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HEBREW TABERNACLE CONGREGATION


EDUCATION


 

Please call the office for more information.

 

For children ages 6 and under:

 

Tot Shabbat

Fridays at 6:00 pm on:

2009: 9/11, 10/16, 11/6, 12/4

2010: 1/22, 2/26, 3/12, 4/23*, 5/7, 6/11

* 4/23/10:  Tot Shabbat annual fundraiser; begins at 5:30 pm

Special Tot-Hashanah service at 5 pm on 9/19/09

Tot Shabbat has a threefold mission:

·        To give a pleasurable, meaningful and memorable experience of Jewish traditions and values to our young children.

·        To build a feeling of community among Jewish families with young children.

·        To set Shabbat aside and recognize and celebrate it as a special day of the week.

There will be blessings, singing, snacking, stories, activities and schmoozing -- fun for the whole family.

 

Under the direction of Hannah Lavan, each Tot Shabbat Friday we’ll be offering a new program, “Sharing Shabbat,” for big kids ages 4 to 6 (generally).  After songs and before prayers and snacks with the Tot Shabbaters, Sharing Shabbat will explore various mitzvoth through improvisation and play-acting, stories and crafts.  This is a terrific way for your children to learn an essential part of being Jewish — kindness and good deeds — and a bridge to Hebrew School.

 

 

For children ages 6 and older:

 

Hebrew School

For children in kindergarten through Bar/Bat Mitzvah, meeting Monday and/or Wednesday afternoon, during the school year.  Topics include Hebrew language, study of Jewish texts, culture and customs, history and holidays.  Please contact the Principal or the Hebrew Tabernacle office for more information.
 

Click here for the Iyyun T’fillah prayer book.  This book can be viewed with Adobe Reader.

 

 

Hebrew High School

Meets Mondays at 6:00 pm for post b’nei mitzvah children during the Hebrew School year.  Please contact Rabbi Gale for more information.

Click here for Hebrew High School blog.

For adults:

Passages Discussion Group

A YM&YWHA - Hebrew Tabernacle Community Care Program

Wednesdays at 11:00 am, on days the Sisterhood meets.

 

Please join us in the Hebrew Tabernacle library for informative talks and lively discussions with friends and congregants.  Deepen connections and strengthen the bonds of your community.  Hosted by Rosa Naparstek, and covering topics of interest to Senior Citizens. For more information, please call (212) 569-6200 ext 230.

 

English for the Foreign-Born class
Wednesdays at 2:00 pm on days the Sisterhood meets

Conversational English taught by Ushi Kohlmann

 

Chai From the Sky
Saturday, January 9, 2010 at noon (part 4): Luach: The Jewish Calendar
We delve into the intricacies of Jewish Calendar, and examine its history and accuracy.

Turn the Bet Around:
Saturday, January 23, 2010 at noon (part 5)
Saturday, February 6, 2010 at noon (part 6)
Saturday, February 27, 2010 at noon (part 7)

The first letter of the Torah is Bet, for Breishit (In the Beginning).  A Midrash relates that the shape of the Bet (
), with three closed sides and one open side, has special meaning: the open side faces the words of the Torah, and the closed sides block off anything that might have come before. From this we are taught that we should not try to learn about what happened before Breishit. Join Mitch Gershonowitz as he defies the Sages and “turns the bet around” to examine what cosmogonists, other religions, and philosophers have to say about what happened before the universe was created.

 

Study of the Zohar
Saturdays at noon on
2009: 10/24, 11/21, 12/12
2010: 1/16, 2/13, 3/20, 4/17, 5/20

If you thought you knew the creation story you don't. It began with a spark that spread creating worlds above and below. Discover them with Victor Glass in his upcoming lecture series as he explores the secrets of creation as revealed in the Zohar.

The Zohar is the principal text of Kabbalah. It describes secrets of Torah interpretation handed down by great sages but withheld even from many rabbis. In the Orthodox tradition, the Zohar was composed by Simeon Ben Yohai in the second century. Many modern scholars claim it is the work of Moses De Leon who lived in the 13th century.

 

 

 


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New York, New York 10033

TEL: 212-568-8304
FAX: 212-927-5428
E-Mail : office@hebrewtabernacle.org