2023 Classes for
New Students
Seeds of Mussar
No prerequisite – Open to all
Spring Classes Arriving Daily!
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Foundations of Mussar
No prerequisite – Open to all (Note: if you have not taken the Seeds of Mussar class, please contact the appropriate Madrich(ah) before enrolling in Foundations.
Spring Classes Arriving Daily!
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Spring 2023 Classes
Spring 2023!
Seeds of Mussar
Madrichah: Rabbah Gila Caine
Fee: $100
Mondays on ZOOM
Time: 7:00PM – 8:00PM MT
Dates: January 30 to February 27, 2023
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This class is open to all new students.
Spring 2023!
Seeds of Mussar
Madrichah: Martha Hare
Fee: $100
To be rescheduled
Spring 2023!
Seeds of Mussar
Madrichah: Cathy Schechter
Fee: $100
Tuesdays on ZOOM
Time: 7:30PM – 9:00PM CT
Dates: March 7 to April 4, 2023
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This class is open to all new students.
Spring 2023!
Foundations/Kibbush I
Madrichah: Sandi Kirschner
Fee: $325
Every Other Monday on ZOOM
Time: 10:00AM – 11:30AM ET
Dates: January 23 to May 29, 2023
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This class is open to all Mussar students.
Spring 2023!
Mussar and Theology 2: Reading Heschel
Madrich: Rabbi Ira Stone
This second class on Mussar and Theology will focus on the work of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. Heschel’s brief work, “Who is Man,” will be read and discussed, and should be purchased prior to the start of the class.
NOTE: This Class is full!
Fee: $180
Every Thursday on ZOOM
Time: 1:00PM – 2:00PM ET
Dates: January 12 to March 30, 2023
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Spring 2023!
Mussar and Prayer: A Close Reading of Chapter 10 of Tomer Devorah
Madrich: Rabbi Ira Stone
The question of prayer is often times ignored within the Mussar community. This class will explore the meaning and practice of prayer through the eyes of Rabbi Moshe Cordovero’s Chapter 10 of Tomer Devorah and through the lens of Abraham Joshua Heschel’s “Quest for God.”
NOTE: this class is open to all Mussar students.
Fee: $180
Every Thursday on ZOOM
Time: 1:00PM – 2:00PM ET
Dates: April 20 to May 25, 2023
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Spring 2023!
Poetry and Mussar: The Other as Revelation
Madrich: Rabbi Joshua Boettiger
Stretched hyperbolically, one might say that all poetry, at least all good poetry, is Mussar poetry. What did Marina Tsvataeva mean when she wrote, “All poets are Jews” and how might this connect to Emanuel Levinas’ dynamic definition of ‘Israel’? Join Rabbi Boettiger for a four session course exploring the intersection of Poetry and Mussar, and how we might make use of poetry within our Mussar practices. We will be looking at poems that describe encounter, but also at poems that embody encounter itself – such as poetry of direct experience, or poetry written by those who we might consider, ‘other.’ We’ll spend a little time initially grounding in the Psalms and other biblical poetry before moving into what we might call poetry with a Mussar sensibility. Featured poets include Paul Celan, Osip Mandelstam, Muriel Ruckeyser, Naomi Shihab Nye, Ilya Kaminsky, Ariana Reines, and more.
NOTE: this class is open to all Mussar students.
Fee: $80
Every Tuesday on ZOOM
Time: 4:00PM – 5:00PM ET
Dates: May 2 to May 23, 2023
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