Adina Allen: Judaism Unbound Episode 353 - The Torah of Creativity
Adina Allen, co-founder and creative director of The Jewish Studio Project, joins Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg to explore what Torah is, what creativity is, and what her framework -- a Torah of Creativity -- has to teach the world.
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[1] Learn more about Adina Allen by clicking here, and check out her previous appearance on Judaism Unbound by heading to Episode 108: The Jewish Studio Project - Adina Allen, Jeff Kasowitz.
[2] Check out the Jewish Studio Project’s work by heading to www.JewishStudioProject.org.
[3] Allen mentions her application of “beginner’s mind” to the creation story in Genesis. For more on how she approaches beginner’s mind, see “God as Holy Fool: Embracing the Chaos of Creation,” a piece she co-wrote with her mom, Pat Allen.
[4] To conclude the episode, Allen recites a blessing for creativity in both Hebrew and English. The words, in Hebrew and English, are contained in the image below (full English and Hebrew transliteration is contained in the image’s caption):
Blessed are You, Source of Life, Who created us in Your image and invites us to renew daily the works for creation. Blessed are You, Gd, Who created us creative.
Baruch Atah Adonai, Mekor haChayyim, sh’bara otanu b’tzalmo, u’mazmeen otanu l’chadesh b’chol yom tamid ma’aseh b’resheit. Baruch Atah Adonai, Yotzer yitzirim.
