January 08, 2025 Early Morning Learning with Rabbi Nehemia Polen


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  • time Eastern Time
  • location Zoom
  • cost Free; registration required
  • organizer Hebrew College
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Join Rabbi Nehemia Polen on Wed., January 8 at 7:30 a.m. EST for our next early morning learning series program “Ages and Stages: Wisdom on Navigating the Unfolding Story of Our Lives.”

Topic

Emily Dickinson wrote:
“I do not doubt the self I was
Was competent to me —

But something awkward in the fit —<
Proves that–outgrown — I see”<

With her precise and penetrating words, Dickinson poses the problem of what we gain and what we lose as we achieve the stages that life offers each one of us. Jewish wisdom has much to offer on this topic, and we will explore Torah texts, stories and vignettes on the joys and challenges of youth and maturation.  I cannot promise definitive answers or advice, but I hope the journey — like life itself — will be exhilarating and rewarding!

Rabbi Nehemia Polen

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A leading expert in Hasidism, Rabbi Nehemia Polen is Professor of Jewish Thought at the Rabbinical School of Hebrew College. He is a widely published author. His books include Stop, Look, Listen: Creating Shabbos through a Spiritual Lens, The Holy Fire: The Teachings of Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Shapira, the Rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto; a translation of Malkah Shapiro’s The Rebbe’s Daughter: Memoir of a Hasidic Childhood, a project that originated in Polen’s research as a National Endowment for the Humanities fellow, and a recipient of a National Jewish Book Award.