graphic for The Sleepless Sanhedrin featuring a starry background, a pair of scales weighing a bed against some question marks, and a gavel hammering a cloud with Z’s in it. The text reads “The Sleepless Sanhedrin: a full weekend of Prayer, Feasting and gay Talmud learning with Shel Maala, Nov 15 - 17 with Hinenu & NSP in Baltimore & DC $54, Pay What You Can”

    Join Shel Maala, your online queer Yeshiva, live in the DMV, for a weekend of Shabbat services and hardcore Talmud study in Baltimore and DC
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  • a promotional graphic on a dark yellow background with green and red text. There are drawings of travel related things like a suitcase, a directional sign, a car and a compass point. The text reads “Shel Maala’s East Coast Tour! Nov. 1-3: Northampton, Nov. 7: Nehar Shalom (Boston), Nov. 14 (New Haven), Nov. 15-17: Baltimore/DC”

    Shel Maala is making our way around New England and beyond, come learn with us!
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  • A promotional graphic with the hand of HaShem reaching out to touch a moldy lemon, surrounded by a compost heap, mushrooms and a rotting banana. Brown text on a green background reads “Divine Decay: How Jewish Wisdom Teaches Us to Love Letting Go A full day of Queer Talmud Learning in beautiful western mass With Shel Maala Northampton, ma Sunday, November 3 $54, Pay What You Can”

    Join Shel Maala, your online queer Yeshiva, live in Western Mass, for a weekend of Shabbat services and hardcore Talmud study
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  • A schedule graphic with the title “Learning, Liturgy and Liberation: Enjoy the High Holidays with Shel Maala. All on Zoom. All free. Register at: bit.ly/SMhighholidays”. There are four rectangular columns with the titles and times of each event, reading left to right “Rosh Hashanah Arvit, Daven the 2nd-day evening service with brin solomon, 7 PM ET, Oct 3rd”, “(Post-)Yom Kippur Study Session, Days of awe liberation Torah with R’ Xava, 8 PM ET, Oct 15th”, “Sukkot Study Session, Sugyes perfect for sitting in a hut with Binya 8 PM ET, Oct 22nd”, and “Shemini Atzeret Shacharit, Wrap up the sacred season by bringing in the dew with brin, 9 AM ET, Oct 24th”

    Learning, liturgy and liberation, all on Zoom, all free!
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  • A promotional graphic with a white into light blue gradient background, featuring a sandy foreground with scattered Hebrew letters and swirling sparkles, with a large clam, opening to reveal a pearl with the letters alef and bet on it. The header text reads “Sand into Pearls, Shaping Painful Texts into Powerful Midrash”.

    Learn how to write your own midrash and transform the torah, with acclaimed writer and queer Magid Eli Ramer
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  • A promotional graphic of a chalkboard covered in Hebrew letters, magnifying glasses and question marks in yellow and white text. The text reads “Decoding the Alef Bet, Learn your letters so you can study in the SVARA method with Shel Maala!, Sundays August 18th - September 8th, 2 PM ET || 11 AM PT, NOTAFLOF

    Learn the alef bet with Rosh Yeshiva Xava de Cordova (and unlock deeper study with Shel Maala in the future!)
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  • A graphic with four boxes and a green to yellow gradient background featuring simple art of farm animals, flowers and a wooden fence. The top text reads: Binya and Xava at Sadeh Your fave teachers at your fave farm! Registration Deadline july 5th Sponsored by Moishe House” the text in each box reads: “Kabbalat Shabbat, Dinner and Davening, Friday, July 26th, 19:30 - 21:30; Torah, Tikkun, Nosh, Diving Deep into Noah, Saturday, July 27th, 10:30- 12:30; Havdalah, Ritual and, Relaxing, Saturday, July 27th, 22:00 - 23:00; All Day Talmud Study, Luscious Learning and Lunch, Sunday, July 28th, 9:00 - 17:00”

    Join Shel Maala, your online queer Yeshiva, live in THE UK, for a weekend of Shabbat services, delicious meals and hardcore Talmud study
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  • Banner image for new class, titled “Divine Decay: How Jewish Wisdom Teaches Us to Love Letting Go, A Weekend of Queer Talmud Learning Sponsored by Moishe House with Binya Kóatz and Rabbi Xava de Cordova, July 26-28, £100-200 Full Weekend, £70-100 Just Sunday, Learning, Pay What You Can " with art that features dried out flowers on a black background

    Join Shel Maala, your online queer Yeshiva, live in THE UK, for a weekend of Shabbat services, delicious meals and hardcore Talmud study
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  • A graphic with various artistic depictions of chalices on a gradient from yellow to orange background. In the center is a silver chalice with a blue nazir on it, filled with pomegranate seeds and with rose petals at the base. There is a rose in one corner and an open quarter of a pomegranate in the other. The text reads: Trancestors & Chalices, A Talmudic Ritual for Trans Fertility and The Divine Feminine, in partnership with Shel Maala and Yelala, July 8, 7 PM UK/2 PM ET/11 AM PT, NOTAFLOF

    Join UK-based Kohanot at Yelala & US-based queer yeshiva, Shel Maala in an interactive exploration of a trans feminine fertility ritual in the Talmud
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