All study and Hebrew skill levels welcome. The widely acclaimed Havruta Program, now in its sixth year, creates a learning community where participants can discover personal and spiritual meaning through the authentic and serious study of Jewish texts. In the Havruta Program, participants study in small skill-based groups, followed by a lesson on the same text given by a master scholar. Participants with all skill levels are welcome, and no Hebrew is required. This year's Havruta Program is a partnership between the Jewish Theological Seminary and Park Avenue Synagogue.
All courses are eight sessions.
I and Thou is arguably the most widely read book authored by a Jewish thinker in the past century. I and Thou writings and then concentrates on central portions of the book itself. Reading Ritual in the Zohar Rabbi Shaul Magid Department of Jewish Philosophy While rationalizing the commandments and justifying religious practice began in the Talmud and continues to the present, Kabbalah was invested in showing how mitzvot were much more than communal practices for creating a Jewish ethical code. Kabbalists understood the covenantal relationship between God and Israel through the belief that the performance of mitzvot affected God and consequently the world. This course will analyze the underpinnings of this belief, its meaning for modern Jews and will examine selections from the Zohar, the classic text of Jewish mysticism.