Shabbat Beit Midrash

Sabbath Encounters with Great Jewish Texts and Ideas

Upcoming Session: 3/18/06
Location: Beit Midrash of Rabbi Dov Gartenberg, 3827 NE 90th St. Seattle, WA
Time 1:15-2:45pm
Teacher: Rabbi Dov Gartenberg

Who is invited?

We welcome all Jews, secular or religious and all those in between. We also welcome interfaith couples and non-Jews interested in a meaningful engagement with Judaism. We welcome all those who thrive on engaging different points of view. No rsvp is required. Light refreshments are served.

Introduction to the Topic and Texts:
Pursuing Peace in an Unredeemed World.

Judaism places a high value on the act of pursuing peace. But there is a great distinction between the biblical teaching of the prophets which presents us with a utopian vision of peace and the rabbi's views of peacemaking called in the Talmud 'darchei shalom'-the ways of peace. In a teaching and discussion relevant to our own troubled times we will look at texts which talk about peacemaking in a world of diversity and conflict. From texts we will move to our lives and discuss how we succeed and fail in our peacemaking efforts and how we may apply the approaches suggested by the texts.