Post-Kiddush Talk with Alan Morinis
Saturday, November 9, 2024 • 8 Cheshvan 5785
1:30 PM - 2:30 PMScandal, dishonesty, betrayal, disinformation, outright lies. This is the world we live in, and just when it seems the situation has reached rock bottom, it gets worse. In such a corrupt world, is there any justification for holding yourself and your behaviour to a higher ethical standard? Jewish tradition insists there is. In this session, we will explore Jewish teachings that situate ethics and behaviour in a much larger spiritual context, raising ethics to a higher level of importance, for the world but especially for ourselves. Dr. Alan Morinis, Founder of The Mussar Institute, is a leading figure in the contemporary revival of the Mussar movement, a 1,100-year-old authentic Jewish personal and communal spiritual tradition that was nearly lost following the Holocaust. A Rhodes Scholar and anthropologist, he reached a personal turning point in his life in 1997 that led to his exploration of Mussar. Alan sought out the late Rabbi Yechiel Perr, an accomplished master who stood in an unbroken line of transmission of the Mussar tradition. Following years of study he reinterpreted the ancient Mussar learnings and practices for modern audiences in Climbing Jacob’s Ladder and Everyday Holiness. To address the growing public interest in Mussar, he founded The Mussar Institute in 2004. He went on to author two more books, Every Day, Holy Day, and With Heart in Mind. Alan continues to explore and interpret original Mussar sources in Hebrew and is making these valuable teachings available to the contemporary world.
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