Learn & Lunch
With
Rabbi Moshe Edelman

1.  October 30-31

I DARE YOU TO WRITE YOUR OWN PRAYER(BOOK)

The Talmud enables, empowers and ennobles each person to be a creative master of communication with God. The Sages of the Talmud are our inspiration. Before we change the siddur, before we add or drop prayers, lets look at tractate Brachot (in English) for some insights.

2.  December 18-19 (Second Shabbat of Chanukah)

A LOOK INTO THE MIRACLE AND THE MILITARY VERSIONS OF CHANUKAH

We will look into the Book of Maccabees for its account of the holiday and compare it to the way the Rabbis read it into the prayerbook!

3.  Postponed: Jan 29-30 (Tu B’Shevat)

DO THE HOKEY POKEY!

Right foot in, left foot out, shake it all around...  Jewish body language from the "shukel" to "will you please rise"; from bending to bowing; from holding tzitzit together to kissing (just about anything!!). A delightful look at Jewish body movement.

4. March 26-27  (Shabbat Hagadol)

THE AMAZING AKIVA:

The seven weeks from Pesach to Shavuot has an overarching tinge of sadness. Akiva's yeshiva boys die in huge numbers. Find out more about Akiva. Ignorant but not stupid; shepherd to student; scholar and Torah lover; passionate husband to Rachel but busy with God's Words; Messianic dreamer and Rosh Yeshiva; devoted leader and role model to Jewry for centuries after. Lessons of his life from Talmudic evidence.

5.  May 7-8  (Before Shavuot)

SHAVUOT AIN'T JUST ABOUT TORAH FROM SINAI: GOOD MANNERS IS JEWISH TOO!

Jewish tradition incorporates the principle of derekh eretz as vital as the rituals of life cycle and holy days. It is the every day etiquette, refinement, propriety, correct behavior which has Torah roots. A look in to Torah examples you may never have thought of before...and a Talmud text too.