Jewish Wedding Customs and Traditions
Taught By Rabbi Aaron Lever

Everyone loves a wedding. But what are the real traditions and customs for a Jewish wedding? This class will explore the different customs and traditions that surround this life cycle event.

JTS Outreach Lecture Series

The Seminary Outreach Tampa Bay Lecture Series is an annual program featuring a series of four individual lectures, each one hosted by a Tampa Bay Conservative synagogue.

EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT B’RAKHOT AND WERE AFRAID TO ASK
Taught By Hazzan Sered-Lever

Have you ever considered whether there is a b’rakha to say for a particular occasion? Do you wonder about how to perform certain rituals involving b’rakhot? This class will endeavor to answer some of those questions with explanations of some of the b’rakhot from our tradition.

LEARN THE SKILLS OF BEING A GABBAI
Taught By Kalman Pila

Have you ever watched the two people who stand on either side of the Bima while the Torah is being read during Shabbat services? Did you wonder what they did? Want to join them some day? Come learn the tricks of the trade in being a Gabbai during Shabbat services.

BIMA ETIQUETTE AND COMFORT
Taught By Kalman Pila

Do you know how to recite an aliyah, open the ark, or do hagbah or gelilah? Join us for an evening where you will learn how to be comfortable accepting honors.

JEWISH PRACTICES IN THE TIME OF JESUS
Taught by Dr. Paul Schneider

Jews during the first century B.C.E. were strong believers in the Messiah. The atmosphere of the time during Jewish Sectarianism was very different from the rabbinic times we know today. The Pharisees, Sadducees, Zealots, and Essenes followed their own variety of Judaism and the Jews in the Diaspora incorporated many pagan practices in their every day observance. Come learn all about the Jewish world at the time of Jesus.