OMER 5781 (2021) Archive
Each year, on the evening of the second Passover Seder, we begin the traditional counting of “the Omer,” the seven weeks between Passover and Shavuot. We count these 49 days with a free program of Mussar learning and practice. During this time of crisis, our community is coming together in a special way to honor…
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WHAT WE TEACH and CULTIVATE We address eleven middot (character or soul traits) and explore the nature of the qualities, ways to balance and manage them within ourselves, and ultimately, how to transform to become our “best selves”. The middot our program focuses on are: humility/anavah honor/kavod envy/kinah responsibility/achrayut trust/bitachon gratitude/hakarat ha’tov patience/savlanut lovingkindness/chesed enthusiasm/zeirzut…
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Bergen County High School of Jewish Studies, Bergen County, NJ Beth Chaim Reform Congregation, Malvern, PA Beth El Temple Center, Belmont, MA B’nai Israel Galveston, Galveston, TX Camp Alonim, Brandeis, CA Camp Ben Frankel, Carbondale, IL Camp Coleman, Cleveland, GA Camp Eisner, Barrington, MA Camp Havaya, Wyncote, PA Center for Jewish Engagement and Learning, Buffalo,…
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Editor’s Note: This page is under construction. We are grateful for your patience! Alan Morinis Visits Buffalo, NY, 2016 1 Alan Morinis Visits Buffalo, NY, 2016 2 Alan Morinis Visits Buffalo, NY, 2016 3 Alan Morinis Assumes New Role at TMI, 2017 Everyday Holiness by Alan Morinis is Named One of the Top Five Books…
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Editor’s Note: This page is under construction. We are grateful for your patience! January 2021 – Finding Your Path to Peace, Alan Morinis December 2020 – Peace, Alan Morinis October 2020 – There is a Disturbance in Your Force, Eric Gurvis July 2020 – Reckoning with Racism, David Jaffe March 2020 – Calling on Strengths,…
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A COURSE FROM ALAN MORINIS In this independent study course from Alan Morinis, you will deepen your understanding and practice of Mussar. Alan leads you through eight audio sessions and three video sessions. You’ll log your practice sessions, journal using Alan’s prompts, and participate in a moderated discussion board. If you wish, optional personal coaching…
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The goal of this Mussar practice is to cause key concepts to penetrate deeply, far more profoundly than intellectual knowledge, to the point where the inherent truth of the concept resonates within one’s life. That is how the concept moves from being information to transformation. The steps or stages have not changed over the centuries.…
Read MoreAXELRAD SCHOLARSHIP FUND
The Dr. Sam Axelrad Memorial Scholarship Fund of The Mussar Institute The Dr. Sam Axelrad Memorial Scholarship Fund is intended to make Mussar courses and programs accessible for all worthy Mussar students. A Note from Alan Morinis about the Alexrad Memorial Scholarship Fund: Sam was someone who wanted to include everyone in Mussar study and…
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Alan Morinis, Everyday Holiness “It is very heplful to set up a learning partnership with someone else whom you meet with every week or two to learn a text. This is the traditional learning form called chevruta, which is traditional in large part because it is such a very effective way to learn. … Reading…
Read MoreALAN MORINIS, A LEADING VOICE IN CONTEMPORARY MUSSAR
Dr. Alan Morinis, Founder of The Mussar Institute, is a leading figure in the contemporary revival of the Mussar movement, a 1,100-year-old authentic Jewish personal and communal spiritual tradition that was nearly lost following the Holocaust. A filmmaker, Rhodes Scholar, and anthropologist whose focus had been Hindu religious pilgrimages, he reached a personal turning point…
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