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Home
About
Contact
Who We Are
Rabbi Meir & Mushki
About Chabad-Lubavitch
Join our mailing list
Events & Services
Seder 2025
Pre-Passover Family Fair and Model Seder
Purim in Alameda 2025
Menorah on Wheels
Pre Chanukah Ladies Night
Soup in the Sukkah 2024
Simchat Torah 2024
High Holiday Services 2024
Shavuot Celebration 2024
Lag Baomer BBQ 2025
Lulav
Shofar In the Park 2024
Pop Up Deli
CAN-orah
Prayer Services
Pre Rosh Hashana Fair
Women's Challah Bake
Shabbat
Seder To Go
Chanukah Order Form
Hamantashen Bake
Tu B'Shvat Picnic
Adult Education
Ladies' Torah and Tea
Torah on Tuesdays
Jewish Meditation - Winter 2022
Beyond Right - Spring 2022
Judaism Decoded
Soul Maps
Secrets of the Bible
Journey of the Soul
This Can Happen
Youth
The Gan Preschool
Hebrew School of The Arts
Camp Gan Israel
Family Shabbat
Photos
Pre Rosh Hashanah Family Fair 2022
Camp Gan Israel Alameda 2022
Tu BShvat 2022
Chanukah Lego Menorah Lighting 2022
Menorahs & Martinis 2021
Drive-In Menorah Lighting 2020
Sukkah Mobile 2020
Chanukah 2019
Lag B'Omer Celebration 2019
High Holidays 2019
Soup in the Sukkah 2019
Purim Family Celebration 2019
Grand Menorah Lighting 2018
Soup in the Sukkah 2018
Mini Challah Bake 2018
Shofar Factory 2018
Lag B'Omer Celebration 2018
Donate
Donate
Build the Future
Jewish Art Calendar
Planned Giving
Chai Club
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  • Beyond Right - Spring 2022
  • Judaism Decoded
  • Soul Maps
  • Secrets of the Bible
  • Journey of the Soul
  • This Can Happen

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6 Tuesdays, 7:30-9:00 P.M.
Nov. 17 - Dec. 22

 
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LOCATION

Zoom - From the comfort of your home!

MORE INFO

rabbi@jewishalameda.com
510.640.2590 | Fee: $99

 

Course Overview

 
A lush garden...a snake...forbidden fruit...temptation...the sin of knowledge...shame...mortality...
What is really going on?

Revisit six seemingly absurd stories you likely remember from Hebrew school. Uncover their hidden themes and eye-opening insights into the mysteries of life.
~ What is the deeper meaning behind these stories?
~ How did they shape the Jewish worldview?
~ What wisdom do they hold for you today?

Sign up for a thought-provoking experience, sure to deepen your understanding of Judaism and enrich your life!
 
 

Lesson Outline

 

Story One
Would you choose knowledge over paradise? Would you rather be objective and unengaged or passionate and invested? Why is temptation more compelling than reason? What’s the big idea behind Adam and Eve eating the fruit of knowledge and the resulting human struggle with self-consciousness?
 

 

Story Two
How do you see past another's failures? If a person you love lets you down, is the relationship over? How do you build a resilient connection that will survive any storm? The secret is buried in the theme of the Great Flood: why G-d created a world only to destroy it, and how He guarantees there will never be a repeat.
 

 

Story Three
Will the real you please stand up? At some point, we're all conflicted: torn between a drive to do good and the temptation of lust, greed, and power. In this session, you'll meet your inner Jacob and Esau—the recluse and the hunter—and understand their lifelong conflict. Why does Isaac prefer the materialistic Esau? And why does the wholesome Jacob resort to deception to obtain his father's blessings?
 

 

Story Four
Your life and its goals: are they compatible? You may love what you do, or where it gets you, but seldom both. Uncover this tension in the strange relationships between Jacob and his wives and between Joseph and his brothers, and explore ways to navigate the delicate balance between personal growth and practical impact.
 

 

Story Five
Why is inspiration so short-lived? Infidelity under the wedding canopy is the story of our lives. Why do New Year’s resolutions barely last a day? We are so easily impressionable, yet our stimulation doesn’t linger. Discover a powerful hack for creating lasting impact from two sets of tablets and the worship of a golden calf.
 

 

Story Six
Does a higher station make You a better person? If all people were created equal, why do some occupy more elevated positions than others? You weren’t dealt the same hand as your neighbor; does this make you inferior to them? Explore Korach’s challenge to Moses’s leadership to gain insight on privilege and every person's unique contribution to society.

 

 

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