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Learn with Mekom Torah (pronounced McComb Toe-RAH!)

​Getting started? Going deeper?
Bringing up Jewish kids? Finding your own way in?  Just curious?
Join our adult study groups, listed below.
​They're happening online, ​​so you can join in from anywhere.
​Learning is not just preparation for Jewish life, it is Jewish life.
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Exploring Judaism: In each session, Rabbi Helen Plotkin leads an exploration of a topic in Jewish text and thought. Meets two Thursdays of month at 2:00 pm eastern time, via Zoom, September through May. No Hebrew needed. ​Everyone is welcome. MORE...
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Learning Hebrew

Beginning 1: How to Read Hebrew  
​Learn the Hebrew alphabet and the basics of the vowel system, so you can
 follow along and sound out Hebrew as it is printed in the Jewish prayer book and the Hebrew Bible. Get ready for Introduction to Prayer Book Hebrew.​  Ten weekly sessions, beginning October 27, 2024. SIGN UP NOW! MORE...
Beginning 2: Introduction to Prayer Book Hebrew
​If you know the letters and want to participate fluently in Jewish services with growing understanding of the Hebrew prayers, this class is for you. (If you don't know the letters yet, take How to Read Hebrew first.) This class begins in January, 2025. MORE...
Digging Deep: Biblical Hebrew for Everyone
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earn to read the Hebrew Bible in the original, with deep understanding. We start at the beginning, assuming no vocabulary or grammar, but this class tends to work best for people who've had a round of Hebrew learning already. Next cohort begins January, 2025. MORE...
More Advanced: Binyanim Intensive
​For people who want to get their heads around the variety of Hebrew verb forms. Tuesday presentations; Wednesday practice sessions. This class is designed for graduates of Biblical Hebrew for Everyone, but open to anyone who's ready for it. Thirteen sessions over seven weeks, beginning November 6, 2024. 
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Hebrew Reading Groups

Reading the Tradition in Hebrew: If you already know some Hebrew, please join us any Monday evening as we read, translate, analyze, comment, and discuss a variety of texts from Torah, liturgy, and commentary. The members of this group have a broad range of Hebrew levels. Are you a fit? MORE...​
BHFE Alumni Reading Group: This group is for graduates of Biblical Hebrew for Everyone. The great reward for the hard work of learning the language is Torah for its own sake. Keep going forever, with our group or with your own study partner! MORE...
Reading with Laura Lee: This class offers an opportunity to deepen your understanding of Hebrew texts. Designed for people who have completed Introduction to Prayer Book Hebrew, but open to all. MORE...
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Check out some of
​Rabbi Helen Plotkin's writings


   Special Programs

  • Family Learning
  • Bar and Bat Mitzvah Learning
  • Visiting Scholar Offerings and              Book Talks
  • Weddings and Other Life Events
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Who we are

​Mekom Torah is a collaborative project with Reconstructing Judaism, 
Conservative Congregation Ohev Shalom of Wallingford, PA., and Reconstructionist Congregation Beth Israel of Media, PA.
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Ohev Shalom:  2 Chester Road, Wallingford, PA 19086

Beth Israel:   542 S. New Middletown Road, Media, PA 19063


Mekom Torah

P.O. Box 1023
West Townshend, VT 05359
[email protected]
610-368-4065
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