December 30, 19.00: Tamás Bíró: Let's Prepare the Luach for the Next Year! How to calculate the beginning and the end of a synagogual year? How to know when the holidays will be? What further information do we find in a luach? Based on texts from the Talmud and from Hilkhot Kiddush ha-Chodesh of Maimonides (the Rambam), we will prepare the luach for the year 5765.
December 27, second shabbat of Chanukka: following the service and the kiddush, we shall serve a special lunch. At 14.00, Tamás Bárász we speak us about the dreams in the Bible.
December 14, Sunday, 17.00: Gabor Balazs: A Practical Introduction
to the Use of our New Artscroll Books, part 2. The goal of this activity
is to prepare the people to the individual study of the traditional texts,
by using our new Artscroll books. We will study mishna 1 in Chapter 7 of
the tractate Shabbath, based on the text in Hebrew and English, as well as
on the commentary in English. First, people will discuss the texts in pairs,
this is the so-called Chavruta method, which will be followed by a joint
discussion.
Mishna Brura - halacha in practice: study group lead by Gergő Dénes, every Monday night at 7.30 p.m. in the Visegradi street synagogue. (Planned to be in Hungarian.)
Study group with Dov Levy: Introduction into the Talmud. Held every Tuesday night at 6.30 p.m., in the Visegradi street synagogue. Topics to be covered: December 2 and 9: the Jewish wedding; December 16: the topic of Chanukka in the Talmud.
Rosh Chodesh Club, about women, for women, led by Agnes Peresztegi. Next meeting in January 2004.