The Torah in the Tarot - The Lost Jewish History of the Tarot
with Stav Appel
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When
Mondays - 3 Weeks
8:00-9:30 pm Eastern · 5:00-6:30 pm Pacific
May 12 · May 9 · May 26
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The Torah in the Tarot presents the startling thesis that the original Tarot de Marseille, the artistic ancestor of contemporary Tarot cards, served as a tool for clandestine Jewish education during the Roman Catholic Church’s centuries long campaign to eradicate Judaism. When one of the oldest known versions of the Tarot de Marseille – the Jean Noblet of 1650 Paris – is viewed through a Judaic lens of understanding, it is revealed to be a secret vessel for Hebrew letters, Torah stories, Judaic ritual objects, and Jewish Holy Days. The recognition of Torah systematically hidden in the Tarot completely shatters the current popular and academic understanding of the history of the Tarot.
Over three sessions Tarot researcher Stav Appel will guide the course participants through the entire scope of concealed Judaica of the Jean Noblet Tarot de Marseille. The course will provide an overview of the historical circumstances that necessitated a secret Torah, the uniquely Jewish Kabbalah that can be recognized in the cards, as well an exploration as to how Hebrew letters and Judaic ritual objects made their way into the contemporary Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot of 1909.
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This class will be recorded and available to enrolled students to watch later.
Cost
This course is available at a sliding scale cost of $126 (the true cost), $99 or $72.
If you can afford the full price, we hope you will choose that option, which allows us to continue to offer lower rates and scholarships to those who otherwise would not be able to access this learning because of financial barriers.
If you need financial aid beyond the sliding scale, please fill out this simple form, and we will get right back to you.
with Stav Appel
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When
Mondays - 3 Weeks
8:00-9:30 pm Eastern · 5:00-6:30 pm Pacific
May 12 · May 9 · May 26
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The Torah in the Tarot presents the startling thesis that the original Tarot de Marseille, the artistic ancestor of contemporary Tarot cards, served as a tool for clandestine Jewish education during the Roman Catholic Church’s centuries long campaign to eradicate Judaism. When one of the oldest known versions of the Tarot de Marseille – the Jean Noblet of 1650 Paris – is viewed through a Judaic lens of understanding, it is revealed to be a secret vessel for Hebrew letters, Torah stories, Judaic ritual objects, and Jewish Holy Days. The recognition of Torah systematically hidden in the Tarot completely shatters the current popular and academic understanding of the history of the Tarot.
Over three sessions Tarot researcher Stav Appel will guide the course participants through the entire scope of concealed Judaica of the Jean Noblet Tarot de Marseille. The course will provide an overview of the historical circumstances that necessitated a secret Torah, the uniquely Jewish Kabbalah that can be recognized in the cards, as well an exploration as to how Hebrew letters and Judaic ritual objects made their way into the contemporary Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot of 1909.
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This class will be recorded and available to enrolled students to watch later.
Cost
This course is available at a sliding scale cost of $126 (the true cost), $99 or $72.
If you can afford the full price, we hope you will choose that option, which allows us to continue to offer lower rates and scholarships to those who otherwise would not be able to access this learning because of financial barriers.
If you need financial aid beyond the sliding scale, please fill out this simple form, and we will get right back to you.
with Stav Appel
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When
Mondays - 3 Weeks
8:00-9:30 pm Eastern · 5:00-6:30 pm Pacific
May 12 · May 9 · May 26
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The Torah in the Tarot presents the startling thesis that the original Tarot de Marseille, the artistic ancestor of contemporary Tarot cards, served as a tool for clandestine Jewish education during the Roman Catholic Church’s centuries long campaign to eradicate Judaism. When one of the oldest known versions of the Tarot de Marseille – the Jean Noblet of 1650 Paris – is viewed through a Judaic lens of understanding, it is revealed to be a secret vessel for Hebrew letters, Torah stories, Judaic ritual objects, and Jewish Holy Days. The recognition of Torah systematically hidden in the Tarot completely shatters the current popular and academic understanding of the history of the Tarot.
Over three sessions Tarot researcher Stav Appel will guide the course participants through the entire scope of concealed Judaica of the Jean Noblet Tarot de Marseille. The course will provide an overview of the historical circumstances that necessitated a secret Torah, the uniquely Jewish Kabbalah that can be recognized in the cards, as well an exploration as to how Hebrew letters and Judaic ritual objects made their way into the contemporary Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot of 1909.
—
This class will be recorded and available to enrolled students to watch later.
Cost
This course is available at a sliding scale cost of $126 (the true cost), $99 or $72.
If you can afford the full price, we hope you will choose that option, which allows us to continue to offer lower rates and scholarships to those who otherwise would not be able to access this learning because of financial barriers.
If you need financial aid beyond the sliding scale, please fill out this simple form, and we will get right back to you.
Meet Lex
Lex (he/him), in his role as Senior Jewish Educator of Judaism Unbound, co-hosts and produces its weekly podcast, facilitates many of its live digital events, and oversees the UnYeshiva: a digital center for Jewish learning and unlearning. He graduated from Brown University with a degree in Judaic Studies, and was ordained as a rabbi in 2021 by ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal. You didn’t ask, but he would like you to know that his rabbinic ordination speech looked at OutKast’s song “Hey Ya” through the lens of Jewish numerology. A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Lex lived for two years in Jackson, Mississippi — working for the Institute of Southern Jewish Life — and he currently lives in Providence, Rhode Island, with his wife Valerie. He serves on advisory boards, or boards of directors for The Shalom Center, Tikkun Olam Productions, Evolve: Groundbreaking Jewish Conversations, and Mitzvah Matzos.
