Kabbalah is a Jewish theology built on the premise that, although G-d is unknowable, we can experience spirituality by receiving the emanations from this unknowable source. The class will discuss what Kabbalah teaches about sin and repentance, Shabbat, weddings, funerals and mourning rituals.

Jay McCrensky, PhD. is a leading Kabbalah scholar and past Jewish Study Center Board member. He is a former professor at University of Maryland’s St Mary’s College, and author of Understanding Evil and Ethics through Kabbalah and Connecting to Judaism: Spirituality through Kabbalah, both available on Amazon and from Professor McCrensky.at jay@contemporarykabbalah.org. He heads The Contemporary Kabbalah Institute, a non-profit center to promote contemporary kabbalistic spirituality as a path to Jewish spiritual revival.