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Certificate in Tefillah Leadership: Shabbat

Certificate in Tefillah (Prayer) Leadership

The Rabbinical School of 永利国际app has a culture of soulful davening and a reputation for drawing musically gifted students. Our ordinees lead communities in tefillah around the country and the Jewish world, often on the cutting edge of Jewish prayer music.

Tefillah leadership, real and vulnerable, is a multi-layered, nuanced art form, one that calls for training in liturgy and song as well as in listening 鈥 to the community, to the Divine, to our ancestral musical lineage.

We created the Certificate in Tefillah Leadership: Shabbat to cultivate dynamic prayer in the Jewish world, and to transmit our rich musical and liturgical traditions to a new generation of Jewish leaders. 永利国际app鈥檚 renowned faculty members will teach courses for this certificate in partnership with masters of these traditions in the Boston area and beyond.

We invite rabbinical students, Boston-area alumni, lay leaders, professional clergy, and musicians of Jewish traditions, to join us for individual course modules, or to work towards the Certificate with four modules.

How do we shape the next generation of tefillah leaders? We want to be on the forefront, building a new musical language by re-rooting ourselves in tradition, asserting continuity with our ancestors.

Rabbi Jessica Kate Meyer, Rosh Tefilah & Artist-in-Residence

Program Modules & Workshops

Instructor: Jessica Kate Meyer
Meetings: Wednesdays @ 3:00pm: October 30, November 6, 13, 20, December 4, 11, 18

The angels in Jewish liturgy are clear in their speech and mission. They know what to say, when to say it, and to Whom they are saying it. When American Jewish communities stand together, calling and responding in the poetry of the Kedusha, there is a lot more confusion. In this six-week class, we will study the kedushot of Shabbat shaharit and musaf from textual, mystical, musical, and choreographic perspectives. We will explore the relationship between kahal and shlihat tsibur in the Kedusha鈥檚 dialogue and glean more about the nature of prayer.

This class is appropriate for students with strong liturgical Hebrew.

 

Instructor: Hankus Netsky
Meetings: Wednesdays, 2:30-4:30 p.m.

Nusah 2.0 (Two 6-Session Modules)

The combination of聽nusah聽(Jewish prayer modes) and shabbes liturgy has long provided inspiration for creative Jewish musicians. In this class we will consider how Askenazic prayer leaders have used original and unique approaches to聽nusah聽in their davening and learn how to apply these approaches to our own practices in leading shabbes prayer.聽

This class is suited to experienced daveners and students with a musical background and a working knowledge of Ashkenazi Shabbat nusah and liturgy.

The final module of the certificate is a week-long intensive in late May/early June made up of the following components, taught by Rabbi Jessica Kate Meyer:

Shabbat Piyutim (3 sessions)

Enter the world of Medieval piyyutim from Edot haMizrah, Middle Eastern Jewish communities. We will study the poetry and the music of Shabbat piyyutim, taking our time to understand some thematic and structural principles of the music.

This class is suited to students with a musical background and strong Hebrew skills.

Masterclass in Tefillah (3 sessions)

Each student will have the opportunity to workshop a prayer service and receive feedback and guidance in the moment. Students will support each other as 鈥楯ews in the pew鈥, and with constructive feedback.

This section of the course is particularly geared to students completing the certificate. It is the culmination of the program, giving students the opportunity to synthesize what they鈥檝e learned throughout the year, and to practice and receive feedback on different skills.

 

 

Cost

Certificate: $660 per credit.
Audit: $390 per module with instructor approval). Learn more.

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Certificate Program
To apply for the certificate program, please fill out the application .

Professional Development (non-credit)
If you are interested in taking one or more modules for professional development (non-credit), please email Rabbi Jessica Kate Meyer, at jmeyer@hebrewcollege.edu.