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From Farm to Fork
Seasonal Fresh and Delicious Summer Meals with Jenny Breen
Tuesday, August 17 at 7:00 pm RSVP required by August 12; limit 25

Make the most of your CSA box, farmer’s market or other local produce. Enjoy these unique and delicious recipes for cooking fresh and local—and fulfill the mitzvah of preserving the earth! Jenny Breen, an active member of the Twin Cities sustainable food movement, is the co-owner of Good Life Catering and resident chef/educator at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum’s learning center. Her natural foods cookbook will be published by the University of Minnesota Press.

$8 materials fee in addition to suggested donation of $10.

Co-sponsored with Etz Chayim, Adath’s Environmental Initiative

Join an Adath Study Group!
Enjoy informal learning in convenient settings with friendly people.

Tuesday Torah Study Group—Join us any Tuesday at 12 noon at the syna-gogue, led by our rabbis, Jim Sherman and others. We begin again on October 13 with Beresheet and a dairy/vegetarian potluck lunch.
Downtown Study Group—Rabbi Kravitz leads study of contemporary responsa, Jewish legal opinions on pressing ethical issues—currently family violence and abuse. A lively group meets two Tuesdays a month at 12 noon in a downtown office location.
Morning Talmud Study—Ongoing weekly study will reconvene on Wednesday mornings at 8:00 AM in the synagogue library, led by Rabbi Sadoff.

Other study groups meet monthly in congregant homes for learning and socializing. Sometimes space is available for new members. Contact Nina Samuels at the synagogue.

With true knowledge it is as if the Temple were built.

-Elazar ben Pedat.
Talmud: Sanhedrin 92a

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Jewish learning is for a lifetime! Enjoy connecting with others, ask important questions, develop skills and deepen your knowledge for meaningful observance. You can develop a relationship with sacred texts, engage provocative issues, and grow as a human being.

Adath is known for its wide range of excellent Jewish learning opportunities for people of all ages and stages of life, including engaged couples, parents, singles, interfaith couples and people considering conversion to Judaism. From basic Judaism to cooking, from outstanding scholars to Synaplex and the Sampler of Jewish Culture, there is something for everyone. Let us know what you’d like to learn, and we will try to help you facilitate it. Find a good next step for you! Contact Nina Samuels, Adult Learning Director, at 952.215.3904 or adultlearning@adath.net.