Text: Mishkan HaNefesh (prayer books for Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah) This class will focus on reading and understanding the prayers and the prayer variations that are unique to the High Holidays. We will look at key vocabulary words, the meaning and context for the prayers, as well as practice reading in Hebrew. Prayers covered will include Avinu Malkeinu, Zokreinu, Untaneh […]
**While NVHC's building is closed, this class will take place online. Please see your daily email or email info@nvhcreston.org for more information.** For students who want to be able to read, understand, and translate selections from the Torah. We will learn to recognize a variety of verb forms and expand knowledge of Biblical vocabulary. Prerequisites: […]
Prepare the mind and soul for the Holy Days with the study of key portions of the two tractates dedicated to this season.
In this month's Great Texts of America, we will discuss Ursula K Le Guin's short story "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas." We look at this thought-provoking and tragic story through the lens of current events and modern culture, and study it using the same skills and devices we use to study Torah. Click here to […]
This month, we will meet in the St Tomas a Becket Fellowship Hall. You know St Thomas a Becket Church (or at least, you know its parking lot), but what do you know about what they do there? Are you interested in opening a Jewish-Christian dialogue and helping to rejuvenate the relationship between NVHC and […]
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