Wednesdays
February 3 – February 24
(4 Sessions)
12:00–1:30 pm
'Spiritual Formation and Moral Psychology' has to do with the shaping of the inner life for spiritual, moral, and emotional growth. In class, we learn to identify the processes of our thoughts, emotions, feelings, images, drives, impulses, and so forth, that create our state of mind, and therefore our behaviors. We learn how to look at the "ego mind", but not to identify with it. The focus on spiritual psychology helps us create a contemplative practice, where we can better understand our inner processes with an eye toward transformation and moral growth. Each month we focus on a few different themes. For February, we will study the Chasidic background of spiritual formation and moral psychology growth.
You can register for the three-session series online, over the phone, or on a drop-in basis. For further information, please call our office at (310) 915-5200.
To register or for more information, please contact the Ohr HaTorah office at (310) 915-5200.
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Hebrew Text
Rebbetzin Meirav Finley
Saturdays
January 9, 2010 – February 20, 2010
(6 Sessions)
1:30–2:45 pm
In this six-week course, students will learn to speak and understand basic Hebrew. They will learn grammatical concepts to use as tools to analyze text in their future independent studies.
Texts will include the Sh’ma V’ahavta and the Ahavah Rabah prayers. The class will allow students to enjoy conversational Hebrew as well as apply their knowledge to studying liturgical text.
Members: $90 / series
Non-Members: $120 / series
To register or for more information, please contact the Ohr HaTorah office at (310) 915-5200.
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Studies in Kabbalah
and Jewish Mysticism
American Jewish University - Familian Campus
15600 Mulholland Dr., Bel-Air. CA 90077
January 20 – March 10, 2010
(8 Sessions)
8:00–9:30 pm
This class will focus on texts of the Kabbalah and Jewish mysticism, using selections from the Bible and the Pseudepigrapha (a strange collection of amazing texts written
between the Biblical and Talmudic periods), texts that form a unique akind of Jewish mysticism that preceeded the Kabbalah.
We will also study passages from Sefer Yetzirah (The Book of Formation), a brief but powerful book that has shapped
Jewish mysticism since its appearance in mystical circles sometime in the first century C.E.
The Talmud and Midrash also contain, here and there, stories and teaching of profound mystical significance.
Time permitting, we will look at other Kabbalistic texts: the work of Rabbi Moshe Cordovero, and Isaac Luria.
This course is open to beginners, although it is geared for those with some experience studying the Kabbalah.
Tuition: $146 Registration Fees: $15
20% Discount for OHT Members.
Please call AJU’s Continuing Education office at 310-440-1246
Upcoming Events:
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Community Open House
At Ohr HaTorah
Saturday, February 6, 2010
11827 Venice Boulevard
Mar Vista, CA. 90066 2 pm – 4 pm
Mark your calendars and join us in welcoming our friends and neighbors in Mar Vista.
Join us for a screening
of three short films
followed by a discussion
with the director/scriptwriter
of one of the films.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
8:00 pm
at Ohr HaTorah
Tickets: $20 Reserve now!
Ma'aleh's award-winning films examine
burning issues of Jewish and Israeli
identity. Many offer a rarely-disclosed
view into the very private and guarded
traditional/orthodox Jewish family life.
Ohr HaTorah Congregation - Spiritual Judaism
SHABBAT
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February 5/6
22 Shevat
Candle Lighting: 5:10 pm
Yitro
Havdalah: 6:41 pm
Ohr HaTorah Congregation - Spiritual Judaism
Shabbat Services are held at:
11827 Venice Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA. 90066
