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Congregation Or Shalom
835 Darby Paoli Road
Berwyn, PA 19312
Tel: 610-644-9086
office@orshalom.com

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Rabbi:
Kami Knapp Schechter

President:
Andrew Levin

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Adult Education

NEW ADULT EDUCATION CLASS STARTING 1/8/2024
either in house with rabbi or on zoom

In this 10 class series we will look at various Torah portions through the writings of Rabbi Sacks. We will also view interviews and videos he made to support his writings. In addition to talking about his perspectives on the text, we will also discuss his impact on the Jewish world as well as his commitment to interfaith work

Adult Ed Second Semester: 2024
Mondays: 12-1pm
1/8
1/22
2/5
2/26
3/11
3/25
4/1
4/15
4/29
5/13

 
Understanding Torah through the teachings of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z”l

One of the greatest Jewish minds of our time was Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks z”l. Jonathan Henry Sacks, Baron Sacks (8 March 1948 – 7 November 2020) was an English Orthodox
rabbi, philosopher, theologian, and author. Sacks served as the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth from 1991 to 2013. As the spiritual head of
 the United Synagogue, the largest synagogue body in the United Kingdom, he was the
Chief Rabbi of those Orthodox synagogues. 
 
Rabbi Sacks was a prolific writer and commentator. His words have both inspired, awed and taught hundreds of thousands of people. In recognition of his work, Sacks won several international awards, including the Jerusalem Prize in 1995 for his contribution to diaspora Jewish life and The Ladislaus Laszt Ecumenical and Social Concern Award from Ben Gurion University in Israel in 2011.
 
The author of 25 books, Sacks published commentaries on the daily Jewish prayer book (siddur) and completed commentaries to the Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Pesach festival prayer-books (machzorim) as of 2017.
 
Rabbi Sacks died in 2020 of cancer.