May 12, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Register Here Human speech allows us, amongst other things, to collaborate, advocate, give comfort, but also to cause pain. We will explore the responsibility that comes with the unique power of speech.
May 13, 2021 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm – Register Here Join us as we celebrate Rosh Hodesh Sivan as we prepare for the holiday of Shavuot when we once again receive the Torah at Mount Sinai. Bring cheesecake ice cream or other dairy delights to our Rosh Hodesh gathering and find out why dairy is eaten on Shavuot!
May 13, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Register Here We will explore how Gratitude affects us. Grateful people report higher levels of positive emotions, life satisfaction, vitality, optimism, and lower levels of depression and stress. The disposition towards gratitude appears to enhance pleasant-feeling status more than it diminishes unpleasant emotions. Grateful people do not deny nor ignore the negative aspects of life. […]
June 2, 2021 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Register Here Come see what Chai Mitzvah has for you! Sample our new programs and materials for adults, teens and families.
June 7, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Register Here One of the Mussar terms for gratitude is hakarat ha-tov, literally “noticing/recognizing the good.” We will explore this important middah and its place in our lives.
June 8, 2021 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm – Register Here Tammuz is both a month of tragedies and a month when a significant miracle occurred in Judaism. Join us to learn why, and to welcome the intriguing month of Tammuz.
June 8, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Register Here NOTE: HELD ON TUESDAY, JUST FOR THIS MONTH “Do not steal” is a universal value essential for society to function. What exactly is theft? How far reaching is it, and what principles underly it? Join us to explore the many facets of this diber.
June 9, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Register Here Tammuz is both a month of tragedies and a month when a significant miracle occurred in Judaism. Join us to learn why, and to welcome the intriguing month of Tammuz.
June 10, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Register Here Judaism asks us to balance two competing ideas as we relate to the world: “I am but dust and ashes” (spoken by Avraham in Genesis when he realizes he is bargaining with God over Sodom and Gomorrah, and “The world was created for me” (a phrase from the Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin 37b, illustrating […]
July 5, 2021 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Register Here Balanced humility is about taking up the right amount of space, neither too much nor too little. With the environmental concerns looming in the world today, we will explore the middah of humility, applying it both to our relationships with others and our relationship with the environment.
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