HEALING & MEDITATION SHABBATON
with Miriam Bursky-Tammam
Hosted by Temple Israel of Great Neck with SHAI (Sephardic Heritage Alliance).
Saturday, September 13th, 2025
Join us as we usher in the 5786 High Holy Day season with melodies and prayers from around the world including Sephardi, Ashkenazi, Moroccan, Persian and Babylonian traditions.
Miriam Bursky-Tammam introduces us to healing modalities, and joins Hazzan Shamash on familiar and mystical chants to help us lift our voices in song using melodies from around the world as part of our Friday Steppingstone Shabbat.
Journey in Prayer & Mizrachi Roots, Zemirot and Meditation (Sanctuary)
9:15 a.m. Services
Miriam Bursky-Tammam joins Hazzan Shamash in leading Shabbat prayers, bringing a multicultural mix, joining together traditions from east and west.
12:00 p.m. Lunch Kiddush
12:40 p.m. Miriam will share zemirot engaging us in song at the kiddush
1:00 p.m. Welcome healing transformation through meditation, chant, yoga shalom, voice and sound immersion therapy (Pine Room)
Getting to know Miriam Bursky-Tammam: Miriam is a Hazanit and Mekonenet whose mizrachi family heritage traversed Libya, Turkey and Morocco. She shares sound immersion therapy and chant with singing bowls that are rooted in a blended tradition of European and Middle Eastern liturgies. Our Shabbaton Sh’ma Koleinu שמע קולינו Hear our Voice introduces elements of healing meditation and chant with singing bowls and sound immersion therapy as we seek transformation through the month of Elul towards the renewal of our new beginning ~ Rosh Hashanah.
