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Spiritual Accounting: Benjamin Franklin and Rabbi Mendel Lefin’s Course of Character Development

March 13, 2022 @ 10:15 am - June 26, 2022 @ 11:45 am

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Providence’s Congregation Beth Sholom, Core Connects Rhode Island, the Jewish Community Day School of Rhode Island, Providence’s Temple Beth-El, and Providence’s Temple Emanu-El are collaborating to offer a 12-week in-person program: “Spiritual Accounting: Benjamin Franklin and Rabbi Mendel Lefin’s Course of Character Development.”

Taught by Providence’s Rabbi Eliahu Klein, a musar (practical Jewish ethics) instructor and the author of Meetings with Remarkable Souls: Legends of the Baal Shem Tov, this program is funded by a grant from the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island and free for all participants.

In this program, a small group of up to 15 Jewish adults from across the religious and communal spectra in the Greater Rhode Island area will embark together on the course of reflection and character improvement outlined by Benjamin Franklin in his 18th-century autobiography and later presented in a Jewish context by Rabbi Menahem Mendel Lefin in his 1808 musar work, Sefer Heshbon Ha-Nefesh (Book of Spiritual Accounting).

With in-depth textual study and close-knit, pluralistic community building, this program involves significant time commitment (12 in-person meetings, as well as reading and journaling at home) from participants, who it is hoped will return to their organizations, synagogues, and homes with a fresh Jewish religious and communal perspective that they can share with others.

The 12 in-person meetings will take place on Sunday mornings from 10:15 to 11:45 AM, beginning March 13 and concluding June 26, 2022. (There will be no meetings on April 17, May 8, May 29, or June 5 due to Jewish and secular holidays.) The meetings will be held in the board room of the Jewish Alliance, 401 Elmgrove Avenue, Providence, RI 02906.

Details

Start:
March 13, 2022 @ 10:15 am
End:
June 26, 2022 @ 11:45 am
Cost:
Free
Event Category:
Community Events
Website:
https://shaiafsai.com/benfranklinandmusar

Organizers

Congregation Beth Sholom
Temple Emanu-El
Core Connects RI
Temple Beth-El
Jewish Community Day School of Rhode Island

Venue

Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island
401 Elmgrove Avenue
Providence, RI 02906 United States
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