This course is dedicated to the memory of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schapiro obm, whose careful and meaningful use of time was exemplary.
COURSE CONCLUDED MARCH 2006
Time exists in two ways: There is the measurement of time: Seconds, minutes and hours.
And then there is the Kabbalah of time: Moments of meaning, measured in a whole different way. By cycles and the rhythms of seasons, the rhythms of days, and the rhythms and periods of one’s lifetime. By the holy moments, by the moments of light and the moments of darkness, by the moments of creation and the moments of rest, by the moments of learning and the moments of teaching, by the moments of giving and moments of receiving, by the moments of love and the moments of celebration.
Time can be granular and calculated. Or time can be mysterious and flowing. We can value our lives by minutes and hours, by palm pilots and deadlines or by clocks and blackberries. Or we can ultimately value our time by depth and our connection to G‑d.
This course will embrace you with a different notion of counting the days of your life. It will lead you to another dimension of viewing your existence on earth. Through its learning, you will feel your entrance into a kabalistic space of time and meaning.
Together, students and teachers will face the powerful Jewish questions regarding time and explore them at a level that touches the soul. The class will be a deep exchange between teacher and learner, conducted as a conversation of both intellect and emotion, of critical thinking and dynamic feeling.