ALEF

A new experience by Mystorin Theatre:
Location: the former premises of the National Library, Edmund J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, Jerusalem, Building 11
ALEF, a performance by Mystorin Theatre
takes place in the former building of the National Library in Jerusalem
A space that once held the treasures of knowledge
now becomes a timeless realm of spiritual search and inner revelation
The performance explores the library as a mystical and infinite space
where the primal symbols of the Hebrew letters form a treasure of spiritual meaning
a source of life-giving and revitalizing energy
Inspired by the writings of Rabbi Abraham Abulafia
who saw the letters as a force of creation
and a bridge to divine consciousness
The performance also draws from Borges’ story
“The Aleph”
where a single point contains all others
all times
all visions in the universe
The library becomes a metaphor for this Aleph
a place where everything is already contained in its very being
inviting the audience to enter the depths of meaning
into the hidden
into the inner book written within each of us
In a chaotic reality filled with anxiety
in a world that has lost harmony and clarity
the performance extends a personal invitation
to create a different world
one born from listening to the letters inscribed in the heart
In this context
the stained glass windows by Mordechai Ardon
which adorn the reading hall
carry the verse from Isaiah:
“And they shall beat their swords into plowshares
and their spears into pruning hooks
nation shall not lift up sword against nation
neither shall they learn war anymore”
These windows link the ancient prophecy of peace
to the turbulent reality of our times
Similarly, the performance offers a moment of illumination in a time of darkness
a journey of spirit
of sound
of letter
and of silence filled with meaning

MOMENTS

ביקורות

Thank you very much for the extraordinary experience of the theater, in their new show. The flower we received at the end of the show symbolized for me the blossoming of a new beginning.

It was one of the craziest experiences. I have no words to explain. Only when I arrived at the old Shaarei Zedek area in Jerusalem, the lights and the setting began to explain to me where I had really arrived... I wish everyone days like I had with the theater.

Hi, I was at your show yesterday in the old Shaare Zedek and it was stunning, opening and heart-expanding. Each and every part was done with sensitivity and inclusion, and I didn't realize how much I needed this space before I arrived. Thank you again from the bottom of my heart.

Creative Team

Director – Yulia Ginis

General Producer – Ori Hirshler

Executive Producer – Mark Burshtein

Choreography – Michal Meg

Line Producer – Natalia Grigoryeva

Marketing, PR & Client Relations – MUDU.ME (Mark Burshtein, Roy Michael Shefy, Yana Levitan)

Costume Design – Lipa Strand

Video Art & Sound – Fika Magarik, Maya Adar-Walling, Ilya Tribelsky

App Design & Programming – Michael Magarik

Stage Management – Shani Luzon

Sound – Fika Magarik

Visual & Lighting Design – Maxim Dov, Grigory Lomize

Letters in Prophetic Kabbalah (The Book of the Sign and others) – R. Avraham Abulafia

Textual Consultation – Esther Bithos

Texts – Michal Mag, Ilya Trebelsky, Avraham Leader

ACTORS

· Lior Avshalom

· Srulik Pniel

· Alya Goldman

· Chihiro Tazuro

· Meni Rapoport

· Gregory Katsenelson

· Anastasia Gordymanova

· Nikita Oleinikov

· Noya Schwartz

· Yael Schreiber

· Darya Efrat

· Atalia Galina

· Gili Rahat

· Ivan Zabashta

· Zyabko Sergey

· Daniel Brusovani

· Netta Canfi Avshalom

· Ksenia Saevich