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Kum Kra: 10 Minute Daily Study to Prepare for the High Holidays

Sign up for Ammud’s asynchronous study from Selichot texts to help you prepare for the High Holidays. Jewish tradition offers the whole month of Elul to prepare for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur - but it can be hard to figure out how to make time for spiritual introspection. We’ve prepared 10-minute daily study and reflection, which you can do at the best time for you each day. Before Rosh Hashanah, print your collected reflections to use as a personal spiritual resource wherever you choose to spend the holidays.

Join Rabbi Heather on Mondays and Rabbi Sass on Tuesdays for Parasha Study, a weekly drop-in space where JOCs can dive deep into learning the beauty of Torah, share their unique and inspiring takes on the week's Parasha (Torah portion), and build community.

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Bekhol Et Uvekhol Sha’ah: Learning Ammud Torah on Your Time

Sign up here to receive a 1-2 page learning guide from the weekly Torah portion, sent right to your inbox, so you can study Ammud Torah at any hour, on your time. Weekly emails begin Sunday, May 24th.

When do we pray? Exploring talmudic Prayer Times with a Crip Lens

The very first page of Mishna in Tractate Berakhot asks the question: “from when do we say the evening Shema?” Our ancestors then offer a variety of viewpoints based on their own wisdom and prior rulings, but did any of them take Crip Time (the theory that time acts differently on disabled body-minds) into account? This teaching, led by educator Ari Fernandez, will apply a Critical Disability Theory lens to ancient wisdom from the Talmud.

JOC Hevruta Interest Form

Torah is traditionally studied with a learning partner, a hevruta. Just as we are encouraged to consider Torah from many angles, we can invite another perspective into our learning by studying together. Some of the most praised hevruta teams among the ancient rabbis were known for bringing vastly different lived experiences and expertise to Torah text. Together, a hevruta pair can learn more about the texts, each other, and even themselves through open discussion.

JOC members looking to study Torah with a hevruta can fill out this interest form, and we will work to match you with someone who shares similar study goals.

Yonah Wants The Punitive G-d:
A Study of One Prophet’s Theological Desire

At the end of the Book of Yonah, the protagonist and prophet seems to despair over G-d being too forgiving. We’ll consider how to relate this to theology, and what it may offer us on the afternoon of Yom Kippur, when it is read in many communities. Come away with a plan for relating to the book on the coming holiday.

How Fast Is Forgiveness? 
Exploring Texts that Name The Moment of Absolution

From the Bedtime Shema to Erev Rosh Hashanah, there are texts that ask us to name forgiveness for others. What are the emotional and spiritual attitudes behind this invitation from our tradition? Does forgiveness happen in the exact instant we say the words? We’ll work in this class to deepen our understanding of what Jewish tradition means by forgiveness and pardon, so you can choose how and when to use these ancient spiritual words.