Chevrutah
Chevrutahs are learning pods, hosted by community members and are open to anyone. Click on the Chevrutah name to learn more.
All Chevrutot will be held via ZOOM unless otherwise noted. Links will be sent with registering, in the confirmation email.
Torah Byte
Led by Rabbi Misha Shulman
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"A weekly midday Torah study in which we can take a break from our nonsense and look at the weekly Torah portion and related ideas. This year we will be looking at the Haftarah of each parsha to see what the prophets have to say to us. I'd love to learn with you!"
*Join the Simchat Torah Challenge, where UJA are building a community of Jews who are pledging to read the weekly Torah portion.
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Thursdays @ noon
Meditation: An Introduction
Led by Michael Posnick
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Led by Michael Posnick, meditation opens the way to greater awareness, to living in the present with greater clarity and freedom. Seeing things as they are allows us to accept what is and to act according to need. Meditation is a means of self -discovery and wholehearted participation in the divine play of creation.
Useful preparation: Jack Kornfield's Meditation for Beginners.
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Wednesdays @ 8:45-10:00 AM
Monthly Morning Minyan
Led by Rabbi Misha Shulman
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Join me for an abbreviated Shachrit, the morning prayers once a month on Zoom. These sessions will take place the second tuesday of each month. This half hour gathering will be an opportunity to learn and practice some of our central prayers, to say Kaddish over our loved ones, and to center ourselves as the day begins. It will be another piece of our ongoing exploration of the nature of prayer.
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May 12, May 26, June 2, & June 16 @ 8:45 AM
Rosh Hodesh Chevrutah
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Thousands of years ago, our female ancestors gathered in the darkness of the new moon for communion with each other and the earth. Join us each month as we discover together how these new moon gatherings can connect us to each other, ourselves, our ancestors, and the wisdom of the Earth.
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4.15, 5.17, 6.15 @ 7:30pm
Adult B Mitzvah
Led by Rabbi Misha Shulman
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We are excited to begin an adult B Mitzvah cohort in the coming weeks for folks who have never had one. This is an opportunity to engage in the tradition and think about your place in it, and finally come up to the Torah in a powerful and joyful ritual. It will include a monthly group study, along with a personal study and exploration.
If you have felt like you may have missed something by not having a B Mitzvah when you were younger, or if you weren't raised Jewish, or if you felt like the B Mitzvah you had back when was not as rich an experience as you would have liked, please consider joining this process.
We hope it will give participants a greater sense of belonging, an appreciation of different aspects of Torah, and enhance their pride and joy to be a part of this tradition and a part of The New Shul. Please reach out to me if you have any questions.
This class is FULL! Stay tuned for more classes to open.
Kabbalah & Healing 2: The Sephirot and You
Led by Jeff Casper
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The Tree of Life ("Etz Chayim") is a central metaphor in Kabbalah. Its main components, the Sephirot, can be seen as the layers of consciousness that comprise human awareness, and that connect us with the Divine. In this chevrutah, led by Jeff Casper, we'll focus on six of the 10 Sephirot, one pair at a time, and explore how we experience them in our own lives and bodies. Through readings, discussion, and embodied exercises, we'll taste the particular flavor of Wholeness that each Sephira offers, and maybe even allow our own edges to soften in response.
[While this is the second Kabbalah and Healing offering, you don’t have to have attended the first one to attend this one. We did cover the Creation Myth in more detail than we’ll have time for this time around, so if you’d like to have some more background, please reach out to susan@newshul.org -
May 18, June 1, and June 15