Mondays with Meaning Topics

Mystical Flyer- Join Rabbi Zelony for curated sips of transcendental texts from Sefer Yetzirah, Sefer haBahir, Zohar, Pardes Rimonim and Shemon She’arim. Flavor profiles include mysterious, radical and other worldly. October 13, 20, 27, November 3, 10, 17

Why the Average Siddur Weighs More than a Pound How did the siddur come to include so much material?  Who decided what to include and why? Can it teach us our people’s history and theology? How do we navigate its multitude of pages? Is there personal meaning in its readings?  December 1, 8, 15 January 5, 12, 26

Top Ten List 613 is a great number but if you add 6+1+3 you get 10, which is a little easier to keep up with! Join Rabbi Zelony for an in-depth exploration of the Ten Commandments February 2, 9, 23, March 9, 16, 23

Bar Papa and the Paparazzi: It’s a Talmud tell-all! If you’re a bit of a yenta and you want gossip about Talmud celebrities Akiva, Raban Gamliel II, Meir, Yehoshua ben Levi, Abaye, Rava and Bar Papa then this class is for you. Who abandoned his wife for 40 years and who (gasp!) let his wife teach Talmud?  Who tried to cheat the Angel of Death and who banished a demoness? April 6, 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11, 18

God, A Biography Study 5 portrayals of God through the words of Moses, Rabbi Yochanan, Maimonides, the Baal Shem Tov and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. Explore the question, “Who is God?” in texts from Torah, Talmud, prayer and Jewish philosophy. June 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

Mondays with Meaning Class

We are excited to resume Mondays with Meaning class as of Monday, August 4 at 10:30 am. The class will be hybrid – both in person and on Zoom as we have done in the past. We are very delighted to introduce Rabbi Elana Zelony as teacher of the class. Rabbi Zelony is known as a wonderful teacher and her class will lead into the High Holidays. The class is titled: Thugs, Priests and Ugly Ones: Talmud Tales of Tshuva. If tshuva were easy, the Talmud wouldn't tell so many stories about people struggling with it. Learn from some less than perfect role models about facing our flaws and making amends.