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The New Shul Havruta Program
Havruta means partnership. Participants in The New Shul Havruta program will receive study materials, with an introduction and discussion questions, each Sunday by email (starting in October). During the week, participants will explore the material with a partner (in person, by phone, by Skype, or however you wish), while other partnerships throughout The New Shul community study and explore the same material. Participants can share questions and insights with the larger shul community via The New Shul Listserv. Those who would like to do their weekly study with a teacher on hand are invited to an open beit midrash on Sunday mornings, at the beginning of each new week of study, at which Rabbi Kanter or Rabbi Wasserman will be available. One Sunday night per month, at the end of each four-week cycle, all participants will come together at the shul for a shiur (lecture) by Rabbi Wasserman or Rabbi Kanter synthesizing the material from the four previous weeks.
The topic for this year, 5771, is the Shabbat Amidah. We will spend four weeks on each of the Amidah’s seven blessings, for a total of 28 weeks, with each monthly shiur pulling together the material from the four previous weeks.
The schedule is:
1st Blessing: Avot (Ancestors): Oct. 3-29. Concluding shiur Oct. 31.
2nd Blessing: G’vurot (Wonders): Oct. 31- Nov. 26. Concluding shiur Nov. 28.
3rd Blessing: K’dushah (The Holiness of God): Nov. 28 - Dec. 24. Concluding shiur Jan 2.
4th Blessing: K’dushat Hayom (The Holiness of Shabbat): Jan. 2-28. Concluding shiur Jan. 30.
5th Blessing: Avodah (Divine Service): Jan. 30 – Feb. 25. Concluding shiur Feb. 27.
6th Blessing: Hoda’ah (Thanksgiving): Feb. 27 – Mar. 25. Concluding shiur Mar. 27.
7th Blessing: Birkat Kohanim (Priestly Blessing/Peace): May 1-27. Concluding shiur May 29.
The shiurim will be on Sunday evenings at 7:00 pm, at the end of each four-week cycle. The open beit midrash will be on Sunday mornings, at the beginning of each new week of study, from 10:15 to 11 am.
To sign up for The New Shul Havruta program, please call or email. You can sign up with a partner, or we will help you to find one.
Guest Lecturer
Rabbi Jeff Fox. Monday Oct. 18 at 7 pm. Values and Jewish Law: The Decision Making Process and Respect for all People. Rabbi Fox is Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Maharat, the first Orthodox institution to train women as spiritual leaders and legal authorities. Rabbi Fox is a graduate of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah. He has served as a congregational rabbi, and has taught at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, the Drisha Institute, and Yeshivat Hadar.
This lecture is co-sponsored by the Valley Beit Midrash and the Women's Jewish Learning Center. It is free and open to all.
Weekly Classes
Women's Torah Study, led by Rabbi Elana Kanter. Starting in late August. Details to be announced.
See also the selection of classes led by Rabbi Kanter through The Women's Jewish Learning Center.
Men's Torah Study, led by Rabbi Michael Wasserman. Wednesdays at 12 noon, at the law office of David Don, 301 E. Bethany Home Rd., Suite B100.
Book Group
Mon. Oct. 25, 7:30 pm. Day After Night, by Anita Diamant
Mon. Dec. 6, 7:30 pm. My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for his Jewish Past in Iraqi Kurdistan, Ariel Sabar.
Mon. Feb. 7, title to be announced
Mon. Mar. 7, title to be announced
Mon. May 9, title to be announced
The New Shul Book Group is led by Mike and Jennie Kronenfeld.
Israeli Film Series
Walk on Water, Eytan Fox (2004), Saturday Nov. 20, 7:30 pm
Lemon Tree, Eran Riklis (2008), Saturday Dec. 18, 7:30 pm
My Father, My Lord (2007), David Volach, Saturday Jan. 15, 7:30 pm
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