The Kirva Institute invites you to the 7th annual Teshuva Workshop
Create a Spiritual Action Plan for the New Year!
Whether this is your first time or you return every year this workshop will help you enter the Jewish high holidays spiritually prepared. Through Torah study, structured exercises and meditations based on the teachings of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov and the Mussar movement, this workshop will help you review the past year and build a goal-oriented, personal spiritual action plan. Led by Kirva founder Rabbi David Jaffe, this workshop makes a significant impact on the way people experience the holy days and beyond.
Attending the workshop profoundly changed my experience of the High Holidays this year.
-Paula F., clinical psychologistWhether or not you do anything else for your spiritual growth this year, do this workshop!
– Deb S., technical writer
Where:
Gann Academy
333 Forest Street
Waltham, MA 02452
When:
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
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Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Time:
6:30 – 9:00 PM
Registration fee:
Sliding scale of $30 to $100
for the full two-session workshop
About David
Rabbi David Jaffe is the Founder and Principal of the Kirva Institute. He received his rabbinic ordination from the Bat Ayin Yeshiva in Israel and has a B.A. in History from Cornell University, an M.A. in Jewish studies from the Jewish Theological Seminary and a Masters of Social Work from Columbia University. He served as the Mashgiach Ruchani/Spiritual Advisor at Gann Academy in Waltham, MA and as an instructor of Rabbinics and Dean for over 10 years.
David’s teaching, organizing, writing and consulting explore the intersection of moral-spiritual development and ethical action in the world. Before receiving rabbinic ordination he served as the Director of Social Justice Programs for the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston and was a founding board member of Avodah: The Jewish Service Corps. His book, Changing the World from the Inside Out will be published by Shambhala in October, 2016.
David teaches and consults nationally and throughout the Boston area with such groups as The Mussar Institute, The Institute for Jewish Spirituality, The David Project, JOIN for Justice, Hebrew College/CJP and the Boston JCRC. He is a Dorot Fellow, member of the AJWS Global Justice Fellowship and charter member of the International Rabbinic Fellowship. David lives in Sharon, MA with his wife Janette and two boys, Tani (14) and Binyamin (13).
