Color Your World Mussar: The Jewish Art & Practice of Self-Improvement with Rabbi Pamela Wax

During her weekend residency at Temple Beth El, Rabbi Pamela Wax will teach us about Mussar, a contemplative Jewish practice of refining one’s qualities of heart and behavior (middot). Her Friday night drash will address the how and why of Mussar and the role of character development in our lives. On Shabbat morning, she will lead the service and Torah study through a Mussar lens. The lunch study session will focus specifically on the middah of gratitude for reflection and practice.

On Sunday morning Rabbi Wax will meet with parents to address character development and Mussar practice for children. Through this time honored practice with its practical tools for applying Jewish values to everyday living, you can discover an accessible path to
untold riches.

Rabbi Pamela Wax is staff rabbi and spiritual care coordinator at Westchester Jewish Community Services (WJCS), a social service agency in White Plains, New York. Rabbi Wax has been practicing and teaching Mussar for 15 years. She is also a current rabbinic global justice fellow for the American Jewish World Service (AJWS), marrying her spirituality to her quest for social justice in this global world. Pam is a former TBE teacher and congregant who currently resides in Riverdale, New York, and North Adams, Massachusetts, with her husband Chaim Bronstein.

Rabbi Wax
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Schedule
Friday at 7:30 PM: Erev Shabbat Service Sermon.
Saturday at 10:00 AM: Shabbat morning service D'var Torah.
Saturday at 12:00 PM the service will be followed by lunch. Cost is $18 for the lunch. Please mail your payment for lunch to Sarah Clarkson at
Temple Beth El, 3055 Porter Gulch Road, Aptos, CA 95003.
Please write 'Scholar in Residence in the memo.

Saturday at 1:30 PM: A text teaching.