about us
“Sometimes you need to encounter a stranger to discover your own tradition.”
Shebet Haaretz’s mission is to bring to life a comprehensive Jewish practice that is rooted in a deep understanding and connection to the Earth, the Jewish cyclical-calendar, and the ancient wisdom of the Torah. Through mirror-encounters with indigenous peoples and cultures around the world, our transformative expeditions teach you to look at the world with the eyes of our ancestors, discover your place within the Jewish tradition, and leave more connected to yourself, and your unique purpose.
who we are
We are a living global community; alive in movement, in learning, in exploration, in growth. We walk in the wilderness as our ancestors did, creating a global community that is deeply rooted in the ancestral wisdom and ethics of the Torah, which informs our encounters with the jungles, mountains, deserts, and vast plains of the world.
We seek to re-discover the ancient ways of our people, the mitzvot, the ancient Jewish spiritual-technologies which teach us how to connect more deeply to ourselves, the world, and all the beings and peoples of the Earth. We are a community who believes that we are the descendants of a tradition of mystics and sages that guides us and calls upon us to renew our responsibility as Guardians of the Planet.
We are a community that feels a deep connection to the Land of Israel, a beloved place and consciousness; our people’s sacred center; the soil of our oldest memories. With the voice of the Land whispering her teachings in our ears, we commit ourselves to a life of building bridges; of tikun olam; of mending the rifts that divide us, the peoples of the world and humanities relationship with our planet.
core values/goals
Explore
Encounter
Connect
Study
Discover
Experience
Strenghten
Build
Transformation
HOW?
By taking the Jewish community to life outdoors, and practice our Judaism with prayers, songs and teachings.
WHY?
Most Jews and most Jewish practice is currently found in urban centers. Yet, the ancient writings and texts of our ancestors are filled with Judaism and Jewish practice began and flourished from a deep connection with nature. We believe that we need to return to nature, and return nature to Judaism.
WHAT?
Through expeditions to remote locations around the world, and encounters with the indigenous people and cultures of the world, Through mirror-encounters with indigenous peoples and cultures around the world, our transformative expeditions teach you to look at the world with the eyes of our ancestors, discover your place within the Jewish tradition, and leave more connected to yourself, and your unique purpose.
team
MEET OUR TEAM
Marcos
Marcos has been exploring, learning, and teaching about the world´s natures and cultures for many years. As a graduate of Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, he has worked on Urbanism and Architecture research projects in Baja California Sur, focused on regenerative strategies for urban planning in arid lands. With a Master's Degree in Environmental Studies from Tel Aviv University in Israel, he has developed utopian theories about self-sufficiency based on biomimicry principles. He has given Seminars on Urban Projects at the Universidad Iberoamericana.
Marcos has always been attracted to nature and outdoors life. It is in nature that he discovered his spirituality, awareness, and connection to Torah and Judaism. As such, Marcos dedicates himself to the study of the land of Israel through the wisdom contained in the ancient Jewish texts and the complexity of the Hebrew calendar.
This deep connection to Judaism through nature ultimately brought Marcos to make aliya (to immigrate) to Israel with his wife and three children. They currently live in Moshav Amirim in the Galil.
Emilio
Emilio Cohen has spent the last 20 years of his life discovering who he is. Through long walks in the natures of Israel and the world, coupled with the deep study of the sacred Jewish texts, Emilio ultimately found his main calling: to share the light of Jewish wisdom with the people around him and the entire world.
Emilio has found that the best way to do this is by bringing people into the wilderness and there, to explore the practices and texts that he holds so dear. He has found that this also infects one with a love for the nature of the planet earth. It was for these reasons that Emilio co-founded Shebet Haaretz: to deepen people’s enjoyment of life through the study of torah, running in the mountains and when one can, snowboarding.
Emilio recently made aliyah and lives with his family in the hills of the Upper Galilee