We are grateful to the following individuals whose support made it possible to count the Omer with our community. Eileen AbelPhyllis AbendDavid AbramsomJoe AckersteinJeff AgronSusan AkshaySammy AlzofonJeffrey AmerJulie AugustSasha BakenRick BankheadElizabeth BauerDaniel BeaupainMarian BellJudith BeltzElizabeth BernsteinRoger BernsteinKen BirenbaumWendy BleiweissBarry BlockJoni BrennerDaliah BrillPaula BroseLarry ChaitynKaren ChapmanLeslie-Anne Copes-FinkeBelinda DennTodd DoctorJudith EdelsteinMark EdelsteinAndy EdwardsBarbara FermonAvi FertigDavid FertigPat ForemanEmily…

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.…

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…

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…

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…