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Bus leaves the Yeshiva at 7:00 am and returns at 8:45 am.
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5 Levels of Hebrew Ulpan - Aleph, Aleph+, Bet, Bet+, Gimmel-Dalet, & Heh-Vav
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5 Levels of Hebrew Ulpan - Aleph, Aleph+, Bet, Bet+, Gimmel-Dalet, & Heh-Vav
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5 Levels of Hebrew Ulpan - Aleph, Aleph+, Bet, Bet+, Gimmel-Dalet, & Heh-Vav
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5 Levels of Hebrew Ulpan - Aleph, Aleph+, Bet, Bet+, Gimmel-Dalet, & Heh-Vav
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Schedule:
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5 Levels of Hebrew Ulpan - Aleph, Aleph+, Bet, Bet+, Gimmel-Dalet, & Heh-Vav
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Week 1 - Rosh HaShanah, Week 2 - Yom Kippur Shacharit & Musaf, Week 3 - Yom Kippur Mincha & Neila
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Faculty: Chazan Jalda Rebling & Chazan Jaclyn Chernett

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The Babylonian Talmud is the quintessential compendium of Jewish lore and law. It records hundreds of years of responses and debates provoked by the redacting of the Mishnah in around 200CE. In this class we will look at a section of the Talmud that deals with the legal obligations of non-Jews – the so called "Noachide laws". The Rabbis of the Talmud understood that a form of basic moral law predated the revelation at Mount Sinai. What is the status of that earlier law? Who is bound by it and why? What is the content of this earlier universal obligation? How does that earlier law dovetail with later revelations intended for Jews alone? This class is appropriate for beginners with a basic Hebrew vocabulary and those with some Talmud experience.
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Language: English
Faculty: Rabbi Joel Levy

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Human dignity has recently become a newly meaningful value concept in progressive Jewish legal thinking. What are its roots in the classical Jewish sources? What factors convey dignity to human beings? What factors undermine human dignity? Does the Torah’s demands for living always support this value? How shall we deal with a conflict between the Torah and human dignity? Our primary sources will be talmudic and liturgical texts, in English translation.
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Language: English
Faculty: Rabbi David Greenstein

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Week 1 - Rosh HaShanah, Week 2 - Yom Kippur Shacharit & Musaf, Week 3 - Yom Kippur Mincha & Neila
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Faculty: Chazan Jalda Rebling & Chazan Jaclyn Chernett

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How do we respond to the unimaginable? In this course, we'll do a close reading of the Book of Eicha as we approach Tisha b'Av, commemorating the destruction of the Temple. Confronting truly gruesome texts, from mothers eating their children to gang rape, we will examine how we process trauma and what God's role is in the creation of trauma. We will look at when it is appropriate to blame God and what happens if God does not respond. We will also consider the figure of personified Jerusalem, raising questions of the role of suffering in female and in Jewish leadership. However, this class is not as depressing as it may seem. As a student from last summer noted, "perhaps Jeremiah (the alleged writer of Lamentations) was the world's first stand-up comedian." This class is appropriate for all levels.
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Faculty: Bex Stern Rosenblatt

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Pesikta de Rav Kahana on Megilat Eicha (The Book of Lamentations) Using this early midrashic text, constructed around the special readings in the Jewish yearly calendar, we will explore rabbinic perceptions of the meaning of the Destruction of the Temple, and their theological understandings of God’s relationship with His people prior to it and following it. The course will examine midrashim on the three Prophecies of Calamity read on the three Shabbatot preceding Tisha b’Av, on Eicha, and on the seven Prophecies of Consolation read on the weeks following the fast.
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Faculty: Sara Tova Brody

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Week 1 - Rosh HaShanah, Week 2 - Yom Kippur Shacharit & Musaf, Week 3 - Yom Kippur Mincha & Neila
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Faculty: Chazan Jalda Rebling & Chazan Jaclyn Chernett

Description:
The Babylonian Talmud is the quintessential compendium of Jewish lore and law. It records hundreds of years of responses and debates provoked by the redacting of the Mishnah in around 200CE. In this class we will look at a section of the Talmud that deals with the legal obligations of non-Jews – the so called "Noachide laws". The Rabbis of the Talmud understood that a form of basic moral law predated the revelation at Mount Sinai. What is the status of that earlier law? Who is bound by it and why? What is the content of this earlier universal obligation? How does that earlier law dovetail with later revelations intended for Jews alone? This class is appropriate for beginners with a basic Hebrew vocabulary and those with some Talmud experience.
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Language: English
Faculty: Rabbi Joel Levy

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Human dignity has recently become a newly meaningful value concept in progressive Jewish legal thinking. What are its roots in the classical Jewish sources? What factors convey dignity to human beings? What factors undermine human dignity? Does the Torah’s demands for living always support this value? How shall we deal with a conflict between the Torah and human dignity? Our primary sources will be talmudic and liturgical texts, in English translation.
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Language: English
Faculty: Rabbi David Greenstein

Description:
Week 1 - Rosh HaShanah, Week 2 - Yom Kippur Shacharit & Musaf, Week 3 - Yom Kippur Mincha & Neila
Required Texts:
Schedule:
Language:
Faculty: Chazan Jalda Rebling & Chazan Jaclyn Chernett

Description:
How do we respond to the unimaginable? In this course, we'll do a close reading of the Book of Eicha as we approach Tisha b'Av, commemorating the destruction of the Temple. Confronting truly gruesome texts, from mothers eating their children to gang rape, we will examine how we process trauma and what God's role is in the creation of trauma. We will look at when it is appropriate to blame God and what happens if God does not respond. We will also consider the figure of personified Jerusalem, raising questions of the role of suffering in female and in Jewish leadership. However, this class is not as depressing as it may seem. As a student from last summer noted, "perhaps Jeremiah (the alleged writer of Lamentations) was the world's first stand-up comedian." This class is appropriate for all levels.
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Schedule:
Language:
Faculty: Bex Stern Rosenblatt

Description:
Pesikta de Rav Kahana on Megilat Eicha (The Book of Lamentations) Using this early midrashic text, constructed around the special readings in the Jewish yearly calendar, we will explore rabbinic perceptions of the meaning of the Destruction of the Temple, and their theological understandings of God’s relationship with His people prior to it and following it. The course will examine midrashim on the three Prophecies of Calamity read on the three Shabbatot preceding Tisha b’Av, on Eicha, and on the seven Prophecies of Consolation read on the weeks following the fast.
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Faculty: Sara Tova Brody

Description:
Week 1 - Rosh HaShanah, Week 2 - Yom Kippur Shacharit & Musaf, Week 3 - Yom Kippur Mincha & Neila
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Schedule:
Language:
Faculty: Chazan Jalda Rebling & Chazan Jaclyn Chernett

Description:
The Babylonian Talmud is the quintessential compendium of Jewish lore and law. It records hundreds of years of responses and debates provoked by the redacting of the Mishnah in around 200CE. In this class we will look at a section of the Talmud that deals with the legal obligations of non-Jews – the so called "Noachide laws". The Rabbis of the Talmud understood that a form of basic moral law predated the revelation at Mount Sinai. What is the status of that earlier law? Who is bound by it and why? What is the content of this earlier universal obligation? How does that earlier law dovetail with later revelations intended for Jews alone? This class is appropriate for beginners with a basic Hebrew vocabulary and those with some Talmud experience.
Required Texts:
Schedule:
Language: English
Faculty: Rabbi Joel Levy

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Human dignity has recently become a newly meaningful value concept in progressive Jewish legal thinking. What are its roots in the classical Jewish sources? What factors convey dignity to human beings? What factors undermine human dignity? Does the Torah’s demands for living always support this value? How shall we deal with a conflict between the Torah and human dignity? Our primary sources will be talmudic and liturgical texts, in English translation.
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Language: English
Faculty: Rabbi David Greenstein

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First Hour - Nigun/Piyut or personal coaching in Shelichut Tsibbur for Yamim Nora’im. Second Hour - Tefilah Lab for EVERYONE for Weekday Tefilah.
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Faculty: Chazan Jalda Rebling & Chazan Jaclyn Chernett

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Among the topics we will cover: How does Judaism view physical health, exercise and competitive sports? Is it permitted to participate in potentially hurtful, harmful or violent sports and activities such as football, boxing, or paintball? Is it even permitted to watch violent sports? What about board games or video games which involve violent scenarios? Is sports gambling permitted? Is there a Jewish way to be a sports fan?
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Faculty: Rabbi Alan Iser

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A villain and a righteous person? A conniving brother and a naive victim? Their complicated relationship does not end in the book of Bereshit, it stretches to the ends of the Tanakh (and beyond). How and where? That's what we will look at.
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Faculty: Vered Hollander Goldfarb

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First Hour - Nigun/Piyut or personal coaching in Shelichut Tsibbur for Yamim Nora’im. Second Hour - Tefilah Lab for EVERYONE for Weekday Tefilah.
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Faculty: Chazan Jalda Rebling & Chazan Jaclyn Chernett

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This course will examine several responsa by medieval Spanish poskim on topics relating to widows and widowhood. Although responsa are halakhic writings, written exclusively by male authority figures and focusing on legal and religious questions, they offer important glimpses of daily life and often provide insight into the life and social structure of their times. We will examine the chosen responsa with an eye toward uncovering the often-concealed “voices” of medieval women, as well as their – and their male contemporaries – view of women’s place in society and in the home.
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Faculty: Sara Tova Brody

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Exploring some of the illuminating spiritual insights from Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of the British Mandatory Palestine (d. 1935). Participants will delve into Rav Kook’s understanding on how to access the soul’s “still small voice” and what it means to heed her unique urgings. The class will discuss as well Rav Kook’s teachings on the spiritual dimension of freedom, authenticity and personal truth.
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Language: English
Faculty: Yiscah Smith

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First Hour - Nigun/Piyut or personal coaching in Shelichut Tsibbur for Yamim Nora’im. Second Hour - Tefilah Lab for EVERYONE for Weekday Tefilah.
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Faculty: Chazan Jalda Rebling & Chazan Jaclyn Chernett

Description:
Among the topics we will cover: How does Judaism view physical health, exercise and competitive sports? Is it permitted to participate in potentially hurtful, harmful or violent sports and activities such as football, boxing, or paintball? Is it even permitted to watch violent sports? What about board games or video games which involve violent scenarios? Is sports gambling permitted? Is there a Jewish way to be a sports fan?
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Faculty: Rabbi Alan Iser

Description:
A villain and a righteous person? A conniving brother and a naive victim? Their complicated relationship does not end in the book of Bereshit, it stretches to the ends of the Tanakh (and beyond). How and where? That's what we will look at.
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Schedule:
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Faculty: Vered Hollander Goldfarb

Description:
First Hour - Nigun/Piyut or personal coaching in Shelichut Tsibbur for Yamim Nora’im. Second Hour - Tefilah Lab for EVERYONE for Weekday Tefilah.
Required Texts:
Schedule:
Language:
Faculty: Chazan Jalda Rebling & Chazan Jaclyn Chernett

Description:
This course will examine several responsa by medieval Spanish poskim on topics relating to widows and widowhood. Although responsa are halakhic writings, written exclusively by male authority figures and focusing on legal and religious questions, they offer important glimpses of daily life and often provide insight into the life and social structure of their times. We will examine the chosen responsa with an eye toward uncovering the often-concealed “voices” of medieval women, as well as their – and their male contemporaries – view of women’s place in society and in the home.
Required Texts: For students with intermediate to advanced Hebrew and/or experience with Jewish text.
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Faculty: Sara Tova Brody

Description:
First Hour - Nigun/Piyut or personal coaching in Shelichut Tsibbur for Yamim Nora’im. Second Hour - Tefilah Lab for EVERYONE for Weekday Tefilah.
Required Texts:
Schedule:
Language:
Faculty: Chazan Jalda Rebling & Chazan Jaclyn Chernett

Description:
Among the topics we will cover: How does Judaism view physical health, exercise and competitive sports? Is it permitted to participate in potentially hurtful, harmful or violent sports and activities such as football, boxing, or paintball? Is it even permitted to watch violent sports? What about board games or video games which involve violent scenarios? Is sports gambling permitted? Is there a Jewish way to be a sports fan?
Required Texts:
Schedule:
Language:
Faculty: Rabbi Alan Iser

Description:
A villain and a righteous person? A conniving brother and a naive victim? Their complicated relationship does not end in the book of Bereshit, it stretches to the ends of the Tanakh (and beyond). How and where? That's what we will look at.
Required Texts:
Schedule:
Language:
Faculty: Vered Hollander Goldfarb