Do I need any previous knowledge or experience to participate in AJS courses?

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No. One of the driving values behind AJS is making life-changing wisdom and practices more accessible to everyone. 

 

All of our courses give you access to beautiful source sheets, with Hebrew and Aramaic teachings translated line by line into clear English, and practice instructions written in down-to-earth language.

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When do the online classes happen?

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Please see the Live Courses page for the times of our current courses, and the Recorded Courses page for dozens of courses available in recorded form. 

 

All of our live classes are recorded, and anyone who cannot make a class online can simply watch or listen to the recording of it at any time they choose. 

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Members receive full access to our entire library of recorded courses, in addition to a monthly live online gathering, exclusive new resources and a 20% discount on new live courses.

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What happens in the courses?

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All AJS course sessions consist of deep textual learning and discussion, led by our world-class faculty, followed by meditative or creative practices designed to help us bring the wisdom of the text into our moment by moment lived experience.

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If you're registering for a live course, you will also gain real-time access to the course instructor and connection to the other course participants during the live online sessions, and usually also through an optional WhatsApp group.

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Is it possible to try a class for free?

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Yes, you are warmly invited to try one session from any of our courses at no cost. Please be in touch to arrange this.

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What is unique about the AJS approach?

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We bring Jewish spritual wisdom and practices from our most beautiful and profound texts into our embodied experience, our everyday actions and routines, and our relationships.

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What drives us is exploring the millennia of Jewish text and thought and constantly asking: How can these ideas and practices help us to improve ourselves, and the entire world? ​

 

​​How can I connect with the AJS Community?

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As well as the specific optional WhatsApp groups for each course and cohort, there is also a general AJS Community WhatsApp Group where we share ideas, questions, practices and experiences related to Jewish spirituality and our own journeys. Rabbi Daniel Raphael Silverstein (founder and director of AJS) also shares a weekly thought on the Torah portion and/or festival for the group. Please click here to join it.​​

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