Who We Are

What We Offer

How We Are Doing

Course Duration: FIve weekly lessons

Pre-course Information Packet

1. About the texts & commentaries

Lesson 1: A Jewish Work Ethic

1. The Need for a Work Ethic
2. Choosing a Vocation
3. Reliance on G-d
4. The Burden of Dishonesty
5. Effortless Wealth
6. Planning

1. Introduction: Defining Relationships
2. The Benefits of Friendship
   1. Torah Study / Intellectual Development
   2. Mitzvah Observance / Moral Development
   3. Counsel
   4. A Friend in Need
3. Creating and Preserving Friendships
4. Acquaintances

1. Source of Strife
2. Reacting to Strife & Anger
   1. Matter of Human Dignity
3. Revenge
   1. The Root of Revenge
   2. Active Revenge
   3. The Psychology of Revenge 
   4. The Basis of Love
   5. Passive Revenge
   6. Permissible Revenge

1. Society’s View of Wealth
2. Wealth & Happiness
3. Wealth & Deprivation
   1. Dangers of Success
4. G-d Determines the Outcome
5. Lessons of Wealth & Poverty

1. Divine Allocation of Wealth
2. Uses of Wealth
3. Responsibility for Others
   1. Rich & Poor
   2. Employer & Employee
4. Guidelines for Charitable Expenditures
5. Charity – More than Money Alone
6. Kindness in the Public Eye