7-9 PM ET/6-8 PM CT/4-6 PM PT
Registration on a sliding scale from $0-$36
Mayyim Hayyim and Rising Tide present a four-week class, inspired by our teachers at SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva and in partnership with our friends at Hebrew College. Participants will learn a Talmudic sugya (section) in the original language using a precise method that allows anyone who knows their aleph-bet to immerse themselves in the rich language and concepts of the Talmud. No experience with text study is necessary!
The text addresses questions of how we can facilitate transitions between tumah and taharah (ritual purity and impurity) in seemingly impossible situations. Our study will focus on the character traits that support guiding others through these moments of change. These traits include attention to multivocality, nonjudgmental presence, and the willingness to perform acts of deep affirmation.
All are welcome to participate in the class. Volunteer mikveh guides, ritual facilitators, chaplains, clergy, and those who guide and support others on their spiritual journeys will especially benefit.
Zoom link will be sent to participants upon completion of registration.
About the educator
Michael Fraade (he/him) is a rabbinical student at Hebrew College, a pluralistic institution in Newton, MA, as well as the Rabbinic Intern at Mayyim Hayyim: Living Waters Community Mikveh and Paula Brody and Family Education Center. After earning a BA in history from Yale University, he spent five years in the South working as the Jewish Outdoor, Food, and Environmental Education Director at the Louisville, Kentucky JCC and on a number of small farms. Michael has learned Torah at Hadar, Drisha, Pardes, the Conservative Yeshiva, and Yashrut, and is currently part of the SVARA-Hebrew College Talmud Pedagogy Fellowship. He has volunteered with or served in a leadership capacity for nonprofits focused on food justice, reproductive rights, and Jewish communal life. Michael lives in Cambridge with his fiancée Jenn and their dog Priya. His favorite proofs for God’s existence include pictures from the Hubble Telescope and the perfect summer tomato.