Limud - Gate of Study
Study is a powerful way to access the riches of our tradition. It can take place in a variety of settings and ways. Whether in preparing or listening to a Dvar Torah (word of Torah) or study session, on a hike or while sharing a holiday meal, Jewish learning should be experienced in a manner that challenges the intellect and rouses the soul. Some texts and ideas are approached easily, while other require reflection. Some even demand debate. Sha'ar welcomes all questions. It is better to wrestle with our tradition than to ignore it or remain indifferent
Sha'ar offers several opportunities to explore our tradition:
- Evening study sessions
- Shabbat afternoon Torah study and Havdalah service
- Torah leyning and haftarah chanting for beginners
- Morning study sessions
- Siddur based Hebrew reading classes
In addition, Rabbi Lewittes teaches classes at various local organizations such as the JCC on the Palisades.
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, Rabbi Mordecai M. Kaplan:
Sources of Spirituality for the 21st Century
Join us for an examination of selections from the writings from these two seminal figures in modern Jewish thought with dramatically different understandings of the essence of Judaism. Heschel drew inspiration from religious experience; Kaplan from history and community. The eternal tension between reason and feeling in the search for meaning continues.
WHERE: 275 McKinley Avenue, New Milford, NJ
WHEN: Tuesday mornings, beginning October 11, 2011 to June 12, 2012
TIME: 10am-11:30am
COST: $225 per 10-week series
(If there is sufficient interest, an evening session of this class may be added. Email rabbi@shaarcommunities.org for more info)
Headline Jews:
Breaking News And Ideas Shaping Our Jewish World
The Jewish community is facing unprecedented challenges and opportunities in this second decade of the 21st century. People, Jewish law, politics and spirituality are keeping the changing face of Jewish life at a rapid clip. Daily and weekly newspapers as well as academic and spiritual writings are chronicling these events and in many ways serving as the primary texts of our ever-unfolding sacred tradition. Join us for spirited discussion of the most current trends and issues being talked about and debated throughout the Jewish world. Stay up to date with your own Jewish identity, and lend your voice to the conversation about where Jewish life is heading. Stay in the loop!
WHERE: YJCC of Washington Township
WHEN: 15 Mondays beginning Nov 7, 2011
TIME: 9:30am-11am
COST: $375, checks payable to "YJCC". Please bring to first class.
2011-2012 Kaplen JCC on the Palisades
Women's Rosh Chodesh Study Group with Rabbi Adina Lewittes
Tuesdays, 7:30pm
Self, Identity and Consciousness in the book of Genesis:
The Commentary of Dr. Aviva Gottlieb Zornberg
One of the most unique features of Judaism is its invitation to us, indeed our obligation, to engage in life-long dialogue with our sacred texts and traditions. Wresting with the text by exploring the questions it raises about faith, doubt, loyalty, love, holiness, community, identity and morality is a hallmark of Jewish piety for leaders and lay people alike. Beginning within the Bible itself and continuing throughout the millennia, rabbinic, scholarly and spiritual commentary has rendered the Torah a living text, assuring its timeless wisdom and eternal relevance in our lives.
Adding her voice to generations of master teachers and scholars of Torah, Aviva Gottlieb Zornberg plumbs the deepest layers of biblical narratives for their insights into human nature and consciousness. Combining literary analysis with psychoanalytic thought as well as rabbinic and Hassidic teachings, Zornberg uncovers the richness of our stories as they describe the interplay between self, family, community and God and provide us with guidance as we wrestle with our own complex lives and relationships -- human and divine.
Join us for 9 monthly sessions to explore the unique and powerful commentary of Aviva Gottlieb Zornberg on selected stories from the book of Genesis and from the lives of Adam, Eve, Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Hagar, Isaac, Ishmael, Rebekah, Jacob and Esau, Rachel, Leah and Joseph.
9 Tuesdays:
October 25, 2011, November 22, 2011, December 20, 2011, January 24, 2012, February 28, 2012, March 20, 2012, May 1, 2012, May 22, 2012, June 19, 2012
REGISTRATION IS THROUGH THE KAPLEN JCC (www.jccotp.org or 201-569-7900)
Friday am Talmud Study,
8:30-9:30am in the cafe at the Kaplen JCC, 411 East Clinton Avenue, Tenafly, NJ. Email rabbi@shaarcommunities.org to be added to the mailing list for schedule changes.
Looking forward to seeing everyone there and to another wonderful year of study and reflection together. Bring your friends!
For more information please call 917-412-2639 or email andy@shaarcommunities.org
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