Torah study
Torah study for every Jew, at every level
Weekly classes, a college of Jewish studies, JLI courses and an international series on Torah and science. The community is welcome at any class, in person or on Zoom.
DedicationAll classes are held in the merit of an aliyas haneshama for Rabbi Sholom Dovber ben Eliyahu Akiva, OBM.
Classes at The Shul
CYS classes meet in Classroom 3, on the second floor. Unregistered students are welcome, in person or on Zoom.
Tuesday
- Tanya in Spanish For women
- 10:00 am
- Pirkei Avot
- 12:00 pm
Wednesday
- Torah and Tanya With Rebbetzin Chani Lipskar
- 10:10 am
- Architecture of Faith
- 11:30 am
- Kabbalah and the Hidden Architecture of You JLI, with Rabbi Dov Schochet, six weeks
- 7:30 pm
Thursday
- Parsha of the Week
- 11:15 am
CYS College, Fall 2026 courses
Intermediate HebrewMondays 9:00 am, with Tami Frank
Laws of Jewish LivingMondays 10:30 am, with Tami Frank
Shaar HaBitachon, the Gate of TrustMondays 12:15 pm, with Tami Frank
Laws of ShabbatMondays 1:00 pm, with Rabbi Dov Schochet
Judaism in the Age of EnlightenmentThursdays 1:00 pm, to 3 December
Tanya and TehillimFall 2026
Tanya en españolFall 2026, for women
Ongoing weekly classes
Torah and TanyaWednesdays, with Rebbetzin Lipskar
Parsha of the WeekWeekly class
Pirkei AvotWeekly class
Mishlei and the MegillotWeekly class
The Book of SamuelWeekly class
Reading RambamWeekly class
Taharas HamishpachaFor women
Kabbalah and the Hidden Architecture of YouJLI, Wednesdays 7:30 pm, to 2 December
Architecture of FaithWednesdays 11:30 am
The full CYS weekly class schedule. Select to enlarge.
A college of Jewish studies, on Collins Avenue
Founded in 2004 by Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar, the Chaim Yakov Shlomo College of Jewish Studies is open to men and women of all ages, and students can enrol at any time during the year. Foreign students are welcome.
Rabbi Dov Schochet is the principal and Dr. Nathan Katz the academic dean.
Every JLI course, here
JLI serves learning centres in more than 900 communities with the aim of making Jewish learning accessible and personally meaningful to every Jew. The Shul offers every JLI course: three accredited courses a year on Jewish ethics, mysticism and philosophy, history and culture, and belief and practice.
This season: Kabbalah and the Hidden Architecture of You
Six Wednesdays at 7:30 pm with Rabbi Dov Schochet.
Course details and registration on The Shul's JLI pageThe Miami International Torah and Science Series
Free and open to the public. No pre-registration needed.
Since 1987 The Shul has brought scholars and rabbis together to explore the meeting of Torah and science, drawing on ethics, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, history and sociology. The conferences were founded by Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar.
Starting with Torah and Science 15, the series moves to a new format: an annual program of three focused events on a single topic, each approached from a different specialty.
- Torah and ScienceThe series website, with the full programWebsite
- The 14th conferenceVideos of the sessionsVideo
- The 13th conferenceVideos of the sessionsVideo
- The 13th conference, audioRecordings on SoundCloudAudio
- History of the conferencesFrom the first conference in 1987History
For more information, contact Lydia Hasson at lydia@theshul.org.
For women, families and everyone
- Women's classesWeekly classes, the Women's Circle and the SisterhoodWomen
- Clases en españolThe Jewish Latin American ConnectionJLAC
- Ask the RabbiQuestions, outreach, letters to the RebbeOutreach
- Weekly D'var TorahRabbi Lipskar on this week's Torah portionTorah
- Hebrew SchoolKlepach Hebrew School for childrenFamilies
- The Shul Child Enrichment CenterA Jewish preschool woven with the Montessori methodPreschool
More classes, this year and past seasons
Ongoing classes and courses from earlier seasons, kept here so you can see the range of learning at The Shul. Past courses may return.
Hilchos Birchas Hamazon, SCP-ChabadOngoing, Thursdays
Basi Legani, with Rabbi Zalman LipskarPast: Summer 2025
Daf Yomi, with Rabbi Dov SchochetPast: Fall 2025
Mystical Interpretations of the TorahPast: Summer 2025
Gerontology and SpiritualityPast: 27 October 2026
The Power of Tehillim, in SpanishPast: Fall 2025
