The Newton Friends of The New Jewish Academy is forming a Torah Chevre in Newton Centre. WHAT IS A TORAH CHEVRE AND HOW WILL IT BE ORGANIZED? A TORAH CHEVRE is an intentional community, sanctifying time through study and friendship. This chevre will meet in Newton Centre five times a year - in advance of Passover (Song of Songs), Sukkot (Ecclesiastes) and Shavuot (Book of Ruth), and in the course of the month of repentance (Elul) and the Days of Awe. You are invited to join. Avi will offer further context and elaboration on May 17. A TORAH CHEVRE IS A PLACE OF LERNEN (לערנען). Discursive Learning (e.g. lots of back-and-forth) is the beating heart of Jewish civilization. If it fades, the civilization withers. It is the acquisition of … [Read more...] about RSVP Below for Zelda and Elkan’s House Party and Discover a New Form of Learning and Friendship
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