2025/26

catalog OF CLASSES FOR 2025 - 2026!

Chabad of Putnam is proud to present our Torah Studies catalog of classes for the upcoming year.

At Chabad, we value a deep, rich learning experience and we aim to provide this in an unequivocal way. This is why we have brought you a Torah Studies program of the highest caliber, developed by the world-renowned Rohr Jewish Learning Institute. The program brings you a series of stimulating text and discussion based classes that take place on a monthly basis. Our lessons will engage you in a multidimensional way by challenging you intellectually, spiritually and emotionally. They explore contemporary issues through a Torah perspective as well as tackling timeless questions in the Jewish tradition.

I invite you to browse through the topics in this catalog and to join us for some inspirational study. These classes are open to all, whatever your level of learning may be, and I encourage you to bring your friends along.

Shalom, 
 Rabbi Avi Korer
5 Fair Street Carmel NY 10512

Classes are Tuesdays, 7:30-8:30 pm.
No charge for Classes
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Each class is designed in a way that it is a self-contained entity. 
Accordingly, you may come to one or all classes.

Feel free to try out a class - no strings attached



Juggling personal morals and values with the need to help another is a thorny ethical dilemma. Taking a closer look at the Torah's juxtaposition of two random events makes one thing very clear: staying in your own comfort zone is not an option.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH, 2025, 7:30pm-8:30pm
Chabad of Putnam, 5 Fair Street. Carmel NY



For too long, Korach has been perceived as a one-dimensional villain. This class argues that there's much to learn from his intentions. After all, there's something to say about someone who has a passionate drive to connect with the Divine. Ask yourself: Does a lack of G‑d in your life make YOU cry?

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2ND, 2025, 7:30pm-8:30pm
Chabad of Putnam, 5 Fair Street. Carmel NY



It's wonderful, even necessary, to understand and appreciate religion. But just as you don't love your spouse, your children, or your parents strictly because it makes sense, so it is with G‑d: to really enjoy the relationship, your commitment must run faith-deep. Discover this idea in the obscure laws of the red heifer.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 6TH, 2026, 7:30pm-8:30pm
Chabad of Putnam, 5 Fair Street. Carmel NY



Ask anyone in synagogue what Messiah is, and you'll get answers about utopia, peace, love, and harmony. While that's not untrue, it's time to take a proper look at the legal definition of Messiah so we know what we're waiting for. The answer may surprise you.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD, 2026, 7:30pm-8:30pm
Chabad of Putnam, 5 Fair Street. Carmel NY



Dispelling the Notion That Anyone Has a Claim More than You Do Does the Torah really belong to every Jew? Aren't there class divisions in Judaism: say, for example, the priests and the rabbis? Perhaps the Torah actually highlights some of our differences? No, it does not. In this lesson, discover how.

TUESDAY, MARCH 10TH, 2026, 7:30pm-8:30pm
Chabad of Putnam, 5 Fair Street. Carmel NY



You may have heard that all challenges thrown your way are there to lift you up to a better space. But dare we argue that even your wanton misdeeds and the malicious sins you commit: they, too, are part of G‑d's vision for a better you? We can, and we will.

TUESDAY, MAY 12TH, 2026, 7:30pm-8:30pm
Chabad of Putnam, 5 Fair Street. Carmel NY



A puzzling debate between an eminent Torah sage and a band of heretics leads to the former coming out with this bizarre statement, Moses loved the Jews so much, why did he keep them in the desert for forty years? The answer: Because he truly loved them.

TUESDAY, JUNE 2ND, 2026, 7:30pm-8:30pm
Chabad of Putnam, 5 Fair Street. Carmel NY



There's a certain sense of wonderment that children seem to lose as they mature. An inspired Mishnah and a curious quirk in the mitzvah of Torah study urge us to maintain that sense of wonder! and the humility that comes with it.

TUESDAY, JULY 7TH, 2026, 7:30pm-8:30pm
Chabad of Putnam, 5 Fair Street. Carmel NY



Have you ever started a new pet project or embarked on a new "year of change”and then you fell flat just a couple of months in? This class argues that when fate sets you down a certain path, G‑d expects you to see it through to the end. The good news? He empowered you to do it. So, carry on.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 4TH, 2026, 7:30pm-8:30pm
Chabad of Putnam, 5 Fair Street. Carmel NY



"I have given you blessing and curses; take a good look and make the right choice!" Scripture declares. Is this really such a choice that requires examination? A deep look at some thorny theological questions gifts us this nugget: How we look at life is, indeed, entirely ours to choose.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2026, 7:30pm-8:30pm
Chabad of Putnam, 5 Fair Street. Carmel NY

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