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Mussar Class with Rabbi Joshua Boettiger

Sunday, April 19, 2026 • 2 Iyyar 5786

11:00 AM - 1:00 PMParesky Sanctuary

Join us for a rare opportunity to learn and practice "Foundations of Mussar" with Rabbinic Team Member, Rabbi Joshua Boettiger. 12-week course in person for two sessions with weekly Zoom practices.

$325/pp.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED.


Participants will need to purchase the following workbook: Becoming an Adult: A Mussar Companion for Taking Responsibility by Nancy Axelrod, Adie Goldberg

AVAILABLE HERE: https://contemporarymussar.myshopify.com/

Foundations of Mussar with Rabbi Joshua Boettiger

Mussar could be called the ancient Jewish spiritual practice of ethical mindfulness – an orbiting around the question of if we intellectually know what it is to be good, what keeps us from being good?

Join us for a twelve-session immersion in the theory and practice of Mussar. We’ll be studying both traditional and contemporary Mussar texts and working with the different middot (character traits) to track how this practice is directly impacting our lives and relationships – where the rubber meets the road.
 

The first class will be held in person on Sunday, April 19th at 11:00am in the sanctuary at Congregation Beth El. The next ten classes will be held on zoom, with a final class in person.

The zoom sessions will be held Wednesday evenings from 7:00pm-8:00pm.

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Rabbi Joshua Boettiger

Rabbi Boettiger is Jewish Chaplain and Visiting Assistant Professor of Humanities at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. He previously served as the Associate Rosh Yeshiva at CCM, and for the last decade, directed the Mussar program at Temple Emek Shalom in Ashland, Oregon. Joshua also teaches Jewish Meditation, and co-leads silent retreats. He is a graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, and has an MFA in Poetry from Pacific University, and is a member of CBE's Rabbinic Team.

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