For ten years the Bay Area Talmud Circles have been a safe place to engage in open conversations with teachers and students, all learning together, over a page of Talmud. The Circles are inspired by the late Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz,...
This course starts from the beginning and covers the following: Introduces Hebrew alphabet, vowels Word pronunciation skills and sight reading Nouns and adjectives Develops a vocabulary of 75 words Builds comprehension of basic Prayerbook passages and their melodies Explores topics...
The third course of the Prayerbook/Biblical Hebrew sequence introduces: Direct object and demonstrative pronouns Possessive endings for plural nouns The future tense and tense reversing Develops a vocabulary total of over 200 words Mastery of extensive Prayerbook Hebrew texts and...
Every year at Tisha B’Av, we commemorate the loss of Jerusalem and its Temple, first in 586 BCE and over six centuries later in 70 CE. Witnessing these two tragedies were the Prophet Jeremiah and the Jewish noble Flavius Josephus....
The Bay Area Community Talmud Circle is a growing, dynamic and welcoming community of adult participants engaged in modern Talmud study and active conversation. While the majority of participants are continuing students, anyone may join! No prior experience with Talmud Study...
In partnership with Temple Isaiah, Congregation Beth El and the Oshman Family JCC – Palo Alto The Middle East conflict often seems too complex and painful to contemplate. This multimedia history course introduces a perspective that offers an alternative to the despair that...
