Adult Learning

Ongoing weekly classes with Rabbi Rona Shapiro

Shabbat Mornings at 9:00am (before services) - in the CBJ Library 

Bread & Torah

No experience necessary and everyone is welcome. 
Note: These regular weekly classes will occasionally be canceled.
Check BJHappenings weekly email for the most up-to-date info.

Zoom link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84708751890
Meeting ID: 847 0875 1890

Elul Institute - a special Bread & Torah series for the High Holidays

The month of Elul leading up to Rosh Hashanah is a time for study and reflection. Please join us and bring your friends!

September 10       The Haftorot of Rosh Hashanah: Repairing Painful Stories
September 17       Musical program with Cantorial Intern Kochava Munro
September 24       The Akeda (Binding) of Isaac: Why do we read this?  Why on Rosh Hashanah? What does it mean?
October 1              The Power of the Yom Kippur Avodah Service

Elul Institute classes will be held from 9:00am to 9:45am in the B’nai Jacob library and will be taught by Rabbi Shapiro unless otherwise noted. Everyone is welcome. No knowledge of Hebrew nor experience is necessary.

Monday Nights at 7:30pm - Class will resume in the Fall.

Oct. 31, Nov. 7, 14, 28, Dec. 5, 12

The Thought and Stories of Rebbe Nachman of Bratzlov

The Thought and Stories of Rebbe Nachman of Bratzlov

Rebbe Nachman occupies a unique place in the Hasidic pantheon. A great-grandson of the Ba’al Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidism, he lived only 38 years and left no descendants. His sect, however, The Bratzlav Hasidim, have carried on without a rebbe for the last 200+ years and his words and stories seem to grow in popularity over timein secular Israeli as well as Hasidic culture. More than any other Hasidic master, he was the doctor of the soul, and his words are often uniquely relevant today. We will place him in history and read some of his seminal texts and stories. Everyone is welcome. No experience necessary. Free for members. Non-members $100