Aitz Hayim

AMITAI ADLER LEADS THE STUDY OF ORAL TORAH AND THE RABBINIC PARADIGM We are Rabbinic Jews, and have been for nearly 2000 years. Yet today, many of us have not been given the opportunity to study the Rabbinic texts and learn the teachings of the Rabbis, which are what make Judaism into the flexible, dynamic, [...]

PIRKEI AVOT: THE SAYINGS OF OUR ANCESTORS Pirkei Avot can either sound like the words of a Jewish Polonius or profoundly challenging multi-perspective moral concerns depending on how you read and study them. With Rabbi Amitai Adler you will use Torah, Talmud, halachah, South Park, Les Mis and our own cynicism as guides.   Rabbi [...]

SHAVUOT 5773 What do Aitz Hayim Center for Jewish Living, North Shore Congregation Israel, and Congregation B’nai Torah have in common? They are all connected by something that happened at Sinai.   Erev Shavuot, Tuesday, May 14, 6:30-9:15 PM in the Tross Family Education Center at North Shore Congregation Israel 1185 Sheridan Road, Glencoe 6:30 [...]