Growth: Learning & Torah with Nefesh

Educational and spiritual growth offerings in Los Angeles or virtually from anywhere

Torah, t’filah, mussar, collective singing, and spiritual growth practices for adults

Adult Learning

Torah, t’filah, mussar, collective singing, and spiritual growth practices for adults

Robust and creative Jewish and Hebrew learning for kids from TK-6th Grade

Makom

Robust and creative Jewish and Hebrew learning for kids from TK-B’nai Mitzvah.

Registration is closed for 5784 (2023-24)

Adult Education | לִמּוּד

Grow and learn with Nefesh. Adult learning classes on Mussar, Torah, and prayer with Rabbi Susan Goldberg and guest teachers. Group singing for all experience levels. Classes both in person in Los Angeles and online wherever you are.

Current Offerings:

  • Lai Lai: Learn and L’Chaim with Rabbi Aaron – Every third Friday of the month @ 6:30 before our Erev Shabbat service. Come say the kiddush, toast with friends, and do a little bit of prayer learning before our 7pm service. Sign up here.
  • Heart of Jewish Prayer with Rabbi Susan – First Sundays Dec 2023 – Feb 2024, 10:45am-12pm. In person in Eagle Rock and on Zoom. Sign up here.
  • Parshat Study with Rabbi Aaron – every Thursday, 12-1:15pm in person at Jewel in Silverlake. Sign up here.
  • Singing with Sally – 3rd Sundays, 10:45am-12pm in person in Eagle Rock. Sign up here.
  • Golden Hour – A book group on Zoom for folks 60+. Every other Wednesday. Sign up here.

Makom – Jewish Learning for Kids | מְקוֹם

Robust content, creative expression, and practical tools for building Jewish life for TK-B’nai Mitzvah.

The word makom means “place”, and we are developing an understanding that every place can be a Jewish place. Using art, storytelling, text study, discussion, service learning, music, and movement – we offer a full bodied experience of Jewish education!
Weekend classes focus on:

  • Blessings/T’filah: to learn, unpack, and appreciate prayer
  • Middot: our soul traits, which we apply to real life situations
  • Torah: examining and questioning the story behind the story; learning to interpret themes
  • Hebrew: learning to read Hebrew, studying the Aleph-Bet, and building vocabulary for Jewish prayer, middot, and Torah.
  • Jews around the World: learning about our diverse, global Jewish experiences, indentities, and practices

B’nai Mitzvah | בְּנֵי מִצְוָה

The Nefesh B’nai Mitzvah program embraces our inner lives and spiritual growth; care, responsibility and knowledge of others; and the repair of the world. We believe that becoming a B’nai Mitzvah at any age is an individual moment and a collective moment all at once. It is about your story and the story of our people.

If you are interested in exploring having a B’nai Mitzvah with Nefesh, please contact us and someone will be in touch with you.