Hey (ה): Embodied, Creative Judaism

With Rabbi Shari Dollinger and Rabbi Robbie Schaefer

August 22 - 24, 2025

Date and Time Details: Check-in is 3-4 pm on Friday and check-out is at 1:00 pm on Sunday.

Location: Elohee Center

Location Elohee Center - Forest Studio

What to Expect: To help deepen your retreat experience, Elohee does not provide televisions or internet access (unless you bring your own hotspot). Cell phone service is excellent for AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint. Your car will be left in a secured parking lot, and you will be shuttled up to your room upon arrival and shuttled back down to your car at departure. Shuttle service to your car is available at any time. All facilities at the top of the mountain are within a five-minute walk of each other, with some gravel roads. two cottage rooms are ADA compliant, and all cottage rooms are on ground level.

  • Small Private Room/Shared Bath – $725.22
  • Single Occupancy/1 King Bed/Private Bath – $927.22
  • Double Occupancy/2 Twin Beds/Private Bath (Price is per person, must register separately) – $725.22
  • Double Occupancy/1 King Bed/Private Bath (Price is per person, must register separately) – $725.22

Price includes the course fee, room, meals, and grounds fee but does not include taxes. Full price is shown upon selection of room type prior to registering. A 40% deposit is due at the time of registration with full payment due 2 weeks prior to the retreat start date. If you are interested in tent camping, please email us at info@elohee.org for more information. Registration closes 5 days prior to the retreat start date.

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Hey. Welcome home.  

You may have been wandering. After all, it’s what we do.  

Hey (ה): Retreat is a return to sacred, joyful Jewish living. It is a mosaic map that returns us to a tradition that is alive, relevant, and creative, a tradition that is ancient and created anew in each moment. In short, Hey (ה): is a return to yourself. 

Welcome home.  

Join Rabbi Shari Dollinger-Magnus and Rabbi Robbie Schaefer for a Shabbat retreat infused with music, yoga, art, and Torah. Gather in the North Georgia mountains for Jewish learning, waterfall walks, campfires, mosaic-making, and a special Saturday evening concert. Leave grounded, nourished, and reinvigorated. Return home with embodied Jewish practices to accompany you into the New Year. 

Schedule:

*This is a sample schedule and is subject to change*

Friday

  • 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Arrival and Check-In
  • 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Welcome Home: Creating Community (No Small Talk)
  • 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Art as a Sacred Practice: Create Your Mosaic Shabbat Box
  • 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Shabbat Dinner
  • 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Welcome Shabbat: Joyful Shabbat with Music, Prayer, Learning, and Yoga Nidre

Saturday

  • 8:00 am – 9:00 am Breakfast
  • 9:00 am – 10:00 am Yoga as a Sacred Practice: Embodying the Letter ‘Hey’ through Breath, Meditation, and Movement
  • 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Shabbat as a Sacred Practice: Torah, Music, Learning, and Conversation
  • 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Shabbat Lunch
  • 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Shabbat Rest/Free Time (Nap, Read, Explore; Optional Massages Available)
  • 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Ask the Rabbi (Optional): Individual Chats with Rabbi Shari or Rabbi Robbie
  • 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Walking as a Sacred Practice: Waterfall Walk, Torah in the Woods
  • 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Free Hour
  • 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Dinner
  • 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Concert: Songs from the Wilderness
  • 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm Campfire Havdallah: S’mores, Singing, Star-Gazing

Sunday

  • 8:00 am – 9:00 am Breakfast
  • 9:00 am – 10:00 am Yoga as a Sacred Practice: Jewish Yoga to Take Home
  • 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Mapping as a Sacred Practice: Create Your Mosaic Mezuzah; Mapping: 40 Days of Return; Farewell
  • 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch
  • 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Checkout

 

 

 

 

 


For more information, contact Shari Magnus at sharimagnus@gmail.com.

Check out Elohee’s Guest Information FAQs here.

About the Leaders

Rabbi Shari Dollinger

Rabbi Shari is the founder of Spiritual Chai, a Kabbalah yoga teacher, and a workshop leader. The Jerusalem Post named Rabbi Shari as one of the 50 Most Influential Jews in the world. Rabbi Shari is the Co-Executive Director of a national nonprofit and the mother of two teenagers and three beagles.

Learn more about Rabbi Shari Dollinger

Rabbi Robbie Schaefer

Rabbi Robbie is a singer-songwriter and theatre/film artist who is head over heels in love with the Jewish people. He’s done some things: www.robbieschaefer.com. Mostly though, he loves creating livable, breathable, accessible Torah with others. And olives. He really loves olives.

Learn more about Rabbi Robbie Schaefer

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