Torah Classes
LEARNING AT CBI
Sundays
Sunday morning Talmud Class
A class structured to appeal to Talmud students of all levels. In this course, we will study Tractate Taanis. Class is on hiatus until August 3rd.
Prof. Daniel Boyarin - Sunday, 9:00-10:00 a.m.
Mondays
NCSY's Latte and Learning (for teens)
Explore Judaism with East Bay NCSY. For more information, call (510) 213-5534 or email ncsynorcal@gmail.com. Meet at Starbucks, 1600 Shattuck, corner of Shattuck & Cedar. On hiatus until Fall 2008.
Monday, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Interpersonal Mitzvot: This three-part class will explore important examples of interpersonal mitzvot, including bal talin (pay up and pay promptly), hashavat aveidah (returning lost objects in embarrassing situations), and nichum aveilim (comforting mourners). Rabbi Max Davis, August 11, 18, 25, 8:00 pm
Wednesdays
Jewish Writings of the French Post-Modern Philosopher Emmanuel Levinas
The Levinas Study Group will be meeting at 8PM on the 1st, 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month to discuss selections from his “Nine Talmudic Readings.". The class is facilitated by our resident scholar, Muni Schweig.
Muni Schweig - 1st, 2nd & 4th Wednesday, 8:00 p.m.
Thursdays
Heavenly Torah through the Generations
The world of rabbinic thought can be divided into two major schools of thought, that of Rabbi Akiva and that of Rabbi Ishmael. The historic disputes between these two schools are based on fundamental differences over the nature of revelation and religion. Join Rabbi Cohen for a weekly text study based on Rabbi A. J. Heschel’s Heavenly Torah. Class on hiatus, resumes August 7.
Rabbi Yonatan Cohen - Thursday, 12:15 p.m. Midrasha's Tanach and Talmud (for Teens)
This course is an informal but intensive study group focusing on close thematic readings of teh Tanach and Talmud in translation. The class meets weekly except for Jewish holidays and school vacations. On hiatus until Fall 2008.
David Henkin & Zvi Septimus - Thursday, 4:15- 6:15 p.m.
