Course Title: Advanced Mussar Study/Practice Group Spring 2024
Program: Hebrew College Open Circle Jewish Learning: Mindfulness
Instructor: Rabbi Marcia Plumb (Read bio)
Dates: March 6, 13, 20, 27; April 3, 10, 17; May 1, 2024 (May 8-makeup session if needed)
Day and Time: Wednesdays, 5:00-6:30 p.m. Eastern Time
Partner: Temple Shir Tikvah Winchester
Location: Online via Zoom
Fee: $320 * Temple Shir Tikvah members, $284 (TST register here)
Partial scholarships available
Join Rabbi Marcia Plumb to delve into texts from Jewish tradition and contemporary sources, with particular focus on the study of Mussar. Explore the middot (“soul traits”) of Mussar through ongoing textual study, reflection, journaling, and kabbalot (small mindfulness exercises). The class engages with these texts in full group session, and in small breakout groups. Some of the essential questions we will delve into are: how do we understand the selected middot? How do we engage with the middot and each other to enhance our personal spiritual growth, our daily behavior, and the alignment between the two? How can each of us contribute to the growth of others in the group, and bring our learning to repair the world?
Hebrew College Open Circle Jewish Learning classes are for learners of all backgrounds.
Canadian and other registrants from outside of the US: please email Cindy Bernstein to complete your registration. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Title: Mussar for a Meaningful Life
Program: Hebrew College Open Circle Jewish Learning: Texts and Traditions
Instructor: Laila Goodman (see bio)
Day and Time: Sundays 10-11:30 a.m. Eastern Time
Fall 2023 Session Dates: October 15, 29, November 19, December 17, 2023; January 21, 2024 (5 sessions)
Winter Spring 2024 Session Dates: February 11, March 17, april 14, May 19, June 16, 2024 (5 sessions)
Location: Online via Zoom
Fee: $200 Financial scholarships available
Come explore the ancient, Jewish practice of Mussar. Tapping into Jewish wisdom about character development, we will learn about how to notice your behaviors and how to take small steps to work toward wholeness. This is a course that touches heart and head. Come discover your “soul curriculum,” a peek into a path that can help you to tap into your holiness.
Hebrew College Open Circle Jewish Learning classes are for learners of all backgrounds.
Canadian and other registrants from outside of the US: please email Cindy Bernstein to complete your registration. We apologize for the inconvenience.
“I think that Laila is a superb teacher/leader. Her warmth, great sense of humor, and openness about sharing some of her own positive and negative experiences with Mussar study is hugely encouraging and seems to support honest reflection and sharing for the group as a whole.“ – Sara Stotzer, participant in Laila Goodman’s Fall 2022 Hebrew College Open Circle Jewish Learning Course,
Mussar for a Meaningful Life.
