W-SAJE : Women’s Seminary of Atlanta for Jewish Education
At W-SAJE we are dedicated to impart Jewish wisdom in a broad and deep way. Our program is divided into 3 components with numerous modules to each component. The three components consist of; Jewish Knowledge, Jewish Thought and Jewish Action. In these components we cover a tremendous breadth of Jewish wisdom for both the novice and experienced learner alike.
Class material is presented in a manner that encourages the dedicated student to further her knowledge and fosters a proactive learning environment through different styles of teaching, including Chavruta learning (learning with a partner).
Each module meets once a week for two hours. With two modules running every trimester the student will have the option to chose the module, or modules, that interest them most. The student also has access to class content that they missed, or need a recap on, via recordings made available online. Each module runs for 12 classes, once a week, over approximately 3 months. However, we will run only one module for the first trimester while we get a better understanding of what the students are looking for. A second module may start up a few weeks into the trimester. The cost for each module is $60 and the first one will be taught at the Kehilla Sunday mornings from 10AM til 12. If the cost is prohibitive please don’t hesitate to contact us and we will work something out.
Your Teachers:
Our staff consists of Rabbi and Rebbitzen Ingber, who have been teaching Jewish Education for over 20 years and have taught at the highest level in Israel and in the States, including Hebrew University, Shaarim Women’s College, Midreshet Tehilla of the Neveh Yerushaliyim Institute, The Jerusalem Kollel, Aish HaTorah, Bircas HaTorah, Ner LeElef and many other institutions. In fact many leading educators today were themselves trained by Rabbi and Rebbitzen Ingber in their Rabbinic training program called Talmidei Aharon/Ner LeElef.
MODULE 1 : Chumash (event PDF)
Component: Jewish Knowledge December 4th – March 11th Breakneck through the Bible. In this series we will go through the entire Chumash (5 books of Moses) in 3 months. We will begin with understanding what is the Torah, what was given on Mount Sinai, what was conveyed in the desert and how do we know the various Midrashic explanations of the Torah. We will then go through the entire story line of the Chumash (the 5 books) understanding some of the depths of events and putting it all into the proper context and time.
Text you will need: The Chumash (Stone edition recommended) – Available for purchase here
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The Jewish Year and the Cycle of Life
Component: Jewish Action In this series we will delve into the meanings of the holidays, seasons and time. We will cover half of the year so as to let the information be concurrent with the time of year we are in. Through our discussion of the various Jewish observances in time we will also explore laws, customs and meanings of the various stages in our own personal lives.
Text you will need: Book of Our Heritage (Eliyahu KiTov) – Available for purchase here
The Belief System of Judaism
Component: Jewish Thought We will investigate all the classic issues and philosophy of Jewish thought. In this module we will deal with: The existence of G-d, purpose, good and evil, free- will, body and soul, the spiritual realm, the system of providence, suffering, influence of the stars, prophecy and sorcery.
Text you will need: The Way of G-d (Moshe Chaim Luzzatto) – Available for purchase as hardcover
