Chabad of Tribeca
Chabad of Tribeca
Sponsoring Agency: Chabad of Tribeca
Chabad of Tribeca 54 Reade Street, New York, NY 10007 USA Office: 212.566.6764 Email: info@chabadoftribeca.com Web: www.chabadoftribeca.com |
Past Courses
Fascinating Facts: Exploring the Myths and Mysteries of Judaism -
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Does Judaism believe in guardian angels? Why do Jews use matchmakers? Who wrote the handwriting on the wall? A fun course in Jewish cultural literacy, full of surprising facts, myths, and mysteries surrounding Jewish tradition and practice. |
Date | 6 Tuesdays, Nov 8th - Dec 13th 2011 |
Time | 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM |
Fee | $79.00 |
Multiple Signups Special | 15% off per student with minimum 2 signups |
Money Matters: Jewish Business Ethics -
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Is Judaism socialist or capitalist? Who is responsible for preventing poverty? Is unionization a Jewish ideal? Must Walmart pay its workers a livable wage? Where would you draw the line? An ethical, Talmudic, and legal debate on the economic issues of our time. |
Date | 6 Wednesdays, Feb 8th - Mar 14th 2012 |
Time | 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM |
Fee | $79.00 |
Multiple Signups Special | 15% off per student with minimum 2 signups |
No class on March 7 |
The Art of Marriage -
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About the Course |
Judaism views a loving marriage as a spiritual as well as a human ideal. “The Art of Marriage” is a six session course that will show participants how to attain that for themselves and their spouses, with timeless lessons from both modern and ancient Jewish texts such as the Talmud and Zohar. |
Date | 6 Wednesdays, May 9th - Jun 13th 2012 |
Time | 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM |
Fee | $79.00 |
Multiple Signups Special | 15% off per student with minimum 2 signups |
The Kabbalah of You: A Guide to Unlocking Your Hidden Potential -
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Are you all you can be? How can you unleash the infinite power of your soul within? This course provides a mystical roadmap to living a life of happiness, fulfillment, and self-actualization by revealing how you can thrive and be more than just alive. |
Date | 6 Wednesdays, Oct 31st - Dec 12th 2012 |
Time | 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM |
Fee | $79.00 |
Returning Student Special | 10% off |
Living with Integrity: Navigating Everyday Ethical Dilemmas -
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Are you obliged to keep all commitments? What are the responsibilities of the sandwich generation? Are the ungracious deserving of our charity? How far should we go to give the benefit of the doubt? A discussion on personal ethics and the Jewish view on laws that test the limits of our integrity. |
Date | 6 Wednesdays, Feb 6th - Mar 20th 2013 |
Time | 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM |
Fee | $79.00 |
Curious Tales of the Talmud: Finding Personal Meaning in the Legends of our Sages -
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About the Course |
Everyone loves a good story. Knowing this, the sages of the Talmud used stories to encode messages about life that are far too deep and profound to communicate directly. This course decodes some of these extraordinary Talmudic mysteries to uncover layer within layer of insight into the nature of life, the universe, G-d, and man. |
Date | 6 Wednesdays, Apr 17th - Jun 5th 2013 |
Time | 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM |
Fee | $79.00 |
Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas -
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Modern medicine has brought us near miracles. It's also brought us some of the most difficult decisions we'll ever have to face. Are we obliged to prolong life even at the cost of terrible suffering? Should we legalize the sale of organs, such as kidneys, to save the lives of transplant patients? May a woman with a multiple-fetus pregnancy opt for fetal reduction, thus forfeiting the lives of some to possibly save others? When it seems that every available option is morally questionable, how do we decide? |
Date | 6 Wednesdays, Oct 30th - Dec 4th 2013 |
Time | 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM |
Fee | $79.00 |
Multiple Signups Special | 10% off per student with minimum 2 signups |
Approved For 9 CLE credits |
To Be a Jew in the Free World: Jewish Identity Through the Lens of Modern History -
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What was it like for our ancestors to say goodbye to the shtetl, to set out to discover new lives for themselves, along with all of the liberties the free world had to offer? At the dawn of the enlightenment, how did our parents adapt their Judaism to the developments of a modern age? And what can we learn from their struggles to connect deeply with our own Jewish identities? |
Date | 6 Wednesdays, Feb 19th - Apr 2nd 2014 |
Time | 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM |
Fee | $79.00 |
Multiple Signups Special | $10 off per student with minimum 2 signups |
Returning Student Special | 10% off |
Paradigm Shift: Transformational Life Teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe -
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About the Course |
Paradigm Shift is an elevator ride to the heights of what is possible. Synchronize yourself with the mission for which you were placed on earth, and learn to recognize the inherent goodness and perfection in yourself, in others, and in every circumstance of your life. Distilled into six succinct lessons, this empowering course offers a revolutionary outlook on life, culled from the wisdom of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory. This course is offered in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Rebbe’s passing. |
Date | 6 Wednesdays, May 14th - Jun 25th 2014 |
Time | 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM |
Fee | $79.00 |
How Happiness Thinks -
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About the Course |
Since the dawn of time, man has been ever-fascinated by the workings of the human brain. Only recently, scientists have been discovering the underlying dynamics that shape and influence our frame of mind--new ways to cope with anxiety and stress, steps that we can take to crystallize our self-concept, and practical tools we can use to build the resilience and grit to ride through any challenge life throws our way. Surprisingly, Torah and the Talmud have for centuries advocated various approaches to achieving happiness; ideas that are only now being confirmed through scientific observation.How Happiness Thinks offers a Jewish roadmap to happier living. Every lesson contains poignant insights into how our minds operate with practical steps you can take to boost your happiness levels to places unimaginable. |
Date | 6 Wednesdays, Nov 12th - Dec 17th 2014 |
Time | 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
Fee | $70.00 |
The Art of Parenting -
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As parents, we worry about the well-being of our kids; about their future, and about our role in shaping it. In The Art of Parenting, we scale the challenges that face us as parents and explore timeless insights from Jewish wisdom to instill values, foster independence, and ensure the long-term success and emotional well-being of our children. |
Date | 6 Wednesdays, Jan 14th - Feb 25th 2015 |
Time | 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM |
Fee | $79.00 |
Judaism Decoded: The Origins and Evolution of Jewish Tradition -
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Just as science follows the scientific method, Jewish tradition has its own system to ensure its authenticity remains intact.
Judaism Decoded sheds light on the mysteries surrounding biblical interpretation. How do we know our interpretation is true? If it is true, why is it subject to differences of opinion? And with so many interpretations to choose from, how do we know which one reflects its original intent?
Discover the sheer elegance of the “source code” on which Torah law is built; enjoy the razor-sharp reasoning, intelligent debate, and compelling arguments of the Talmudic dialectic; and get a fascinating, behind-the-scenes glimpse of the most intellectually sophisticated religion in existence.
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Date | 6 Wednesdays, May 6th - Jun 10th 2015 |
Time | 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
Fee | $79.00 |
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