Class is free for participants, courtesy of a generous grant from Hadar.
Tuesday evenings
April 22 - June 3, 2025
7:30 - 9 PM
in the Water Building
THE MEMORY OF HISTORY
IN ANCIENT ISRAEL
taught by
Rabbi Ben Barer
In this 8-part class, participants will learn the key history and stories preserved in ספר מלכים (the Book of Kings), with an eye towards what they teach us about Jewish history, memory and the moments and figures that shaped the תנ”ך (Hebrew Bible).
Register here
Participation at all sessions required.
Kollel ba'Ohel
("Learning in/with the Ohel")
Five minutes of practical halakha
with some of Northampton's finest Jewish educators
Wednesdays: Tzedaka
with Rabbi Ben Barer
Fridays: hilkhot Shabbat
with Rabbi Simcha Halpert-Hanson!
Past Kollel baOhel classes
with Rabbi Becca Walker:
Rabbi Yosef Caro gives tips for prayer!
What can I do on Shabbat? The positive commandments
Get ready for the High Holies! Elul learning.
Pirke Avot! The wisdom of the sages.
Interrupting Cow! When is it ok to interrupt your davening and for whom?
Tacha-what?! Exploring tachanun. What is that thing we do after the amidah where we sit and "fall on our faces"? Why?
Hitting Snooze: What are the halachot when you show up a bit late, or a lot late, to davening?
