Havrutah (Study Partners)

About Havrutah

The cultivation of wisdom is a central value of Shir Hadash. Connection, learning, and life-long growth are essential to our Jewish lives - we each experience this in different ways. Find deep connection, a thoughtful exploration of ideas, and robust learning support through our Havrutah (study partner) programs! 

Find a Havrutah study partner! It could be a new friend at Shir Hadash, an acquaintence you want to get to know better, or a sibling, spouse, cousin - anyone! Invite them to study with you. Need more support finding a study partner? Reach out to office@shirhadash.org and we can help create a good study match.

Decide what interests you and what works best for your/their schedule (or find multiple study partners and do both!) and enroll in a course with Project Zug (weekly is recommended, but it's flexible to your schedule) or the monthly study partner program through our Shir Hadash Year of Monthly Havrutah.

Shir Hadash Year of Monthly Havrutah

• Register yourself and your study partner at shirhadash.org/study 
• Taste a millennia-old Jewish methodology for personal growth sharpening our minds and relationships through study in dialogue. Enjoy vibrant conversations, deepening friendships, and growing connections as we discuss texts and sources chosen each month by Rabbi Nico. 
• Participate in the two Havrutah Milestone Events (spring after 1/2 year, and fall after 1 year).

Project Zug Partnership Havrutah

• Access incredible videos, study guides, and material resources from world-class brilliant Rabbis and Jewish thinkers via Shir Hadash's partnership with Project Zug, which is a project of the Hadar Institute in New York!
• Look at the amazing array of Project Zug classes! Shir Hadash Havrutah can start any of these courses AT ANY TIME - you are not bound do the specific start/stop dates of the Project Zug cycles.
• How to sign up via our partnership? Email board-adulteducation@shirhadash.org to request our special registration passcode as a partner organization, which enables you to register for each course with no fee.

Videos from Rabbi Keilah Lebell, the Director of Project Zug: