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Congregation Adas Emuno has maintained a long tradition of Saturday morning Torah Study sessions, which run from 10 AM to noon. This tradition has expanded into our highly popular Text Study led by Rabbi Barry Schwartz. Come join us for our weekly Saturday morning sessions as we read and discuss the teachings and unfolding story of our people. Our Torah and Test Study sessions are open to all.

In previous years, sessions have been devoted to Torah and the other books of the Jewish Holy Scriptures, the Mishneh Torah of Maimonides, family dynamics in the Torah and Tanach, the history of the Reform movement and Judaism in America, the prophets, turning points in Jewish history, the commentary of Rashi, and the rise and fall of ancient Israel.

Saturday morning study sessions are once more being held in person only in the Adas Emuno Social Hall.

This year we will be exploring the world of modern Jewish thought with Rabbi Schwartz's new book, Open Judaism: A Guide for Believers. Atheists and Agnostics.


Torah Study Schedule, 5784 (2023-24) First Semester

Rabbi Barry L. Schwartz


Date Topic

1.   Sept. 9    Welcome⏤High Holy Day Reading

2.   Sept. 16        No Session: Rosh Hashanah   

3.   Sept. 23        Shabbat ShuvahRepentance readings

4.   Sept. 30        Shabbat SukkotEcclesiastes             

5.   Oct. 7       Shabbat/Simchat TorahDeuteronomy 34

6.   Oct. 14         Defining Open Judaism I

7.   Oct. 21      Defining Open Judaism II     

8.   Oct. 28            First Survey

9.   Nov. 4          Athens and Jerusalem 1

10. Nov. 11         Athens and Jerusalem 2

11.  Nov. 18        Second Survey

12.  Nov. 25       No Session: Thanksgiving Weekend   

13.  Dec. 2             About God 1

14.  Dec. 9       About God 2

15.  Dec. 16       Third Survey

16.  Dec. 23          No Session: Winter Break

17.  Dec. 30  No Session: Winter Break



Torah Study Schedule, 5784 (2023-24) Second Semester

Rabbi Barry L. Schwartz


Date Torah Portion

18.    Jan. 6          About the Soul 1

19.    Jan. 13         About the Soul 2

20.   Jan. 20         Fourth Survey

21.   Jan. 27          About the Torah 1

22.    Feb. 3           About the Torah 2

23.   Feb. 10          Fifth Survey

24.   Feb. 17          About Halakha

25.   Feb. 24          Sixth Survey           

26.   Mar. 2          About Identity

27.   Mar. 9         Seventh Survey

28.   Mar. 16         About Inclusion

29.   Mar. 23         Eighth Survey

30.   Mar. 30     No Session: Spring Break

31.   Apr. 6          About Israel

32.    Apr. 13        Ninth Survey

33.   Apr. 20         About Ethics

34.   Apr. 27         Tenth Survey

35.   May 4            About Prayer

36.   May 11         Eleventh Survey

37.   May 18         Choosing Your Judaism/Final Survey


Student Cantor

Joseph Flaxman

Religious School Director

Annette De Marco

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