Chicago Based Conversion to Judaism Program under Conservative Rabbinic Supervision
Converting to Judaism OnlineConversions by a Conservative Rabbinical Bet Din of Metropolitan Chicago
Sunday AM class and/or AN ONLINE AND CHICAGO TUTORIAL PROGRAM
rabbi@convertjudaism.org
847-331-3584
Adult Education Program awarded Gold Medal from United Synagogue of Coservative Judaism 2009http://www.uscj.org/images/SolSchAwards2009_AdultEducation.pdf
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Websites
www.ehnt.org
Esynagogue.org and JewU Online Courses
www.convertjudaism.blogspot.com/
www.onlinehebrewschool.blogspot.com/
www.judaismviavideos.blogspot.com/
www.judaismtochristians.blogspot.com/
www.pararabbitraining.blogspot.com/
www.barmitzvahbvatmitzvahonlinetraining.blogspot.com/
847-331-3584
4500 Dempster st.
Skokie, IL 60076
ph: 847-675-4141
fax: 847-675-0327
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Our curriculum includes 38 Jewish values such as these:
1. Adam Yachid - a single human being / The Mishnaic concept that one human being was created originally in order that no one can say, "My father was greater than your father." Sanhedrin4:5
2. Ahavat ha-Beriot = love of all God's created beings / principle that entails acting ina loving fashion to any and all human beings.
3. Arevut = the concept of having a special bond to other Jews / series of ideas and laws encouraging commitments of mutual aid and devotion among Jews as in Kol Yisrael arevim zeh bazeh. "All Israel is responsible, one for the other." Shavuot 39a
4. Bakesh Shalom ve-Rodfehu = seek peace and pursue it / the obligation to actively reduce conflicts / series of laws and ethical teachings advocating peace, conflict resolution methodologies, and prohibiting violence against the innocent.
Rabbi Simeon ben Gamliel said: "The world stands on three things: on justice, on truth, and on peace . . . Hezekiali said: Great is peace, for in all commandments of the Torah it states, If you come upon the ox of your enemy . . . If you see the ass of your enemy... If a bird's nest chances to be before you... (If the mitzvah comes your way you are obligated to perform it, but if not, you are not obligated.) But what does it say of peace? Seek peace and pursue it, seek it in your own place and pursue it to another place." Chapter on Peace, small Tractates from Talmud
5. Bechirah Cliofshit -- freedom of choice / the Jewish philosophical assumption that all human beings have the ability to freely choose actions, and are responsible for those choices.
"All is foreseen (by God), yet freedom of choice is given, and by goodness is the universe judged, and all is according to the nature of the deeds (be they good or evil)." Avot3:15
"And this is a central principle and a pillar of the Torah and of the mitzvot, as it states. . . . Behold I have given you this day a choice between good and life, death and evil. In" other words, the choice is-yours, and everything Unit the human being chooses to do from the sundry deeds of man, he does, whether it be evil deeds or good deeds... Rambam Hilchot Teshuva 5:
Weekly Topics
Session 1- God /Mitzvot
Session 2 - Mitzvot II/Jewish Texts/Christianity
Session 3 - Models of Judaism/Spiritual Judaism
Session 4 -Jewish Life/Synagogue/Ritual Objects
Session 5 - Prayer
Session 6 - Jewish History
Session 7 - Shabbat
Session 8 - Time/High Holidays
Session 9 - Sukkot/Hannukah/TuBishvat/Purim - Session 10 - Pesach/Shavuot Session 11- Kashrut»
Session 12 - Jewish Peoplehood/Conversion/Modern Issues
Session 13 - Tisha B'Av/Anti-Semitism/Shoah-Holocaust
Session 14 -Israel
Session 15 -Life Cycle I
Session 16 -Life Cycle II/Life to Come
We also provide cd's and learning videos on www.youtube.com to help you learn Jewish prayers and songs.
4500 Dempster st.
Skokie, IL 60076
ph: 847-675-4141
fax: 847-675-0327
rabbi