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From Monday, October 15 2007
To Monday, October 22 2007
7:30pm - 9:00pm Monday of each week |
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Mussar, a, traditional Jewish approach to spiritual and practical
elf-improvement, seeks to bridge the gap that often exists between
rational understanding and actions - between knowing right, and doing
right. Evolving over the past 1,000 years, the Mussar movement was
revitalized in the 19th century by a Lithuanian rabbi, Israel Salanter,
who developed a system that employs textual study, prayer, discussion,
and focused journal writing as a means of incorporating Torah values
into daily life. This course will run four weeks, and will cover four character traits, or middot, addressed by standard Mussar texts.
Starting with a study of humility, the Mussar group will continue with
examinations of patience, anger, and faith. We will also discuss the
place of Mussar in traditional communities where ritual practice is
deemed an essential part of ethical practice and consider the
relationship between the ritual and the ethical in Reform Judaism. For
those who wish, the course will continue on an every other week basis
after the first four sessions.
Facilitated by Gary Shaffer
Free of charge
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