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2025-2026 Monday Night Beit Midrash

SPRING SESSION: MONDAYS, MARCH 9TH, 16TH, 23RD, APRIL 13TH, 20TH, 27TH

Classes held from 7:30pm-8:45pm. $54 for each class. Includes snacks. Virtual option available as noted.

Spring Session Course Descriptions

MUSSAR INTENSIVE

INSTRUCTOR: RABBI SCOTT NAGEL

Mussar is a Jewish spiritual practice that gives concrete instructions on how to live a meaningful and ethical life. Mussar is based on the idea that by cultivating inner virtues, we improve ourselves. Mussar is a personal individual journey for each of us. Through the exploration of unique texts and ideas it offers opportunities for personal transformation through a uniquely Jewish lens.

Our inner drives, wounds, and appetites can manifest within us as the Yetzer Hara (the Evil Inclination), which actively prevents us from behaving as we know we should. The practice and study of Mussar is described as “teaching the heart what the mind already understands.” That is, Mussar helps us to become the people we wish to be.

In this class we will study 3 Middot or Soul Traits from the Mussar Tradition and Its Opposite: Patience and Impatience; Contentment and Envy; Giving the Benefit of the Doubt and Judging Others.

COOKING: Preparing Foods to Welcome Shabbat

INSTRUCTOR: CHEF DAN SCHEROTTER

The spring cooking course will focus on preparing foods to welcome Shabbat that are based on seasonal produce.

DISHES

MAR 9TH

MAR 16TH

MAR 23RD

APRIL 13TH

APRIL 20TH

APRIL 27TH

INTRODUCTION TO JEWISH CALENDAR

INSTRUCTOR: CANTOR SARAH BECK-BERMAN

Our Jewish calendar system is thousands of years old, and its holidays and festivals mark both the passage of time in the cycle of seasons and important events in our history. Join Cantor Beck-Berman in a journey through Jewish year as we learn about Jewish holidays, both large and small!