SHIUR in tuscany: renaissance retreat
June 25-28, 2026| Tuscany, Italy (SIENA/chianti region)
Natural Wine. Text Discourse. Tuscan Cuisine. Shabbat Renewal.
ABOUT THE RETREAT
Join us for a three night retreat at Pacina Farm, a natural winery and organic farming estate nestled in the Chianti hills. With a curated group of participants, the retreat features SHIUR’s signature format of text-based discourse circles, interdisciplinary workshops, and communal meals in an intimate and reflective setting.
SHIUR founder Micki Weinberg will lead explorations of texts at the intersection of Renaissance Humanism and Italian Kabbalah, engaging rarely studied sources in the very region that gave rise to them.
Through primary sources, we will examine the paradox at the heart of the Renaissance: a moment of rebirth grounded in a renewed relationship with tradition and the past. What does it mean to rediscover the past in order to renew the present? In the Tuscan hills—where many of these ideas first took shape—we will explore that question and see where it takes us.
We will experience Shabbat with a new perspective, through the lens of Renaissance and Italian thinkers.
THE RETREAT INCLUDES
SHIUR text-based discourses
Shabbat and Havdalah Program
Mindfulness and Yoga workshops
Sessions led by SHIUR founder Micki Weinberg, and others
Music, sound, song and movement experiences
Gourmet vegetarian local Tuscan cuisine
Pool
Winery Tour and Tastings
Nature excursions
ABOUT THE LOCATION
You will stay at Pacina, a historic organic farm nestled in the Chianti hills near Siena. Centered around a restored 10th-century monastery and farmhouse, the family run estate is surrounded by vineyards, olive groves, woodland, and fields that have been cultivated for centuries. You will stay in simple, beautifully preserved apartments within the historic buildings and gather for shared meals prepared with local ingredients by a local chef. Family-run and deeply connected to the rhythms of the land, Pacina offers us a quiet, intimate setting where the landscape, architecture, and agricultural traditions of Tuscany can be experienced up close and interwined with SHIUR’s learning and practices.
Participants can choose from different rooms of varying size and offerings.
Costs
The participation fee covers three nights at Agriturismo Pacina, all meals, the full programme, and transport from the nearest airport to the retreat location — everything except your travel to Italy.