Rabbi Fishman has been continuing his weekly Tuesday night teaching, this month focusing on the Amidah. Previous sessions have included discussions of the Poetry of Yehuda Amichai, the story of Samson, and the Shema. The classes have been warmly received, and all are invited to attend. Future monthly subjects include:
Selected Psalms -- In modern life, do these poems still resonate? Explore the relationship between selected Psalms and critical emotional moments of our lives.
Heroines of the Hagaddah -- Learn the fascinating stories and profound impact of the heroic women of the Exodus. including Moses’ mother Yocheved, the midwives Shifra and Puah, Pharaoh’s daughter Batya, and, of course, the prophetess Miriam.
Contemporary Israeli Holidays -- How should Jews outside of Israel observe modern Israel commemorations, including Yom Hashoah, Yom Ha-atzmaut and Yom Yerushalayim?
The Torah Service -- Choreography, pageantry and meaning.
The Binding of Isaac -- From Kierkegaard to Spiegel and beyond, this class will explore the Akedah from a modern perspective.
Friday, January 29, 2010
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I picked up on "pledge 25" a little late-just in time for "Samson". Because of his very intense kind of life I expected the mini-course to be very interesting--it was with an excellent teacher. While self-evidently very different I had not anticipated my same level of interest in the "Amidah"--I was wrong...again. I will approach this prayer from now on with a completely new sense of it's meaning--from the choreography to the different parts of its content. I learned a lot and thank you. I am very impressed with your enthusiastic teaching skills--particularly so late in the day (8:30 PM till whatever)--who knows what the rest of your day was like? I have to "get-up" just to listen and concentrate.
ReplyDeleteOn the same subject but from a completely different angle--since the amidah was written "millenia" ago and we are still using it every day and will continue to do so--where are "contemporaneous" prayers being written (if any) for the next thousands of years? There may be an obvious answer to this--but not obvious to me.
Thanks again to your enthusiastic and engrossing teaching
Norman Schultz