Shalom! And Happy Chanukah!
Our adult education has evolved quite nicely. Every week the ALITI program sponsors a
weekly learning following the Shabbat Kiddush. On average seven to ten people get together to share the experience of studying various texts. After all, the learning program is officially called "LIMMUD SHABBAT: THE JOY OF TEXTS."
In our last learning session we studied more details of observing Chanukah, particularly with regard to the specifics of lighting and the placing of the the menorah, and the proper way we comport ourselves following the lighting. And how late can you light and who has to light and what if you're traveling during the holiday? Our text was the (Kitzur) Shulchan Aruch, the Code of Jewish Law.
We also began our study of Ein Yaakov, the classic compendium of the collected Aggadic (non-legal) literature of the Talmud. The topic of the day was where, when and how we might encounter the Shekhina, the holy Divine feminine Presence of G*d.
We are open to new and varied text study. Everything we study has an accompanying English
translation so the Hebrew language is no barrier to attending, learning and enjoying. Come and join us every Shabbat following the Kiddush and see how much fun it is to learn straight from the text. There's learning "about" Judaism, and then there is learning right from the sources directly!
Ta Shma! Come learn with us!
ALITI is open to people of all backgrounds. Those seeking conversion as well as adult Bar/Bat Mitzvah candidates may fulfill their study requirements through participation in the ALITI Limmud Shabbat study sessions.
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