Rabbi David Kasher

EASTSIDE BEIT MIDRASH - TONIGHT, 7PM!

LAG BAOMER HILULA w/ R. Deborah Sacks Mintz - This Monday!

We are nearly sold out, but there are some tickets left!
Join us Monday night at 7:15 for a musical journey into Jewish mystical tradition. An experience not to be missed!

https://hadar.org/learn/classes-events/hadar-west-lag-baomer-rising-song

HUMILIATION.

That's the topic tonight at Hadar's Pico Beit Midrash, our last one of the season. Join us TONIGHT, 7PM at the Workers Circle on Robertson, for a deep dive into the human psyche through the prism of the Jewish laws of damages.

Plus cholent.

Hadar West: Pico Robertson Beit Midrash There's no better place to learn Torah than in the classical setting of the Beit Midrash. And there's no better time to learn Torah than on Thursday evening, in preparation for Shabbat. So come join us on the third Thursday of the month at the Workmen's Circle on Robertson for some nigunim and some....

Lag BaOmer Hilula with R. Deborah Sacks Mintz of Hadar's Rising Song Institute - May 4, 7:15pm, on Pico Blvd.

Now that Passover has passed, and we are counting our way towards Shavuot, I am excited to invite you to a musical, mystical gathering, a traditional Lag BaOmer 'Hilula,' celebrating the life and legacy of R. Shimon bar Yohai (the rabbinic figure at the center of the teachings of the Zohar, the central text of Jewich mysticism). Join us for this spiritual ascenscion, with R. Sacks guiding us into another sonic dimension as we contemplate Zoharic wisdom along the way.

Register here: https://hadar.org/learn/classes-events/hadar-west-lag-baomer-rising-song

My friend Tori Greene is putting together a very cool Jewish music event next week, exploring the ancient tradition of Bakashot - songs of supplication sung before the sun rises.

Tuesday, March 10 at Pico Union. Strongly recommend! Check it out:

Light and Longing: An Exploration of Global Jewish Music Enter a hidden world of ancient melodies sung before dawn... will you cross the threshold?

"THE (nearly unlimited) POWERS OF A KING" - Hadar's Pico-Robertson Beit Midrash

Tomorrow night at 7:00pm at the Workers Circle at 1525 S. Robertson Blvd.

This year we’ve been learning through Nezikin, the section of the Talmud devoted to justice. We started with civil law — property, damages, privacy — and now, as we enter Tractate Sanhedrin, we turn to criminal law, capital cases, and the larger structure of courts and government… including the laws of a King.

In a moment when so many of us are thinking about the scope and limits of executive power, it is is a good time to dive into the ancient Jewish debate about authority, governance, and political responsibility.

Join us for some singing, cholent, and Talmudic political theory.

https://www.hadar.org/learn/classes-events/hadar-west-pico-robertson-beit-midrash-0

STRANGER THAN A GOLEM: The Hidden World of the Maharal of Prague

Tonight, at 7pm, I'm excited to begin a three-part online class for New Lehrhaus exploring the thought of my favorite mystical philosopher, Rabbi Yehudah Loew, best known as the Maharal of Prague from the legend of the Golem.

To join, register here: https://newlehrhaus.org/series/golem-hidden-world-maharal

Pico-Robertson Beit Midrash, tomorrow night, 7pm, at the Workers Circle!
We'll be studying the Laws of Privacy -both physical and digital.
Come for the Talmud, stay for the cholent! Or vice versa.

Hadar West: Pico Robertson Beit Midrash There's no better place to learn Torah than in the classical setting of the Beit Midrash. And there's no better time to learn Torah than on Thursday evening, in preparation for Shabbat. So come join us on the third Thursday of the month at the Workmen's Circle on Robertson for some nigunim and some....

TONIGHT, 7pm Temple Beth Israel of Highland Park and Eagle Rock!
Don’t miss Rabbi Elie Kaunfer’s teaching on the Mourner’s Kaddish.

HANUKKAH BEIT MIDRASH - TOMORROW NIGHT!

Join me Thursday night, 7pm, at the Workers Circle for a special Hanukkah Edition of Hadar's Pico Robertson Beit Midrash. We continue our study of Seder Nezikin, the section of the Talmud that deals with Principles of Justice and Civic Responsibility - but Hanukkah will make a surprise appearance in our case.

As always, we will do some singing and eat some cholent, and this time, we will include a candlelighting and sufganiyot. Together we'll keep the light of Torah alive in the darkness.

Register here: https://hadar.org/learn/classes-events/hadar-west-pico-robertson-beit-midrash-0

Hanukkah is coming! Join Hadar this Sunday night, 6:30pm at Der Nister for 'Illuminations: Philosophy and Faith from Athens to Jerusalem.'

As we kindle the first light of Hanukkah, we’ll explore another kind of illumination: the meeting of Greek philosophy and Jewish wisdom. Using Leo Strauss’s “Between Jerusalem and Athens” as a point of departure, we’ll study classical Jewish sources that probe the tension between reason and revelation — and consider why this encounter still matters. Der Nister's Rabbi Ye'ela Rosenfeld and Hadar's Rabbi David Kasher will teach. We’ll celebrate the night with candle lighting, latkes, and sufganiyot!

Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdhTmUBn6vYLpKuENBga21ki9LElNm8fucmXAyMiIv7tpFQ1Q/viewform