Mussar for a Better You
Starts Tuesday, January 9, 2024, 7:00 – 8:30pm, Fischer Library

Explore Mussar — the ancient/modern Jewish system for personal growth, in the supportive environment of your peers. Each of us has a “spiritual curriculum” – areas we need to work on. The Mussar tradition offers a Jewish path and methodology for identifying and working on that personal curriculum. This work is best done by working with a partner — your chevruta — in the context of a group, called a va’ad. It entails courage, openness, and discipline. But mostly it requires awareness or mindfulness, and clear intention. Be prepared to change.

This group will meet roughly every two weeks, for eight 90-minute sessions (dates below). You will be expected to commit to the series, do some reading and journaling between sessions, and meet at least once between sessions with your chavruta (by phone or online is fine)

Dates: 1/9, 1/23, 2/13, 2/27, 3/12, 4/30, 5/14 and 5/28 (Please note that this session is the fifth Tuesday; the others are on the second and fourth Tuesdays.)

Facilitator: Dan Fendel

Textbook: Everyday Holiness, by Alan Morinis

Registration for this class has been closed.