COURSE OVERVIEW
Our days are split into fragments of time, woven through our daily routine. It is in this—more than in the exceptional—that we long to advance, because that is where improvement has the greatest impact on our lives. The Rosh Chodesh Society is pleased to introduce a new seven-part course, Lift Your Life, which invites you to re-examine your basic activities and life features—from sleep, emotional mastery, food, and happiness, to communication, faith, and personal growth. It offers profound perspectives along with doable tools of implementation—all in the light of Jewish wisdom. Join us on this journey which will gently guide you in upgrading and transforming your reality. It will Lift Your Life.
LESSON OUTLINE
LESSON 1: A GENERATING UNIVERSE
Living Between the Trees
Human history is born in beauty—with trees and fruits, with clarity and mission. Enter Eden’s serenity to discover the driving purpose of Genesis, the roles of the human body and its soul in G‑d’s plan, and the relationship between corporeality and spirituality. Meet the first couple and, at the Garden’s center, a pair of trees bearing towering secrets of awareness and eternity.
LESSON 2: ENGENDERING EVIL
Biting More Than Can Be Swallowed
A cosmic blunder that echoes today. A saga of a sin and a serpent’s seduction, broken apart to reveal depths of psychological and spiritual profundity. Meet the extraordinary capabilities and goodness of the first woman. Explore the roles of our own inner Adam and Eve. Encounter the tragedy and trajectory of human self-perception.
LESSON 3: EMERGENT SHAME
Wrapping to Reveal, Laboring to Rise
Fig-leaf figures, leather outfits, and gleaming garb. Watch the birth of shame and discover the origin and function of clothing. Uncover the Divine design behind life’s struggles, from daily labor to labor pains. Learn how the penalties imposed in paradise become portals of purpose and repair. Gain valuable guidance for navigating temptation.
LESSON 4: DIVERGENCE
Mending the Rift Between Sky and Soil
In the fallout of Eden, a brother became a bother and a sibling became a slayer. Step into the intellectual chasm between sky and soil, where a rift between a shepherd and a cultivator erupts over a rejected gift. Delve into the early mechanics of jealousy, conflict, and crime, and discover the powers of self-control, remorse, and purposeful balance.
LESSON 5: DEGENERATION
Harnessing Progress for Moral Greatness
A flood of wealth. An avalanche of societal advance. Visit the pre-Flood universe to examine the roots of corruption and moral decay. Meet the first musician, early inventors, and pioneers of paganism. Discover the power of immersion as a treatment for global dysfunction. Learn the key to meaningful redirection of assets and passions, and the beauty of choosing restraint.
LESSON 6: REGENERATING SOCIETY
Becoming a Beacon
A wooden ark in a world of water. Meet a man whose folded arms failed humanity and whose sleepless efforts saved it. Step onto the fresh soil of a softer world, where confidence sprouts more readily and where empathy, sacrifice, and vision transform weakness into success and indifference into outreach. Climb out of Noah’s isolation and into Abraham’s global embrace.
LESSON 7: CONVERGENCE
Living with the Creator
Meet a family that moved—and moved all of humanity. Learn the missing background of the first Jew: the dramatic decades of a global illuminator whose story was largely kept in the dark. Discover how to respond to crisis, mishap, and setback. Collect the keys to soul fulfillment and cross the bridge laid by Heaven that leads to the Infinite.