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Session	Date	Jewish Date	Topic	Preparation / Follow-up Assignment
1.	9/10	17 Elul	Welcome to a New Experience	For additional reading see Our Guidebook and Our Space Ship
2.	9/17	24 Elul	Shabbat	Read: Resource Sheet 76-78, 80, 84 Read: A Shabbat Manual pp. 5-6, 70-80 Read: The Jewish Home, pages 2-8 Before next Shabbat, Complete: Resource Sheet 86 ("Chart of Possibilities and Beginnings") Look over: Resource Sheet 87 On Shabbat: Try the two things you've chosen Journal Entry
3.	10/8	16 Tishre	Rosh haShannah (Erev Rosh haShannah 7/22/06)	Read: The Jewish Home, pages 28-31 Read: Resource Sheet 68 Look over: Resource Sheet 69 Journal Entries Read: The Jewish Home, pages 32-36 For additional reading see "Sermons" for Rosh haShannah and Yom Kippur
4.	10/15	23 Tishre	Yom Kippur (Kol Nidre 10/01/06)	For additional reading see "Sermons" for Rosh haShannah and Yom Kippur
5.	10/22	30 Tishre	Sukkot & Simchat Torah (Erev Sukkot 10/06/06)	Look over: Resource Sheet 109 Prepare: Resource Sheet 105 Read: Resource Sheet 98 & 100 Read: The Jewish Home, pages 49-55 Journal Entries For additional reading see A Sukkot Meditation Etrog Trees for Sukkah & Home
6.	11/5 (10:00 - 12:00)	14 Ḥeshvan	Birth	Read: Resource Sheet 6 Read: The Jewish Home, pages 56-69 How to arrange for a Brit Milah
7.	11/5 (12:00 - 2:00)	14 Ḥeshvan	Jewish Education	Journal Entries Read: Resource Sheets 37-39 Read: The Jewish Home, pages 69-74 For additional reading see A Midrash on the Fire Rabbi Amy R. Scheinerman has prepared a Virtual Tour of a Synagogue. In addition to collecting photos of synagogues all over the world, her site explains terms and activities of the syangogue.
8.	11/12 (10:00 - 12:00)	21 Ḥeshvan	Marriage	Journal Entry Read: Resource Sheets 42, 44, 45, 46, 48 & 49 For additional reading see Marriage Ceremony Text What is a Ketubah? Jewish National and University Library (JNUL) Digitized Ketubbah collection How to get a Ketubah: The Ketubah Workshop The Ketubah Collection
9.	11/12 (12:00 - 2:00)	21 Ḥeshvan	Chanukkah (1st Candle - 12/24/05)	Read: The Jewish Home, pages 19-22 Read: Resource Sheets 14, 16-19 Discussing the "December Dilemma" Materials for home Chanukkah celebration
10.	1/7 (10:00 - 12:00)	17 Tevet	Death	Read: Resource Sheet 31, 33 Read: The Jewish Home, pages 98-129 For additional Reading see a Funeral Service A Guide for Mourning and Condolence (of Valley Beth Shalom in Encino, CA) A fascinating approach to Judaism and reincarnation from the man who writes on reincarnation and the Holocaust.
11.	1/7 (12:00 - 2:00)	17 Tevet	Purim (Read Megillah in the evening 3/4/07)	Read: The Book of Esther Read: The Jewish Home, pages 23-27 Read: Resource Sheet 63, 64 Look over: Resource Sheet 66 Journal Entry
12.	1/28	9 Shevat	Pesach (1st Seder 4/2/07)	Read: Resource Sheet 57 & 59 Read: The Jewish Home, pages 9-18 Look Over: Resource Sheet 61 For additional reading see A Growing Haggadah
13.	2/4	16 Shevat	American Jewish Community
14.	2/11	23 Shevat	Erev Yom haShoa (4/15/07)	Journal Entries Read: Resource Sheets 128 For additional reading see The Sho'a (some personal responses)
15.	3/4	14 Adar (Purim)	Erev Yom haAtzmaut (4/23/07)	Read: Resource Sheets: 115-119 For additional reading see Tour Israel Read: Resource Sheets: 120, 122
16.	3/11	21 Adar	Conversion	Read: Text to be determined Journal Entry Read: Resource Sheet 23, 28, 29 For additional Reading see Conversion to Judaism Home Page
17.	3/18	28 Adar	Shavuot Erev Shavuot (5/22/07)	Read: Resource Sheets 94 Read: The Jewish Home, pages 43-45 Read: Resource Sheets 91
18.	3/25	6 Nisan	Review	bring your questions

The Final Take-Home Exam

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