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Siddur Skills: How to Open The Jewish Prayerbook and Know What’s Going On

Join Rabbi Sass for a four-part workshop on the structure of the Jewish prayerbook, with focus on the key daily prayers, and the differences for Shabbat and holidays. We'll study the arc of a service, and traditional understandings of the core tefilot (prayers). Come away with a better orientation to the siddur, so you can open the prayerbook in diverse congregations and have a sense of what's happening.

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Passover: The Script, The Set, and The Spectacle

The Haggadah, our guide at the Passover Seder, can be read as a script to a play - with different acts, scenes, and us as players around the table. Join Rabbi Kelly on this dive into the history, themes, artwork, and creative interpretations of the Haggadah, and come away with a deeper understanding of the story we tell year after year.  

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Pathways of Transformation: Insights on the Counting of The Omer

Starting with the second night of Pesach, Jewish tradition invites us to count the seven weeks until Shavuot, night-by-night. This practice of marking time can open pathways to spiritual transformation, preparing us to reenact the giving of Torah at Sinai. Join Ammud's Rabbinic Intern, Rebeca Carrillo, to make a plan for using the Omer period to get ready for revelation.

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Parasha Study

Join Rabbi Heather on Mondays and Rabbi Sass on Tuesdays for Parasha Study, a weekly drop-in space where JOCs can dive deep into learning the beauty of Torah, share their unique and inspiring takes on the week's Parasha (Torah portion), and build community.

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Program History

Micro-Rest for a Big Reset: Expanding a Women’s Ritual of Hanukkah Rejuvenation

Micro-Rest for a Big Reset: Expanding a Women’s Ritual of Hanukkah Rejuvenation

Keep Singing! 8th-Night Hanukkah Candle Lighting and the Many, Many Verses of “Maoz Tzur”

Keep Singing! 8th-Night Hanukkah Candle Lighting and the Many, Many Verses of “Maoz Tzur”

JOC Family Chanukah Celebration in partnership with the EDCJCC

JOC Family Chanukah Celebration in partnership with the EDCJCC

8 Days of Menucha: Daily Hanukkah Texts and Rejuvenation Rituals

8 Days of Menucha: Daily Hanukkah Texts and Rejuvenation Rituals

Torah Together: An Evening of Joy, Food, and Wrestling with Angels

Torah Together: An Evening of Joy, Food, and Wrestling with Angels

Embracing Darkness: Torah Wisdom for Longer Nights

Embracing Darkness: Torah Wisdom for Longer Nights

Brachot and Hakarat Hatov: Using Jewish Blessings to Recognize Good

Brachot and Hakarat Hatov: Using Jewish Blessings to Recognize Good

If You Know You Know: Cultural Communication in Genesis 23

If You Know You Know: Cultural Communication in Genesis 23

Ghosts, Werewolves, and Spirits: Torah Tales for Spooky Season

Ghosts, Werewolves, and Spirits: Torah Tales for Spooky Season

Culture Talks to Text: The Tower of Babel

Culture Talks to Text: The Tower of Babel

JOC Family Sukkot Celebration in DC in Partnership with EDCJCC

JOC Family Sukkot Celebration in DC in Partnership with EDCJCC

JOC Joy in the Sukkah with Ammud: Boston + Denver

JOC Joy in the Sukkah with Ammud: Boston + Denver

If Only I Trusted: Psalm 27, The Poem of Uncertain Belief

If Only I Trusted: Psalm 27, The Poem of Uncertain Belief

Kum Kra: 10 Minute Daily Study to Prepare for the High Holidays

Kum Kra: 10 Minute Daily Study to Prepare for the High Holidays

Selichot: Seriously Seeking the Divine During the Month of Elul | JOCS + Ally Circle

Selichot: Seriously Seeking the Divine During the Month of Elul | JOCS + Ally Circle

Legend of Destruction | JOCs + Ally Circle | Boston

Legend of Destruction | JOCs + Ally Circle | Boston

Legend of Destruction | JOCs + Ally Circle | NYC

Legend of Destruction | JOCs + Ally Circle | NYC

Legend of Destruction | JOCs + Ally Circle | Denver

Legend of Destruction | JOCs + Ally Circle | Denver

Fire Breathing Angels and the Sassiest 10 Commandments | JOCs

Fire Breathing Angels and the Sassiest 10 Commandments | JOCs

Fire Breathing Angels and the Sassiest 10 Commandments | JOC + Ally Circle

Fire Breathing Angels and the Sassiest 10 Commandments | JOC + Ally Circle

Preparing to Gather at Sinai, Preparing to Receive Revelation

Preparing to Gather at Sinai, Preparing to Receive Revelation

Freedom as a Verb: Exploring Conversations for Our Seders

Freedom as a Verb: Exploring Conversations for Our Seders

Veils of Revelation: Connecting Purim to Our True Selves

Veils of Revelation: Connecting Purim to Our True Selves

Tu B’Shvat: Celebrating the New Year of Trees

Tu B’Shvat: Celebrating the New Year of Trees

Ammud Hebrew Reading Test Class

Ammud Hebrew Reading Test Class

Holistic High Holiday Prep

Holistic High Holiday Prep

Deepening Our Roots

Deepening Our Roots

Unlocking the Mystical Wisdom of the Aleph Bet

Unlocking the Mystical Wisdom of the Aleph Bet

Presuming Empowerment and Agency

Presuming Empowerment and Agency

Torah and Exploring Prayer Practice

Torah and Exploring Prayer Practice

Torah and Exploring Prayer Practice

Torah and Exploring Prayer Practice

Freedom as a Verb

Freedom as a Verb

Veils of Revelation

Veils of Revelation

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