2. Pathways of Wisdom and Practice

Introduction to Kabbalah: The Sefirot of the Tree of Life

In this online course, taught by Rabbi Daniel Silverstein, we will explore the Sefirot in theory and practice, learning how they were understood by several generations of Kabbalists, and how they may manifest in our lives.

The Jewish Love Affair with Stories

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In course, we explore together tales from the biblical, rabbinic, and Hasidic periods, including some lesser-known stories that challenge and complicate simplistic notions about God, what it means to be human, ethics, and meaning.

Kavanah: The Inner Path of Prayer

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The Rabbinic tradition calls prayer Avodah she’Balev - literally, “devotion of the heart”. It is a practice of connecting with the Divine through the prism of our own soul, that engages the body, heart and mind.

Shema: Becoming One Together

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Hear, O Israel, The Eternal is our G!d, The Eternal is One. The first prayer we teach our children and the last prayer we recite before passing on from this world, said upon waking and sleep, the Shema is the engine of Jewish consciousness.

Revolutionary Chasidic Ideas and Practices

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In this course, taught by Rabbi Daniel Silverstein, we will study Chasidic ideas, practical wisdom and accesible, step-by-step exercises that can help us to live with more joy, presence and self-awareness.

Ketoret: The Secret of Incense

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From the Bible through the Talmud, Midrash, Zohar and other mystical texts, the amazing smell of the ketoret (incense) and its symbolic and mythical powers have never ceased to fascinate our ancestors.

Bnei Machshava Tova: Conscious Community I

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This course will explore Rabbi Kalonymus Kalmish Shapira’s, the Piaseczner Rebbe's, Bnei Machshava Tova, commonly referred to in English by Andrea Cohen-Keiner’s translation as Conscious Community.

Bnei Machshava Tova: Conscious Community II

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This course will explore Rabbi Kalonymus Kalmish Shapira’s, the Piaseczner Rebbe's, Bnei Machshava Tova, commonly referred to in English by Andrea Cohen-Keiner’s translation as Conscious Community.

The Priestly Blessing and Other Formulas for Spiritual Protection

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This course explores, Birkat Kohanim, the Priestly Blessing, one of the most ancient formulas of blessing and protection found in our tradition, and other related prayers.

The World of Rebbe Nachman

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In this course, we will study and discuss some of Rebbe Nachman's most insightful and poetically beautiful teachings, and experience meditative practices designed to help us embody and integrate their wisdom into our daily lives.

Embodying Jewish Ethics: An Applied Study of Pirkei Avot

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This course seeks to engage the students experientially with perhaps the oldest source of Jewish Ethics. The Talmudic tractate "Avot," also known as “Pirkei Avot” or Chapters of the Fathers, is named for the early generations of rabbinic sages.

Opening the Heart with the Tanya

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This online course will explore specific chapters that discuss the quest for personal unity as a prelude to sensing unity in the cosmic order, which in turn is an essential condition for the realization of the Divine unity throughout Creation.