Joe Septimus
Telephone: 212 877 0690
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Joe Septimus is President of Septimus Consulting, Inc., a management consulting firm. He teaches Torah at the Melton Mini Schools, JLearn, Central Synagogue, Darkhei Noam, FEGS, the Manhattan JCC Tikkun and Drisha. Joe has an MS from NYU Business School and a BA in Philosophy. He has studied at Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh and Yeshiva Chaim Berlin. He is an executive board member of Darkhei Noam, treasurer of the Beth Din of America and an alum of the Wexner Heritage Fellowship.
Mechitza Service Led by Women and Men
Minchah/Kabbalat Shabbat/Ma'ariv
Ritual & Prayer
Modeled after Kehillat Shira Chadasha in Jerusalem and Darkhei Noam in Manhattan, this service aims to provide opportunities for women to participate within a service with a mechitzah (divider) that utilizes traditional liturgy. Both men and women will lead parts of this joyous and spirited service in the "Carlebach" style.
Mechitza Service Led by Women and Men
Shacharit/Torah Service/Musaf
Ritual & Prayer
Modeled after Kehillat Shira Chadasha in Jerusalem and Darkhei Noam in Manhattan, this service aims to provide opportunities for women to participate within a traditional service with a mechitzah (divider). Both men and women will lead parts of the service, read from the Torah, and get called up for aliyot. (Separate gender seating)
The Quest for Sprituality
David Ingber,
Elie Kaunfer,
Aliza Lavie,
Joe Septimus,
Mitchell Silver
Panel members discuss the essence of spirituality and how do prayer, synagogue service, and alternate forms of devotion or minyan figure in one’s own development, search, or quest to be reflective, uplifted, elevated, and find greater meaning in one’s life. A wide range of panelists will present their thoughts, opinions, and recommendations on how to conduct and lead a more meaningful spiritual life.
The Yin Yang of Jewish Practice & Ritual
David Ingber,
Joe Septimus
Advanced,
Torah & Text
Jewish practices and rituals may be enriched and, possibly, redefined by considering how they participate in the dialectic of opposing forces and concepts that are intertwined, interdependent and give birth to one another. Texts from Talmud, Siddur, Rav Soloveitchik, Rav Kook, and Eastern and Western philosophy will be studied.
Transformation
Prayer in the Talmud
Advanced,
Ritual & Prayer,
Torah & Text
Embark on a journey of analysis, imagination, ideas, interrelationships, and approaches to individual and communal prayer. We will study a rich Talmudic text from Masechect (Tractate) Berachot about tefila (prayer) and supporting texts in Torah and Midrash. Our exploration and analysis will reveal how the Talmud moves us to personal transformation utilizing not only the informational content of the text but also through the text’s underlying interior structure and movement.
