PAGE 3 - COURSES FROM JANUARY, 2009
THROUGH JUNE, 2009
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The Blessing of
Parenting:
Raising Our
Children with Jewish Spiritual Values |
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Join us for a 5-session
parenting group, in which we will discover how the Torah
and other Jewish teachings can provide us with guidance
in raising our children. Each week, we will read and
discuss selections from the book, The Blessing of a
Skinned Knee by Wendy Mogel. Please purchase a copy
of the book before the first class.
Dates:
Monday mornings: March
2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Time:9:30
AM
Teacher: Rabbi Lisa Malik
Location: Shul |
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Jewish History Mini-Series (part of our Monday
Mega-Series):
Jewish Science in Pre-Modern Times |
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Andrew Berns, a Penn
scholar who participated in our Jewish History
Mini-Series in the past, is back by popular demand. In
this mini-series, Berns will lecture on botany,
mineralogy and zoology in medieval and early modern
times. His focus will be on doctors and rabbis who took
an interest in the natural world of the Bible and strove
to balance their faith in received traditions with their
scientific pursuits.
Dates:
Monday evenings, March
16, 23, 30
Time: 8:00 PM
Teacher:
Andrew Berns of the
University of Pennsylvania
Location: Shul
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Halacha L’Maaseh (Practical Halacha):
Shulchan Aruch &
Mishnah Berurah Texts About Shabbat Observance
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As we partake of “Beer
and Shmear” (a.k.a. “Shalosh Seudot”, the third meal of
Shabbat), we will read and discuss excerpts of the
“Shulchan Aruch”, the 16th century Separdic
code of Jewish law, along with the 16th
century Ashkenazic gloss of Rabbi Moshe Isserles and the
19th century commentary of the Chafetz Chayim
known as the “Mishnah Berurah”. This year, we will
study sections of these texts that deal with Shabbat
observance.
Dates: Shabbat afternoons on
March 14 and 28;
April 11 and 18; May 16 and 23; June 13 and 20.
Time: Immediately before Mincha
Teacher:
Rabbi Lisa Malik &
Rebbitzman Adi Wyner
Location: Shul
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Talmud Siyyum (on the Fast of Firstborns before
Passover) |
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Date: Thursday, April 8, 2009
Time: 7:30 AM
Teacher: Rabbi Lisa Malik
Location: Shul
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Scholar-In-Residence
Shabbat: Crossing Boundaries
Between “Us” vs. “Them” |
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Scholar: Rabbi Joshua Cahan of
the Jewish Theological Seminary
Dates: April 24-25, 2009
1. Friday night, April 24,
2009 "Can You Eat In My House Even Though It’s Not Kosher?”
Time: Services at 6 PM. Dinner
at 7 PM. Study session at 8:30 PM.
2. Shabbat morning, April 25,
2009: "Chasing A Shadow: Our Fear of Seeming Orthodox”
Time: Services begin at 9:30
AM. Study session at approximately 11:00 AM.
3. Shabbat afternoon before
Mincha, April 25, 2009: “How Do We Handle
Those Who Challenge Our Deepest Beliefs? The Stories of
Beruriah & Elisha ben Abuya”
Time: Study session at 6:00
PM. Mincha at 7:00 PM. Shalosh Seudot (“Beer & Shmear”) at
7:30 PM. Maariv & Havdalah at 8:32 PM.
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Wild Women of Biblical Proportions
(a.k.a. Bodacious Babes in the Bible) |
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A monthly
class for women taught by Rabbi Lisa Malik, beginning on
Wednesday, April 29 at 10 AM. This class will meet on
the last Wednesday of the month at Bala Cynwyd Library.
The women we will study between April-July include:
Tamar, Ruth & Naomi, Dena, Rachel & Leah.
Date:
The last Wednesday of each month, beginning April 29
Time:
10:00 AM
Leader:
Rabbi Malik
Location: Bala Cynwyd
Library |
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Yom HaShoah |
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Extended minyan, candle lighting and
program
Date: May 1, 2009
Time: 7:30 PM
Leaders: Rabbi Lisa Malik and
Rebbitzman Adi Wyner
Location: Shul
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Art
of Jewish Living Mini-Series: Kippah & Tallit-Making
Workshops (part of our Monday Mega-Series) |
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In
these hands-on workshops, you will learn how to crochet
a kippah and how to tie tzitzit knots on a tallit. You
will also have an opportunity to design a tallit of your
very own using pre-cut silk and fabric paints. This
class is open to pre-teens, teenagers, and adults. It is
appropriate for those who are artistically challenged as
well as those who are not! There is a cost of $75 per
person for materials. To sign up, call the synagogue
office or send an e-mail to
ruth@sjccba.org.
RSVP required by no later than March 1, 2009.
Dates:
Monday evenings, May 4,
11, 18
Time: 8:00 PM
Teacher:
Rabbi Lisa Malik, Elaine
Cohen, & Sue Korenstein
Location: Shul
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Tikkun Leyl Shavuot:
All Night Study Session |
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We celebrate our ancestors’
receiving the Torah by studying Jewish texts and topics all
night long on Erev Shavuot. Before midnight, there will be a few
different study sessions running concurrently. After midnight,
there will be approximately one session per hour. Topics will
range from Torah to Talmud to Jewish Philosophy to cooking
workshops. There will be sessions for children as well as for
adults, as well as supervision of those children who wish to
participate in our annual Shabbat Sleepover. Coffee, cheesecake,
and other dairy foods will be service throughout the night. For
those who opt to stay all night, we will conclude our studies
with an early morning Shacharit service, including the reading
of the Ten Commandments.
Dates:
Thursday night & Friday morning: May 28-29, 2009
Time:
7:30 PM on Thursday evening
until 4:30 AM on Friday morning
Teachers: 10+ teachers
Location: Shul
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To inquire about any of our classes please call
610-446-1967 or use our on-line form.
Unless stated otherwise, all classes take place at Suburban
Jewish Community Center - Bnai Aaron.
SJCC Bnai Aaron serves all of the communities of the Main Line
Philadelphia suburbs and Delaware County, including Wynnewood,
Ardmore, Havertown, Haverford, Newtown Square, Broomall, Radnor,
Upper Darby, Springfield, Bala Cynwyd, Bryn Mawr, Rosemont,
Villanova, St. David’s, Wayne, Devon, Berwyn, Media, Wallingford and
Swarthmore.
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