Two-Year Training Institutes

Our two-year training institutes provide rewarding opportunities to deepen your studies in a particular area of Jewish learning and spirituality. The rhythm of the retreats - one in winter and one in spring/summer, over the course of two years - allows ample time to hone your skills and develop lasting friendships in a tight-knit community. Two-Year Training Institutes are programs of the Elat Chayyim Center for Jewish Spirituality.

Institutes starting in Summer 2010!

Yoga and Jewish Spirituality Teacher Training Program
with Diane Bloomfield and Rabbi Myriam Klotz

Davennen' Leadership Training Institute VI
with Rabbi Marcia Prager and Rabbi Shawn Zevit

Special Introductory Workshops

In August 2010, we are offering weeklong introductions to the following potential institutes. If enough people join us for these introductory classes, we'll be running two-year institutes.

Merkavat ha-Makhol: Institute for Embodied Spirituality
with Simona Aronow, Latifa Berry Kropf, Rabbi Diane Elliot and Julie Leavitt

Lev Shomea – Spiritual Direction
Lev Shomea: Training Spiritual Directors in the Jewish Tradition

Institutes in Mid-Session

The following training institutes are in mid-session and are no longer accepting new participants. Click on the links below to find out when new cycles of these institutes will begin. If you are already enrolled in one of the following institutes, click below for more information or to register for an upcoming retreat.

Holy Drumming Institute with Akiva Wharton

Kohenet: A New Vision of Jewish Women's Spiritual Leadership
Embodied Jewish spiritual leadership, creativity and community from an earth-honoring, feminist perspective.