Rooted and Resilient - Elul Workshop and Lunch on Sunday 9/14!

Rooted and Resilient

A Jewish Embodied Journey through Elul

Led by Rabbi Batya Elana Ellinoy

Join us on Sunday, September 14, 2025

Workshop 11:00am-12:30pm

Lunch 12:30-2:00pm

1860 Washington Street, Newton, 02466

Sign up here! This event, including lunch, is $20. If cost is a barrier, please reach out to us at dreamm@ruachhealth.org — if you want to join, we want you to be there!

As the moon of Elul begins to wane and the High Holidays draw near, we find ourselves deepening into the season of return. This 90-minute experiential workshop invites you to pause and listen — to the stirrings of the heart, the wisdom of the body, and the quiet call of teshuvah (spiritual return), a practice of re-alignment with self and sacred purpose.

Together, we’ll explore how spiritual resilience lives in the rhythm of release and reconnection—the sacred pulse of letting go and returning, softening and remembering. Through Jewish text, guided reflection, and gentle movement, we’ll attune ourselves to the regenerative rhythm at the heart of this season — and within ourselves.

Weather permitting, we’ll begin at 11:00am in the spiral of the LAByrinth outside Hebrew College's main entrance, walking a path that mirrors our own inner turning, before moving into the studio for deeper exploration. The program will be followed by lunch from 12:30pm to 2:00pm in the Hebrew College courtyard. No prior experience with Jewish learning or embodied practice is needed. Come as you are. 

Register today!

About Rabbi Batya:

Rabbi Batya Elana Ellinoy brings her gifts as a prayer leader and teacher of embodied Torah to communities throughout the Boston area and beyond. She is a member of the faculty in Hebrew College’s Master’s in Jewish Education program, where she teaches a self-designed course on Jewish Wisdom, Well-Being, and Resilience.

Rabbi Ellinoy currently serves as Associate Rabbi at Temple Sinai in Marblehead, MA, and a guest prayer leader at Temple Beth David in Westwood, MA. Most recently, she held the role of Rabbi-in-Residence with BaMidbar Therapy, exploring the intersections of mental health, spiritual practice, and Jewish tradition.

Ordained at the rabbinical school at Hebrew College, where she also earned a Master’s in Jewish Education, Rabbi Ellinoy’s scholarship focuses on Torah-informed nervous system regulation in Jewish educational contexts. She is also a certified Somatic Experiencing® practitioner, a psychobiological approach to help resolve trauma and stress disorders, from which she brings a resilience-focused lens to her teaching, prayer leadership, and pastoral work.

With a background in experiential education, embodied spirituality, dance, healing modalities, and interreligious learning and leadership, Rabbi Ellinoy offers a holistic and integrative approach to Jewish learning and spiritual life. Her writing and work have been featured in  70 Faces of Torah,  Hebrew College's Elul Together, and bamidbartherapy.org.