A. Joan’s Class: Jewish Literature and Jewish Life
Mondays at 10:00am
Sept. 12, 19**, 26 Oct. 31 Nov. 7, 14, 21, 28 Dec. 5**, 12
Taught by Rabbi Elana Kanter
$225.00
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This fall, we’ll read Edith Pearlman’s Honeydew: Read 1-2 short stories per week and discuss in depth. **Please note that Sept. 19 and Dec. 5 class will begin at 10:30am.
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A. Joan’s Class: Jewish Literature and Jewish Life
Mondays at 10:00am
Jan. 9, 23, 30 Feb. 6, 27 Mar. 6, 13, 20, 27 April 24 May 1
Taught by Rabbi Elana Kanter
Joan Beren, zichrona livracha, was a beloved and regular participant in this class for many years. Each fall, as we inaugurate a new year of study, we begin with a short tribute to Joan, a person who embodied both a love of Jewish texts and a love of Jewish life. She was an inspiration to those of us who knew her, and her memory continues to be a blessing for us.This spring, we’ll read Joseph Epsteins’s Small Fabulous Jews: Read 1-2 short stories per week and discuss in depth.
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C. Tuesday Morning Talmud
Tuesdays at 8:00am
Oct. 9, 16, 30 Nov. 6, 13, 20, 27 Dec. 4, 11 Make Up Dec. 18 if needed
Taught by Rabbi Elana Kanter
The Talmud teaches us how to argue from different points of view, how to consider multiple angles on any subject, and how to express values through legal language. Fall Topics and Sources:
Talmud 2018-2019
- Hagiga 10a: rabbinic law is like a mountain hanging by a thread
- Hagiga 14b: four entered the Pardes (2x)
- Rosh Hashana 25a: Violating Yom Kippur to prove a point.
- Rosh Hashana 28b: Do commandments require kavvanah (intention)?
- Rosh Hashana 33b-34a: Why do we sound the shofar the way we do?
- Ta’anit 21-22: What ordinary people do to earn a place in the World to Come
- Ta’anit 23a: Honi the Circle-Drawer
- Yoma 23a: Kohanim gone wild: When blood is spilled at the altar
- Sukkah 29b-30a: Can one perform a mitzvah with something stolen?
- Yevamot 24b: What is the status of a conversion for the sake of marriage?
- Yevamot 62b: how 24,000 students of Rabbi Akiva suddenly died
- Ketubot 7b-8a: the seven wedding blessings
- Ketubot 9a: double doubt in the case of a claim about a bride’s non-virginity
- Ketubot 22a: “the mouth that forbids is the mouth that permits”
- Ketubot 31a: when a more serious punishment applies, the lesser punishment is waived
- Ketubot 62b-63a: when too much Torah gets a rabbi killed
- Kiddushin 29a: time-bound positive mitzvot
- Kiddushin 31a-32b: honoring parents
- Kiddushin 39b: what is the reward for observing the commandments?
- Gittin 55b-56a: the story of the destruction of the Temple (Kamtza, bar Kamtza)
- Gittin 56a: the escape of Rabbi Yohanan ben Zakkai (3x)
- Gittin 60a-b: how was the Torah given, scroll-by-scroll or all at once?
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E. Weekly Parsha with Women’s Torah Commentary: Distance Learning
Thursdays 11am Pacific, 1pm Central, 2pm Eastern
Sept. 8, 15, 22, 29 Oct. 20, 27 Nov. 3, 10 Dec. 1. 8, 15
Taught by Rabbi Elana Kanter
Join women from Alabama, Michigan and Texas through gotomeeting.com Delve deeper into the weekly parsha, with the commentary of women scholars and teachers. Text: The Torah A Women’s Commentary, by URJ Press, and The Five Books of Miriam, by Ellen Frankel.
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C. Tuesday Morning Talmud
Tuesdays at 8:00am
September 6, 13, 20, 27 November 1, 8, 22, 29 December 6, 13, 20
Taught by Rabbi Elana Kanter
The Talmud teaches us how to argue from different points of view, how to consider multiple angles on any subject, and how to express values through legal language. Although we did not finish Brachot last year as planned, we are able to continue studying, and that in itself is a blessing (bracha, Brachot), reminding us that its about the journey…
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