Aging Soulfully with Mussar
Join Rabbi Judith Edelstein as we explore how Mussar can support the journey of aging, applying patience, gratitude, compassion, and equanimity to embrace life’s later transitions with wisdom and grace.
Level: Intermediate
Recommended Experience: Two Years of Mussar Studies (e.g. New Pathways to the Inner Life Course
Format: Small Group | 4 Sessions
Rabbi Edelstein is a post-denominational teacher, spiritual leader, counselor, and writer who has worked in synagogues, long-term care facilities, and Jewish organizations. She said, "The practice of highlighting different middot enabled me to see my own areas of strength in addition to characteristics that required constant vigilance. This focus created an opportunity for me to be conscious of traits that needed only fine-tuning and those that demanded much more.
Course Overview:
This new course is designed to help mature Mussar practitioners apply a select number of highly relevant middot to the changes in their later lives. Using Alan Morinis’s book, Everyday Holiness, as the primary source text, supplemented by additional readings from Jewish, scientific, and journalistic sources, participants will be led to apply four middot as they surface in the challenges faced by aging and the transitions of life. The goal for the course is to enable people to accept the transition of aging with grace and to offer practices for feeling valued, despite the limitations that aging often presents.
The four middot explored include: savlanut / patience, hakarat hatov / gratitude, rachamim / compassion, and menuchat hanefesh / equanimity.
Format and Delivery:
Duration: 4 va'ad meetings, 4 chevruta meetings
Delivery: Live Web Meetings
Sessions:
Tuesdays, 3:00-4:30 pm ET, va'ad meetings on 10/21, 11/4, 11/18, 12/2
Tuition (3-Tier Pricing):
Tier 1 - $220 (Supporter Rate: Covers full costs and helps others access Mussar)
Tier 2 - $188 (Sustainer Rate: Covers the full cost of your course)
Tier 3 - $132 (Accessible Rate: A reduced price for those who need it)
Chaverim members enjoy a 15% discount off of course pricing. Members, please select the Chaverim rate of your choice on your registration form, membership will be verified before your enrollment is secured for the course.
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*All course fees are 100% tax deductible.
What Students Say About This Course
"What a beautiful va'ad we had; Judith is a great facilitator and gave everyone time to process the middot."
This course is an opportunity to revisit some middot through a specific lens of aging. Very helpful as we travel this road where the ground sometimes feels it is shifting.
"Looking at Mussar material through the lens of aging was very helpful and meaningful to me. I loved also that it was bringing that aging soulful lens to Alan's Everyday Holiness."
"Judith is very knowledgeable and her wisdom really shone a light on issues and I always learn from her. She is very skillful in helping individuals focus on Mussar learning opportunities."
Watch this short video with Rabbi Judith Edelstein as she guides you into a place of calm presence, the perfect way to step into our exploration of Aging Soulfully with Mussar.
Questions? info@mussarinstitute.org