Evening Classes
Please know that TBZ is proud to be involved in the Coolidge Corner M’eah Collaborative, which is starting a second two-year program this year. If you didn’t make it into this class and we have enough people for another, we we will start a third Me’ah class in the Fall of 2012. Please sign up in advance at TBZ’s office or online if available.
Stories of the Talmud with Rav Claudia
Wednesdays, February 15, 22, 29 at 7:30pm
As opposed to popular conception the Talmud is not only a book of laws. It is a wondrous literary creation where rules, debates, life stories and fiction merge into a web of meaning. In this course we will look at some of the stories from the Talmudic discussion and see how they use this form as another way to think about and create meaning in life.
This class is opened to all TBZ members. People who participated in last year Stories of the Talmud class are encouraged to join again as we will learn NEW stories!
“Revelation in the Abrahamic Traditions”,
Feb 27, March 5, 12, 19 & April 2
Sponsors: Hebrew College and Andover Newton Theological School.
Hosted by First Parish in Brookline, United Parish in Brookline, and Temple Beth Zion
Location: First Parish in Brookline, 382 Walnut Street, Brookline, MA, 02445.
Time: all sessions, 7-9 p.m.
Cost: $50 for five sessions (payable at first session; scholarships available)
TBZ members should register through TBZ’s office: 617-566-8171 ext 14 or office@tbzbrookline.org.
Limited to 12 members of each congregation.
Schedule:
February 27, 2012: Revelation in Judaism. Rabbi Or Rose Director, Center for Global Judaism Hebrew College
March 5, 2012: Revelation in Christianity. Rev. Gregory Mobley Professor of Christian Bible Andover Newton Theological School
March 12, 2012: Revelation in Islam. Homayra Ziad Assistant Professor of Religion Trinity College
March 19, 2012: Revelation in Unitarian Universalism. Rev. John Buehrens Senior Minister First Parish in Needham
April 2, 2012: Revelation Roundtable. With all Instructors
For Information about the course (no related to registration): contact Gregory Mobley: gmobley@ants.edu
Shepherd, Singer and Sovereign with Reb Moshe
Tuesdays, March 6, 13, 20,27 at 7 pm.
A close reading of the Biblical story of David HaMelekh’s Life and Legacy
Learning Torah as a Spiritual Experience with Rabbi Meir Sendor
Wednesdays 21, 28, April 11,18 7:00-9:00pm
Tuition for TBZers and non TBZers: $135 by March 1.
We will study approaches to Torah that regard learning as cultivating certain states of mind in deep, active communication with God and with Torah teachers, in this world and other worlds. Texts will include a responsum of R. David Ibn Abi Zimra, R. Hayyim Vital’s Sha’ar HaYichudim and Sha’ar HaGilgulim, and R. Hayyim of Volozhin’s Nefesh HaHayyim. In the course of the class, we hope to practice the techniques, to enhance our own spiritual awareness.
Torah Chanting/Leyning.
We have two TBZers interested in learning, about 2 or3 more would fill a class and our esteemed Torah chanting teacher, TBZer Myra Musicant, would love to teach you.
Hebrew Reading.
Would you like to be able to read the siddur and the chumash (the Five Books of Moses)? Let me know and we will arrange at class at TBZ.
For all inquiries into the above programs please contact Reggie Silberberg at tbzadultlearning@gmail.com (This is my new email address for TBZ and regsilver@aol.com still works.)
Women’s Study Group with Rav Claudia
Wednesday, Oct 26, 7:30 – 9:00 PM in the chapel
For TBZ members only unless special arrangements have been made.
The women’s study group will continue meeting once a month to explore together issues of gender and Judaism. This year we will focus specifically on liturgy and other Jewish texts. We will discuss how gender language influences our understandings of tradition, and how Jewish feminism deals with these texts. We explore texts we encounter weekly in our services so that we may have a better understanding of these. Women will have the opportunity to study the text t together, and struggle with issues relating to our status and the place we are creating for ourselves.
In our first class we will focus on the stories of Creation, Bereshit as we begin the new cycle of reading the Torah with special attention on how the narrative of the creation of humankind shaped the roles played by men and women. We will look into different commentaries to grapple with these texts.
We need 10 committed students for the class to be held. Please email tbzadultlearning@gmail.com if you are planning to attend.
Save the following dates for Women’s Study Groups and register for all of them online at www.tbzbrookline.org/registration
No Women’s Study group on February & March
Next meetings:
• April 16
• May 16
• June 13