Posts Tagged shabbat tent
Coachella Pot Luck Shabbat Dinner
Posted by admin in Latest News on April 16th, 2010
Look For The Sign!
Become a Fan on Facebook
Posted by Rabbi Yonah in Latest News on March 12th, 2010
Shabbat Tent official Fan Page is now up on Facebook. It is a place for information, photos, links, whatever. We loaded some pics from Langerado, Wakarusa, and Phish Fest.
If you know people in the pics you can help us tag them and share them.
Help spread the news about Shabbat Tent by becoming a fan.
Coachella Shabbat Tent Anyone?
Posted by Rabbi Yonah in Latest News, Tents on February 1st, 2010
Are you interested in a Shabbat Tent Coachella 2010?
Let us know by filling out the volunteer form – and we will send you any info we have.
As always – our major hurdle is funding. We need funds to bring in the people, equipment, and food that is needed.
But it doesn’t cost a fortune at all. We just need some people willing to contribute what they can, a few sponsors, and we can do this.
Looking forward to hearing from you – Peace – Love – Shabbat Tent
The World Needs More Shabbat Tents
Shabbat Tent gets a great mention in Harry Nelson’s torah commentary for Wexner Foundation Weekly Email.
Among the many great projects underway that offer a possible channel to greater balance on the permanent/impermanent axes, one that’s captured my imagination lately is the Shabbat Tent (http://shabbattent.com/), an emerging independent movement I learned about from my fellow Detroiter-in-exile and Jewish hero, Rabbi Yonah Bookstein.
The idea of Shabbat Tent is to go to where Jews already are, in significant numbers, at the big camping music festivals, each of which draw tens of thousands of people across the country seeking a spiritual connection in the communal enjoyment of the great jam bands of our time. Taking a cue from Abraham, for three days or so at a time, the Shabbat Tent folks set up a tent and provide open hospitality, from meals and snacks to shade to davening to a space to connect in the midst of a transcendent spiritual experience. In so doing, Shabbat Tent represents an effort to integrate Jewishness and make God’s presence felt in the process. We could use more projects like this across the Jewish world.
May we be blessed to find more balance in every facet of our lives.
PHISH FEST 8 SCHEDULE
Posted by Rabbi Yonah in Tents on October 29th, 2009
Dear Friends,
We have a huge feast of food for Friday EARLY evening at 5:15. We will be making an early Shabbat and dinner so that folks that want to get to shows will have time.
Come after the shows Friday Night— more food, song, and stories.
We have breakfast, learning, services and lunch all planned for Shabbat AM before the shows start.
See you there!
see below the break for the FULL SCHED
Shabbat Tent @ Phish Festival
Posted by Rabbi Yonah in Latest News on October 12th, 2009
The team is gathering. The Challah and the Wine are on the horizon. As a thousand Jews descend on Indio, the Shabbat Tent Team wonders – who is out there who wants to help set up Shabbat at PF8? This will be a DIY Shabbat for the team – we are coming in as civilians.
Click on the Volunteer tab on top to sign-up if you are making your way to Phish Fest 8!
We’re On The Map…Literally
Posted by Rabbi Yonah in Latest News, Tents on May 19th, 2009
Click on Wakarusa Festival Map to enlarge. Shabbat Tent is at top of map near the Main Entrance. With such a close proximity to the Main Stage, we will be living up to our addage of a “rocking” shabbat. Are your ready for Shabbat with Matisyahu.
SHABBAT TENT AT WAKARUSA, AK
Posted by adam in Latest News, Tents on May 14th, 2009
Calling all Jews going to WAKARUSA 2009: MATISYAHU will host a Shabbat Tent.
MATISYAHU performs on Friday late-afternoon at the festival, and will be joining festival-goers for Shabbat from Sundown on Friday night June 5 until nightfall on Saturday, June 6
Organized by the Shabbat Tent Team, and sponsored by Birthright Israel NEXT, Matisyahu and friends will be setting up prayer services, meals, and parties throughout the weekend.
No knowledge of Shabbat is required, and all activities are open to everyone who wants to attend.
Campers are also free to stop by the Shabbat Tent at anytime throughout the festival simply to hang out, fire up a conversation, or mingle with new friends and old. More details on the Shabbat festivities will be forthcoming soon and available here and at Matisyahu’s official website.
About WAKARUSA
The Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival is a 4-day foot-stomping party in the heart of the Midwest. Born in 2004, Wakarusa burst onto the scene with a diverse and eclectic lineup featuring over 70 artists. Wakarusa has established itself as a premiere, grassroots event in the nationwide outdoor music scene. Attracting folks from all 50 U.S. States and several countries, in the past, Wakarusa has featured 100 artists, 7 stages and over 4 days of non-stop music and entertainment. Learn more at: www.wakarusa.com
History of Shabbat Tent
Posted by Rabbi Yonah in Community on April 1st, 2009
Phish
The Shabbat Tent Team started unofficially during the hours connecting 1999 and 2000. The rock band Phish was celebrating the coming of a new millennium at the Big Cyprus Indian Reservation in South Florida by playing for more than 12 hours over the span of two days. A small team consisting of Adam Weinberg, Joshua Vogelstein, and Rav Shmuel set up a small camping area to provide concert goers Shabbat services (including an amazing Kabbalat service sung while fireworks and disco-parties blared from nearby camp sites) Kiddush, Challah, and lively all-night discussions. Jews from all walks of life attended the services and engaged each other in issues of Judaism, music, spirituality, and social responsibility. There was little promotion, no funding, and lots of turn out – the seeds for providing Shabbat at mega-festivals were planted.During the next few summers, the team replicated the Shabbat Tent resource at more than a dozen Phish concerts and summer music festivals. However, without the direct assistance from camping directors, festival promoters, and funding, the Shabbat Tent functioned on a small scale reaching only a small percentage of attending Jews.
Matisyahu
The major change in the operation of the Shabbat Tent Team occurred the weekend of March 9-11, 2007. Famed reggae singer Matisyahu contacted team member Adam Weinberg to organize a large scale Shabbat Tent at the South Florida music and camping festival Langerado. With the support of a headlining artist, the team was able to work closely with the festival camping director and promoters in setting up a 1600 sqft space in the middle of the campgrounds ready to cater to everyone and anyone’s Shabbat and spiritual needs. The Shabbat Tent fed more than 300 people throughout the weekend, ran services catering to any Jew who chose to show up, and provided a comfortable and open space for hundreds more to relax, form social networks with other festival-goers, and share in a taste of Shabbat among the noise of a large music festival.The members of the team rotate from festival to festival, but the simple goal is to provide as many concert-goers with the ritual, peace, and inspiration Shabbat has to offer with services, meals, parties, and lively classes on spirituality, Judaism, and social responsibility, the Team is bringing the uniquely Jewish day-of-rest to campers festival-wide.
Chatanoogan.com: Don’t Feed The Alligators Part 1
Friday Afternoon at the last Langerado Festival 2008 - Photo Fil Manley
Excerpts from Langerado – Part 1. – Please Don’t Feed the Alligators
by fil manley for Chatanoogan.com
posted March 14, 2008
Matisyahu is a phenomenon unto himself. When I first saw him play at Bonnaroo in 2006, his music struck me with its sincerity and unusual nature. He brought his infant son out onto the stage that year, held him in his arms with the pounding bass all around and the small boy wearing ear protection like an airport lineman. Matisyahu is an observant Jew who practices and sings of his faith in a way which no other Jewish performer, to my knowledge, ever has. His mixture of reggae, rock and traditional Jewish story telling is fantastic.
As a practicing Jew, Matisyahu observes “Shabbos” or the Sabbath. This means that from sunset Friday night until sunset on Saturday night, they don’t use any technology, don’t do any work and they dedicate this time to God, prayer and family. Matisyahu, or “Matis” as they call him, set up a 1600 square foot “Shabbos tent” at Langerado, and opened it up to anyone and everyone, sharing his faith, prayers, observances and food. Read the rest of this entry »