Oraita

Courses and Retreats:

• Fall 2010: Oraita-in-Boston and Online (Oct. 6, 20 and Nov. 3, 17, 2010)

• Winter 2011: Retreat and Online follow-up program (Jan. 23 to 27, 2011)
  

Oraita Video

Oraita, an exciting Hebrew College continuing educationprogram for rabbis, invites you to delve into classic Jewish texts with 25 to 30 rabbinic colleagues from all denominations, guided by world renownedteachers. The program opens with a four-day retreat and continues via user-friendly online faculty lectures, havruta study and groupdiscussions.

Retreat: Letting go of a rabbi’s daily worries, you’ll delve deeply into Torah learning. Emphasizing bet midrash–style havruta learning combined with presentations by our faculty, this retreat will be an intensive text study experience in anurturing setting, as well as an opportunity to deepen connections with colleagues. Evenings will include programs on the arts and other areas oflife.

Online Program: You will continue the learning and fellowship when you return to your home communities. The semester of studywill feature online video lectures, conference call discussions with faculty and participants, and regular havruta study, either long distanceor, if there is another Oraita participant in the vicinity, in person. We encourage students to invite other rabbis from their area or friends from rabbinical school to form an Oraita study group.

Tuition: Please refer to the specific retreat information below.Participants are responsible for their own transportation to and from the retreat. Some scholarships are available in cases of financial need.

Support for Oraita has been made possible by the Lasko Foundations and other generous sponsors.

Contact Us

Rabbi NatanMargalit
Director of Oraita
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
617-559-8617

Oraita Courses

FALL 2010 Oraita-in-Boston and Online
Classes with Rabbi Ebn Leader
“Hassidic Models of Leadership”

Wednesdays, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Oct. 6, 20; Nov. 3, 17, 2010 at Hebrew College

Tuition: In-person attendees: $180

Online Students:  $90

Click here for Fall 2010 Oraita Registration Form.

Details: Boston area rabbis will attend the course at Hebrew College on the dates given above.  Course material will also be available online.  Online participants will access the class through our website.  Audio, video and reading material will be available so you can study them at your own convenience.

About Rabbi Ebn Leader: Ebn Leader is Director of the Rabbinical School’s Bet Midrash and Instructor in Rabbinics. He grew up in Jerusalem and was a talmid (student-disciple) of Rabbi David Hartman, with whom he learned Talmud, and a talmid of Amos Hetz, studying movement and movement notation. He is currently a talmid of Dr. Art Green, from whom he has received semikha. He is the co-editor of God in All Moments: Mystical and Practical Wisdom from Hasidic Masters, published by Jewish Lights. 

Oraita Retreats

WINTER 2011 
Retreat and Online Follow-up Program

Oraita Video

Rabbi Nehemia Polen, PhD
Oraita-in-Boston Fall 2009
Shabbat Dance

For more information about Oraita programs, click here.