Class Schedule
Upcoming
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Learn how to write your own midrash and transform the torah, with acclaimed writer and queer Magid Eli Ramer -
Learn the alef bet with Rosh Yeshiva Xava de Cordova (and unlock deeper study with Shel Maala in the future!)
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Join Shel Maala, your online queer Yeshiva, live in THE UK, for a weekend of Shabbat services, delicious meals and hardcore Talmud study -
Join Shel Maala, your online queer Yeshiva, live in THE UK, for a weekend of Shabbat services, delicious meals and hardcore Talmud study
Past
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Join UK-based Kohanot at Yelala & US-based queer yeshiva, Shel Maala in an interactive exploration of a trans feminine fertility ritual in the Talmud -
Do snitches get stitches, halaxically? Learn about the intersection of Jewish law and the carceral state with Rosh Yeshiva Xava de Cordova! -
Hillel once taught the entire Torah “on one foot" - isn’t it time we learn the Torah of Feet? Lex Rofeberg @ Shel Maala w/ a soleful lecture -
Jewish prayer isn’t just words. It’s a multimedia sensory experience. Come learn the ins and outs, ups and downs, with Robin and Shel Maala. -
Deepen your davvening and uncover the fundamentals of prayerbook Hebrew with siddur author and queer Jewish superstar, brin solomon. -
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You know what they always say: First Mishna, Best Mishna. Come learn its every radical, gay, mindblowing detail with Rosh Yeshiva Binya. -
Lexi is back with Zohar. Expect deep text study, spiritual puns, and the uncovering of mysteries that lie at the foundation of the universe. -
A full day of Talmud learning with Shir Tikvah in Portland -
Your Queer Yeshiva comes down from the cloud to Portland, OR! -
Olivia Devorah returns to Shel Maala to teach us about amulets, song and the demons next door! -
A weekly shiur series by Shel Maala and the Trans Halakha Project! -
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Suit Up, Fruit Up and get ready for Frootcamp - your chance to upscale your practical gay Talmud skills before the Jewish New Year begins! -
From Talmud tunes to Torah trop, our transcestors taught that song & learning are inseparable. Dive into halaxa and midrash to uncover why! -
Hebrew letters have distinct personalities, govern the elements, and reveal Torah. Dive into the magic of the alef-bet with dr. ada morse. -
What makes a life well-lived? And does it have to do with Jewish agricultural law? Dive into the Mishna with R' Xava de Cordova to find out! -
Let's explore how d/Deafness and disability shape halakha and Jewish personhood, and what that means for us as Jewish radicals today -
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What if, hidden within the labyrinth of Jewish sacred text, there were hints of herbal magic, endocrine autonomy and ancient recipes for birth control? -
Hashem is in the heavens. But what does She have to say about reading from the stars? Join Shel Maala and Lexi Kohanski on a 5-week journey into Jewish Astrology to find out! -
How to Be a Successful Study Partner, through the lens of the most famous Talmudic Gay Love Story
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Dig deep into the myths and midrash around Cain, Abel and the world's first murder with Shel Maala! -
Olivia Devorah returns again to teach us about a wonderful, magical, vegetative Jewish loophole! -
Come learn with Shel Maala, ur queer yeshiva, about the radical history of conversion and the liberatory possibilities it offers us today -
You know all those tiny little details that make our language and tradition so complex and vibrant? Those beautiful, tiny facets that we often don’t have time for in regular Talmud classes? Shel Maala is bringing you a class dedicated just to them! -
Candles and Kashyes (trans.: talmudic questions/difficulties) is a two month journey through the core source-texts for the observances of Xanuka, and the drashes the Rabbis laid on those texts to turn them into lived halaxa and practice. -
Shel Maala’s first guest teacher, Olivia Devorah Tucker, invites us to learn and bring new interpretations to an ancient communal ritual for responding to bad dreams -
An intro to the Svara method of Talmud study and the tools to use it well -
Finding the queerness in a randomly selected portion of Talmudic flyover country -
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Learning anti-colonial Talmud in honor of Indigenous People's Day -
As part of SVARA's Elul Extravaganza in 2020, Shel Maala explores what the Talmud has to say when you have already benefited from stolen goods and repair is impossible. -
How do we turn a Hebrew or Aramaic root into a full blown word? This class is for those looking to get familiar with verb structures and take their Talmud skills to the next level.
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Shel Maala's Daf Topic series explores the magical world of Hebrew and Aramaic roots! -
A shiur exploring licentiousness and a little-known trancestor in Masekhet Avodah Zarah. -
This class dives into a mystical teaching from Taanit about the three keys held by HaShem. -
Our very first ever shiur, which explores a sugye about how the righteous relate to the material.