Weekly Classes

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Dr. William Major Memorial Advanced Shiur in Talmud
Continuing our study of Masekhet Brachot with its classical commentaries.
 

Exploring Jewish Thought
What is the foundation of ethics? How did Orthodox Jews understand the Holocaust? Dive deeply into questions of Jewish philosophy and wrestle with challenging ideas. Appropriate for intellectually curious students of any background. Translated texts provided. 
 

Reading the Prophets: The Book of Samuel
Read Sefer Shmuel closely and explore the literary and philosophical aspects of this book.

Take a deep dive into the amida.

Kitzur Shulchan Aruch
A classic, concise work of halacha that covers the complete spectrum of Jewish law. The class is a text based class and open to all.

The Weekly Parsha Class
(Description TBD)

Beginners Hebrew

(Description TBD)

Hebrew Ulpan
This popular class enables those with no previous background in Hebrew to learn to read Hebrew in just a short time.

Prayerbook Hebrew
Designed for those with some ability to read Hebrew, students practice reading skills using the siddur and other Jewish texts.
 

Contemporary Halakhic Issues

An in-depth look at some of the most fascinating halakhic response of the 20th century.

King Solomon - (For Women Only)

The King of Israel, builder of the First glorious Temple in Jerusalem, purported author of Song of Songs, Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, the wisest and richest of men, dismally fails as King. Shlomo, who thought he could accumulate massive amounts of wealth, horses, and wives, and remain unaffected—erred. His downfall is recorded in the book of Kings as a direct consequence of his relationships with the only two of his thousand wives, women, and concubines mentioned specifically—Pharoah’s of Egypt’s daughter and the Queen of Sheba. It is these two fascinating women we will study in depth. They perhaps exemplify the extremes of what drives success, and failure, in human relationships: passion and reason. And all of Shlomo’s wisdom could not circumvent these influences. Email riva@ckj.org for class location.

Meaningful Jewish Living
A comprehensive year-long course covering major themes in Jewish law, practice and thought. Explore how a 5,000 year old religion is more relevant today than ever before.