Darshan is Eden 'Eprhyme' Pearlstein and Shir Yaakov

In addition to performance, Darshan also teach classes, lead workshops and offer extended-format experiences.

Pardes in Practice

This is unique course format offering an opportunity to join artist-scientist/musician-poets on a journey through their creative process. Discover how a song is “received”, conceived of and completed. Dive into archetypes, fall into free-associative symbolic juxtapositions and taste from the world of textual references. This “hyper-text-study” deconstructs the lyrics and music of Darshan’s songs and begins to reveal what goes on behind the scenes during the of the creation of Contemporary Jewish Culture.

The Art of Judaism

Explore the intersections between Jewish Practice and the Creative Process. We will be asking and addressing questions such as: ‘How can the expressive arts help me access deeper levels of meaning and experience in Judaism?’, and ‘What light can the Wisdom of the Jewish Tradition shed on contemporary art forms and The Way of the Artist?’

The Way of the Darshan

The word darshan shares the same root as the words drash — ‘to seek’, and midrash — the body of aggadah/creative/poetic’ commentary on the Torah. The Darshan is the one who ‘drashes’, or seeks out hidden meaning from between the lines and then presents the midrash, or creative interpretation of text. Explore the role and function of the Darshan in traditional and classical Judaism , and discover it’s potential for a more engaged Jewish experience in today’s cultural climate and consciousness.

That’s a Rap!

What do Hip Hop and Judaism have in common? Come find out… Join Eprhyme and Shir Yaakov for a fascinating foray into multi-culturalism, mysticism and music. This will be a lecture, discussion and digital/visual presentation.

Malava Malka

Malava Malka — literally “escorting the queen” — is a beautiful way to take leave of the Sabbath Queen while ushering in the coming week.  This mystical, musical ‘Fourth Meal’ helps us to integrate our Shabbat experience and to irrigate the rest of the week… straight from the source of the sacred wellspring.