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Judaism For Beginners gives you a taste of Judaism, based on our conversion to Judaism program.

Judaism For Beginners is $45 for lifetime access. Units include:

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Have a question about something you're learning in our program? Our Rabbi Help Desk is here for you! Currently enrolled students receive access to a special email address where you can ask questions about anything in our program. Our current rabbinical support team includes Rabbi Patrick Beaulier (Post-Denominational), Rabbi Barbara Aiello (Pluralistic) and Rabbi Brian Mayer (Reform). Emails are answered within 72 hours or less. This is in addition to the one-on-one rabbinical support received by conversion students.

Jewish Texts

Tanakh, Talmud and other Jewish Texts

4 videos 4 web resources

Jews are the "people of the book". But we could also be called the "people of the books!" Learn the fundamentals of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh), the Talmud and the important Jewish texts throughout history.

Jewish and Israeli Holidays

The historic and religious background, rituals and insights of Jewish holidays

1 videos 12 podcasts
14 handouts

Students will gain an appreciation for each of the many Jewish holidays, as well as the Israeli national holidays. The focus is on the "who, what, where, when, why and how" of each of the holidays. Careful attention has been paid to understanding these holidays from both religious and secular backgrounds, as well as mystical approaches to these chagim. Students will also gain an understanding of how the Jewish calendar works and its origins.

Prayer Book Hebrew

Master the basics of prayer book Hebrew

5 videos 1 web resources

Taught by Sara Eiser, a rabbinical student in Israel, this series of five units will give students the ability to go through a typical prayer service using a Hebrew siddur. Learning a new language takes a long time, but this class breaks down the complicated language in an incredibly simple, easy-to-approach manner.

Weekday Prayer Services (Shacharit, Mincha and Maariv)

Learn to davven or lead a group in weekday prayer

5 videos 3 web resources

In this series students will learn the basic Jewish prayers from weekday services: Shacharit (morning), Mincha (afternoon) and Maariv (evening). The video presentation of these prayers is in a modified Conservative style; however, video and audio links in each class showcase the nusach (style) of Ashkenazi and Sephardic Orthodoxy. A siddur is included in each classroom.

Shabbat Liturgy and Other Brachot

Shabbat prayer services, blessings after meals and Havdalah

13 videos 5 web resources 1 podcasts

Learn to pray and lead the evening Shabbat services (Kabbalat and Erev Shabbat), Shabbat morning, afternoon and evening as well as Havdalah. Included is a unit on Birkat Hamazon, the blessings after meals and additional relevant brachot. The approach of this series is pluralism: providing students with Reform, Conservative and Orthodox approaches to these services. A siddur is included in each class.

Early Jewish History

Pre-Israelite civilization to the Crusades

7 videos 2 podcasts
9 handouts

How did the Jewish experience begin? How did a group of Canaanites break off from society to become the Ancient Israelites? How did these people, shaped by religion, politics and warfare, become the People of the Book? In this series based on the most recent research from archeologists and scholars, we will trace the early history of the Jewish people. Units in this series include: the dawn of Jewish history, context of ancient Israelite religion, Judaism after the Babylonian exile, the rule of Rome, rabbinic Jewish development and the Talmud, the introduction of Christianity in the Jewish world, the Medieval period and the Crusades.

Modern Jewish History

The Ottoman Empire, Reformation, Enlightenment the modern state of Israel and beyond

5 videos 2 podcasts
3 handouts

A lot has happened since the 13th century. In this series we explore Mamluk Rule, Jews in the Reformation and Ottoman Empire, Jewish Modern and Contemporary Periods, Islamic Unrest and Realignment in the Middle East, The Modern State of Israel and take a glimpse of the Jewish future. Please note that our classes on the modern state of Israel take a non-political stance.

Jewish Lifecycle

Living the Jewish experience through life's milestones

3 videos 2 web resources 2 podcasts
5 handouts

Judaism is not just a religion of the mind, but a lived experience through the entire lifecycle. Students begin with Birth and the first month of life, then move onto the milestones of bar/bat mitzvah and confirmation, marriage (as well as divorce) and finally, the process of life, death and mourning. The final class on mourning is terrific when combined with the lay chaplaincy approach to dealing with death.

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