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Some classes have limited enrollment and/or require pre-registration.
** Wednesday, February 15, 7:30PM and Thursday, February 16, 9AM - 12 Noon, Spiritual Healing from the Torah - EmunaHealing Workshops, Rebbetzin Chana Bracha Siegelbaum. Click here for more information. Pre-register online by February 14 to receive discount.
** Monday, March 5, 2011, 7:45-9:15 pm, (snow date March 22) Does the Soul Survive? Judaism and the Afterlife, an interactive discussion, Rabbi Karen Landy. Co-sponsored w/ Hessed Committee. Class limited to 25. $10 TI M, $15 NM with pre-registration. $18 walk-in fee. Pre-register online by March 4.
** Sunday, March 18, 11-12:30 Fiddling on the roof: balancing suffering and hope in Judaism: an interactive study session, Rabbi Barry Starr. Free. Class limited to 25. To RSVP, click here by March 16. Walk-ins welcome, space permitting.
** Sunday, March 25, 2012 : Healing Prayer Service with Hessed Committee led by Rabbi Beth Naditch and Susie Rosenwasser. Free. To RSVP, click here by March 24. Walk-ins welcome.
** Thursday , March 22 & April 26, 7:45-9:15 pm The Ten Gates, Rabbi Yitzi Weiner, study session on the 11th century text, Duties of the Heart by R. Bachya ibn Paquda. Co-sponsored with Community Kollel of Sharon. In the 11th century, Rabbi Bachya ibn Paquda of Spain, composed a book about inwardness, reflection, gratitude, trust, sincerity, discipline and love. He called it Duties of the Heart. This amazing book has become a classic text of Jewish spirituality and inwardness that is so current and relevant that it’s hard to believe it was written in 1070. Please join Rabbi Yitzi Weiner who will present a synopsis of the book's "ten gates" and a deeper exploration of several of them. This class will lend itself to personal reflection and class participation. For 2 classes: $20 TI members,$30 nonmembers with pre-registration. $18 for single class or walk-in. Pre-register online by March 21.
** Thursday, March 29, 2012, 7:45-9:30 pm: Spiritual Teachings of Rabbi Nachman, A study session taught by Rabbi Ariel Burger, Director of the Commission on Jewish Life and Learning at Combined Jewish Philanthropies. Before coming to CJP in 2008, Ariel spent five years working at Boston University with Elie Wiesel as a Teaching Fellow. His teaching experience includes Ikkarim, Harvard Hillel, Tufts Hillel, as well as many others where he helped develop programming for Jewish high school students. Ariel has a PHD in Jewish Philosophy and Conflict Studies and a B. A. in Comparative Religion and Jewish Studies from Skidmore College. He also attended the Yeshivat Bat Ayin Rabbinical School for 5 years culminating in rabbinical ordination. Class size limited to 25. With pre-registration: $10 TI members, $15 nonmembers. Walk-ins: $18. Pre-register online by March 27.
** Monday, April 16, 2012, 7:45-9:15 pm Shadow Generation: Impact, Legacy and Light, Discuss, reflect, heal and share ~ for anyone directly or indirectly impacted by the Holocaust, Rachel Melemed, child of survivor and clinical social worker. Free. RSVP, but walkins welcome. Pre-register online by April 15.
** Mon., 4/23, 4/30, 5/7, 5/21/12, 7:45-9:15 pm Torah: A Women’s Commentary Study Group on Weekly Parasha, Rabbi Leslie Gordon. Co-sponsored with Sisterhood of Temple Israel. $40 TI Members, $55 NM for 4 sessions. Pre-register online by April 22.
** Sunday, April 29, 1-2:30 pm Jewish Birth Circle, Lois Freedman and Rabbi Shira Shazeer. Lois is a prenatal/ postpartum counselor, childbirth educator and author of Birth as a Healing Experience. Rabbi Shazeer is founder and director of the Jewish Birth Network. Jewish Birth Circle is open to the community, Fee: $10 for TI members. $15 Community with pre-registration, $18 walk in. RSVP by April 27. For questions, please contact Lois at 781.784.1380; Lois@LoisFreedman.net. Pre-register online by April 27.
** Thursdays, May 10 & 17, Rabbi Meir Sendor, Jewish Meditation. Class size limited to 25. For 2 classes: $20 TI members,$30 nonmembers with pre-registration. $18 for single class or walk-in. Pre-register online by May 8.
* Are you interested in joining a Tiferet Chavurah? Chavurah is a friendship group formed based on common interests and needs. It meets informally for Jewish holidays, Shabbat or other times. To apply, contact Barbara Weinberg, Chavurah Coordinator.
Tiferet Center of Temple Israel: A Place for Jewish Spirituality, Wellness & Healing, a program of Temple Israel of Sharon, is a community wide resource. It is partially funded by a CJP innovation and engagement grant. Relevant classes and workshops integrate Jewish wisdom using different modalities such as text study, creative arts, meditation, movement, circles of support, creative prayer services and nature and spirituality. The Tiferet planning committee is directed by Temple Israel volunteers and welcomes participation from members of other synagogues or the unaffiliated from all the Jewish denominations. Temple Israel professional, administrative and building staff and lay leadership provide generous in-kind support.
781-784-3986 www. tisharon.org 125 Pond St., Sharon, MA 02067