Torah Together

This group is for all learners at all ages and stages. You don’t need to know Hebrew or have learned Torah in  the past; we read in English and proceed slowly, asking questions and utilizing traditional commentaries and  our own knowledge to find answers.

Most important, it has been providing the space for an exploration of our own beliefs and the relationship of the Torah’s timeless messages to our own time and place.

Torah Together will be held on the 2nd and 4th Shabbat mornings when we don’t meet for Tefilot.

Please contact Susan with questions and to sign up at [email protected]

12.10.19

Kabbalat Shabbat, Dessert & Learning – Friday, January 10, 2020

Date:     Friday, January 10, 2020
Place:    Gail & Chris’s home
Time:     7:00pm Kabbalat Shabbat
7:45pm Dessert & Learning

One of the thorniest spiritual challenges for modern people is that of prayer. Believers, as we are, in a scientific understanding of the world and how it works there is no place for us to pray to God to heal people, end wars and help us win the lottery.

I’ve titled this Friday night’s learning “Why You Should Not Pray . . . and A Few Good Reasons Why You Might.” We’ll begin with three brief passages from the Talmud and we’ll find, lo and behold, that our rabbis didn’t much believe in asking God to act in the world (at least sometimes). Following that, we’ll explore a brief piece of writing by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks on his understanding of the meaning of purpose of Jewish prayer.

I hope you’ll join me in this interesting conversation following our Friday night Tefilot and dessert.

L’shalom,
Marc

To sign up to bring something and/or to let us know you are attending,
please click HERE.

*Please remember to bring cooking oil for the KUMC Food Pantry**

1.7.20

Morning Tefilot, Learning & Kiddush

Date:     Saturday, January 18, 2020
Where:  Home of Jane R.
Time:     9:00am Coffee and… 9:30am Tefilot and Learning,… 11:30am Kiddush and Conclusion

To sign up to bring something or to let us know that you will be attending, please click HERE.

With our learning this Shabbat we’ll mark the yahrzeit of Abraham Joshua Heschel, one of the most insightful and inspiring Jewish thinkers of the 20^th century. We’ll discuss passages from his presentation “Children and Youth.” However, far from being a treatment of childhood, his focus is the question of what it means to be a human being living in our modern, technological world and the challenge to living a life of dignity and meaning in that world. Written over sixty years ago, its truths remain resonant today.

I look forward to sharing a Shabbat morning with you exploring Heschel’s spiritual alternative to the soulless nature of the modern world.

L’shalom,

Marc

1.14.20

Monday, January 20th

Rabbi Belgrad will lead a group to join the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of the JUF, Stone Temple Baptist Church and the North Lawndale Historical & Cultural Society for the annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemoration featuring: A Conversation on Restorative Justice. 11:00am – 1:30pm

Please email Rabbi Belgrad directly at [email protected] to let him know that you would like to join him.

120918

Kabbalat Shabbat, Dessert & Learning – Friday, January 24, 2020

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