Playing the part of roving blogger, I dropped in on the AARC Community Learning group at the JCC on Sunday morning, Jan. 18, 2015.
What I found was a lovely, welcoming group (they had even brought three different kinds of delicious snacks) and a lively, thoughtful, enjoyable discussion. The topic of the day was mitzvot (commandments), a topic chosen to parallel the Beit Sefer students in their learning about mitzvot. Led by Rabbi Michal, the group explored a range of interesting angles, from the abstract to the concrete. These included the concept of holiness as a Jewish thing and a universal thing, ways of attempting to build Tikkun Olam (repairing the world) and Tzedakah (giving) into our lives and our family patterns, and how we feel about lighting Shabbat candles if we need to blow them out to leave the house before they burn out.
The discussion was based on a few chapters of reading from the book Living Judaism, by Rabbi Wayne Dosick. 
Due to busy schedules, not everyone had completed the reading, yet everyone was able to jump in and share their thoughts.
The next Sunday morning Community Learning is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015 at the JCC. Please Contact Rabbi Michal for more info. All are welcome.
