Whatever your interests, you can participate in a variety of learning opportunities throughout the year. From informal ‘Shabbas Shmoozes’ to workshops and hevruta/partner study, members share their skills and talents on topics ranging from Exploring Holidays, Learning to Leyn Torah, to the History of Genetics, Whaletales, and much more.
Weekly Torah Discussion
Every Shabbat morning 9:15-10:15 a.m.
Join this lively Torah study and discussion led by Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Rabbi Phyllis Berman, and other P’nai Or members. Come delve more deeply into each week’s parasha (reading for the week). No prior Hebrew or Torah study experience is required. Just an inquiring mind!
Shabbos Schmooze
Scheduled occasionally after the Shabbat potluck.
One way to meet others is to join members and invited guests in discussions teachings about liturgy, holidays, music, and more.
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi Yahrzeit Gathering
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Study text, prayer, history, and ritual. Enjoy studying as peers in the tradition of ‘chevruta’ where participants learn together. Or find new ways to encounter Jewish sources through music and movement. Look for topics and dates throughout the year.
Stimulating and participatory workshops and lectures are led by guest teachers. Past Scholar-in-Residence Maggids have included
- Rabbi Ira Stone Introduction to Mussar
- Professor Joel Hecker The Torah of Food
- Maggid Yitzhak Buxbaum An Evening of Stories from Our Tradition
- Daniel Sapon The Prayer of Shofar: Blowing for the High Holidays
Studying at P’nai Or with guest Rabbi, R. Yehoshua Duskis where he taught about his zeydi Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s book Psalms in Translation for Praying.