Explore and engage with Jewish wisdom
Adult Learning
“Get yourself a teacher and find yourself a friend.“ ~ Pirkei Avot 1:6
The wisdom of Judaism has so much to offer in supporting our daily lives. Through adult learning at TBE, we hope you will deepen your connection to Judaism and transform the way you walk through the world.
More Adult Learning Programs
eLeMeNTs: Be Part of Something Bigger!
On Monday evenings, connect to community and to ancient and modern Jewish wisdom through eLeMeNTs (Lishma: Monday Night Torah), TBE’s newest innovation in adult learning. Whether you’ve been studying for years or are stepping in for the first time, find your inspiration to be a part of something bigger.
This year, courses are organized in two curricular tracks: “Wrestling with Big Questions” and “Exploring Jewish Identity.” You can take courses all within one track to explore related concepts from multiple angles, or jump from one track to another based on what courses intrigue you.
Wrestling with Big Questions
Apply Jewish wisdom to how we deal with conflicting values.
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Exploring Jewish Identity
Connect with Jewish Peoplehood across ages and cultures through text, language, and art.
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eLeMeNTs Schedule
7:00 pm: Gather, schmooze & nosh
7:15 pm: Singing, d’var torah
7:25 pm: Mourner’s Kaddish
7:30 pm: Learning options
Reach Out
Lynn Burke Harrell
781.997.4211
Beit Midrash
For three thousand years, the Jewish people has been engaged in a continuous discussion, using time-perfected tools to dig deep into discovering answers to the world’s biggest questions. Break new ground with us as we build a brand-new kind of Beit Midrash (house of study) that equips you with our tradition’s timeless tools to explore ancient and modern texts and what they can teach us about the urgent issues of today, in a fun and friendly setting open and accessible to total beginners and experienced students alike. Join the conversation on the first Monday of each month in eLeMeNTs.
Dates: Nov 4, Dec 2, Jan 6, Feb 3, Mar 3, Apr 7, May 5, Jun 2
Build Your Own Beit Midrash
Experience relationship-building learning on your own schedule. Choose what you’d like to study from a selection of top-notch self-guided courses. We’ll help match you with a chevruta (study partner), kick off our learning together, and then support you along the way as you learn when and where you’d like: over Zoom, at a coffee shop, after kids’ bedtimes; whatever you and your chevruta decide.
This semester (March-June 2025), courses include The Balancing Act: Being a Jewish Parent, Theology and Ethics After the Holocaust, and A Food Tour of the Talmud.
Click here to learn more and register for semester 2 by March 10
Small Groups Initiative
Small groups are a chance to connect with other members over shared interests, identities, or life-stages in these lay-led groups. Groups meet according to your own schedules and build the experience that you want to have together.
The Well
Gather for learning and programming that centers around spiritual practice, mindfulness, and connection as a part of The Well at TBE. The Well integrates Jewish spiritual practices alongside modern mindfulness tools and techniques to provide a source of well-being through learning, practice, prayer, and support.
Embodied Practice
Engage your body in meaningful movement, art, and song.
Jewish Wisdom & Mindfulness
Integrate ancient Jewish wisdom with the best of modern mindfulness.
Questions about The Well?
Lynn Burke Harrell
781.997.4211
Wellness at the Well
Nourish your mind, body, and soul.
Travel Opportunities
Travel with The Well.
More Adult Learning Series
Create your own path through Jewish learning in classes that connect to Israel, engage with Jewish culture, wrestle with text, uncover new meaning in prayer, and so much more.
Pre-Shabbat Study Series
Sign off from the week a little earlier and begin to prepare for Shabbat with these pre-service study sessions.
Me’ah Select
The current Me’ah Select course, in partnership with Hebrew College, will study the Jewish ethics of war and the pursuit of peace from biblical times to the present in Jewish law and thought.
Reach Out
Lynn Burke Harrell
781.997.4211
Weekly Text Study
Anchor yourself through the wisdom of tradition and the rhythm of the weekly cycle of reading and study.
Daf Yomi
Join us on Fridays for a practice of reading and discussing a page of Talmud a day, led by Rabbi Carol Mitchell. A complete cycle takes seven years!
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