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The Charlotte Jewish News - April 2015 - Page 10 Synagogue. Josh Rubin’s Plumbing, LLC LICENSED - BONDED - INSURED COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL Layouts for slabs - Rough-in and Finish Water Heater Repairs and Replacement Kitchen/Bath Remodeling Toilets, Tubs, Faucets, Sink, and Disposal Repairs/Replacement 10 YEARS EXPERIENCE - NC State Lie. #29197 SC State Lie. #M 110508 704-517-4918 ONGREGATIONS New JLI Course Will Be Offered in Charlotte This Spring Judaism Decoded: The Origins and Evolution of Jewish Tradition Your Connection To The Jewish Community 0 REAITOR* ^OCU'iS, Jc/icc' Jeremy Ordan Matti Ordan Reider 704.609.9300 704.904.7250 Jeremy.Ordan@AllenTate.com Matti.Ordan@AlIenTate.com TheOrdanReiderGroup.com Have you ever questioned the authentieity of our Jewish tradi tion? What was invented by the rabbis, and what ean be traeed baek to aneient biblieal verses? And how do eontemporary rabbis know how to adapt biblieal law for modem times? The answers to these and many more questions will be explored in a faseinating six session eourse of fered by the Jewish Learning In stitute of Charlotte. The JLI has earned an exeellent reputation for in-depth study of both aneient wisdom and modern eontempo rary responsa. Just as seienee follows the sei- entifie method, Jewish tradition has a system to ensure its authen tieity remains intaet. Judaism De- eoded sheds light on the mysteries surrounding biblieal interpreta tion. How do we know our inter pretation is trae? If it is hue, why is it subjeet to differenees of opin ion? And how do we know whieh interpretation refleets the original intent? Diseover the eleganee of the “souree eode” on whieh Torah law is built; enjoy the razor-sharp reasoning, intelligent debate, and eompelling arguments of the Tal- mudie dialeetie; and get a fasei nating, behind-the-seenes glimpse of the most intelleetually sophisti- eated religion in existenee. Ineluded the six session eourse: Insurance for Home, Auto, Business and Life, “My father, Harry, founded Swimmer Insurance Agency over 60 years ago offering security to the community and helping families through times of trouble. Today, we con tinue that tradition of service with everything we do. We will be there for every mile stone, every hardship and every transition your family or business experiences.” - DAVID SWIMMER Swimmer Insurance Agency 725 Providence Rd Charlotte. NC 28207 704.333.6694 WWW.swimmerinsurance.com 1. THE DYNAMIC DUO: If we have a written law, why do we need tradition? And if we have a tradition, what’s the point of a written law? Diseover the bril- lianee of this binary system. 2. A FORMULA FOR ETER NITY: Cireumstanees ehange, and, in most eases, so do the rules — unless the rules were ereated as prineiples to make them apply to any situation that may arise. Ex plore the systematie formula through whieh Jewish law is ap plied to solve modern-day dilem mas. 3. RABBIS MAKING RULES: Is my rabbi allowed to ehange the law when he deems it neeessary? When do rabbis have the power to legislate new laws? 4. DEBATING THE DI VINE: The Talmud is filled with all kinds of debates. If the law is Divine, should there be any room for diseussion? And why does the Talmud reeord opinions that were ultimately overruled? 5. LAWS THAT EXPIRE: While most Jewish praetiees are as relevant today as ever, some laws have reasons that no longer apply. When does a law expire? How is it revoked? lEwi.sH Learning Inistitlite 6. EVIDENCE FOR SINAI: Judaism eneourages us to ques tion. How do we know the Torah is true? Why was Maimonides so eonvineed about the historie truth of the revelation at Sinai? The eourse will be offered with evening and morning elasses eaeh lasting 90 minutes. The evening session will begin on Tuesday April 28 at 7:30. The morning elass begins on Wednes day April 29 at 11. Cost is $95 per person, $175 per eouple. For more info visit our website at www.ehabadne.org or eall us at 704-366-3984. The JLI will be held at Lubaviteh Edueation Cen ter - 6619 Sardis Road, Charlotte, NC.^ Lag b’Omer Family Picnic at Ohr HaTorah on May 7 Lag b’Omer eommemorates the anniversary of the passing the famed Talmudie Jewish leader Rabbi Shimon Bar Yoehai. Rabbi Shimon lived is Israel some 2,000 ago when the Jews were op pressed by the Romans. Rabbi Shimon was a fearless leader who kept the light of Torah burning amongst his fioek under the most trying eireumstanees. Bar Yoehai was also the author of the Zohar, one of the earliest works on Kab balah. Rabbi Shimon spent more than twelve years hiding in a eave in northern Israel with his son where they studied the mystieal and eso- terie part of the Torah. Rabbi Shi mon is eredited with the introduetion of Kabbalah as an in tegral part of Jewish studies. Rabbi Shimon was mueh revered in Israel and when his time to de part this world eame he asked his students to eelebrate the day rather than to mourn him. He explained that his death was aseendaney to the higher worlds where his soul would benefit greatly from the im mense Divine Light. Lag b’Omer has sinee beeome quite a festival in Israel. There are bonfires, musie, and parades in his honor. Outdoor aetivities are planned for families and ehildren as a tribute to Rabbi Shimon. It is the most joyous day between Passover and Shavuot. Lag b’Omer also marks the day when a major epidemie that plagued the students of the famed Rabbi Akiva eame to an end. This year Lag b’Omer falls on Thursday, May 7. Ohr HaTorah will host a family outdoor eelebra- tion and pienie in the evening. For more information please visit our website at www.ehabadne.org.^ (Congregation Ma*Torah aprO]tzi of Lubavitcho} NorfJi Carolinu
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