Abundance Farm warmly welcomes you to celebrate the strength of our local community and the resilience of the land. The ancient Jewish festival of Hak'hel marks the beginning and end of a seven year cycle. It is a perfect opportunity to recommit to the society we want to build and to have some fun!

Everyone is welcome. Tickets are sliding scale, 0-$30 per family.

Please contact Amy Stein at amy@cbinorthampton.org for accessibility accommodations. See here for more information about accessibility during the festival.

Volunteer at the Festival: We are in need of community volunteers to help the festival to run smoothly. Sign up here to get involved. Thank you for your support!

Schedule of Events

(subject to change)

Up Front By Prospect Street

1 - 2:30 PM Tree Planting

Join our partners at Tree Northampton to plant trees near the road for the whole community!

1 - 3 PM Teen Tree Planting and Time Capsule Creation

For 6th - 12th graders: Join fellow teens in planting new trees and a time capsule to be opened next Hak’hel!

The Stage (aka LGA Field)

1 - 2 PM Family Sing

Heather and Avi lead us in songs for the earth and all our neighbors.

2 - 3 PM Story & Song: Growing Strong Through Community and Land

Join Molly Bajgot and community storytellers for singing and stories.

3:15 - 3:45 PM Berkshire Bateria: Joy of Samba Drumming Workshop

Learn how to play traditional Brazilian percussive instruments and enjoy core Samba rhythms!

4 - 4:30 PM People’s Puppet Parade & Ritual Moment

Delight in the Hak'hel spectacle, which explores themes of resting and waking, doorways and transitions, and dreaming our way towards liberation.

The community then comes together for a collective ritual and reading to mark this moment in Jewish time.

4:30 - 5 PM Berkshire Bateria Live Music

Dance to incredible live Samba rhythms!

The Courtyard (aka Water Building Driveway)

2 - 2:30 PM Learn About Hak’hel with Rabbi David Seidenberg

Part A: What is Hak'hel really about? How can we recreate Revelation - without a mountain or hierarchy – after a whole year of Shmitah?

Part B: What about the other six years? The Shmitah year is part of a seven-year cycle: each year mandates a different practice to uplift the poor, the vulnerable, and the Levites. Learn the cycle and its message about what kind of society we should build.

All Day Offerings

• Make Seeds Bombs with Lander-Grinspoon Academy - A seed bomb is a little ball made up of compost, clay and seeds and is used to easily disperse seeds in wild places.

• CBI Tikkun Olam table

• The Humble Peach food table - buy sandwiches and cookies

• Make Climate Flags with Beit Ahavah

• Tea Making for Transition Times with the People’s Medicine Project

• Seven Year Time Walk - Walk the festival and imagine the next 7 years!

The Hearth (aka by the Cob Oven)

All Day Offerings

• Cob Oven Pretzels

• Fresh Pressed Apple Cider

• Make Your Own Garlic Torshi ~ A seven year pickle

• Sukkah Photo-Booth

• Lulav & Etrog shake 

• Soup on the Fire with CBI Chesed Committee