Your Jewish home west of Toronto is also a great place to get a Jewish education. Our Hebrew school, Bet Sefer Solel is an innovative and widely recognized school for kids from JK all the way up through Bar/Bat Mitzvah and on through Grade 10.

Hebrew School

Bet Sefer Solel our Hebrew school for kids is innovative and renowned. Parents, grand parents and older siblings teach our classes in Hebrew language and Judaica. We start with kids Junior Kindergarten age and teach up through Bar/Bat Mitzvah age, all the way to Grade 10 (Kallah).

Bar/Bat Mitzvah Preparation

Preparing for ritual adulthood in the Jewish community is an important, fulfilling and sometimes a daunting task. Each Bet Sefer Solel student preparing for their Bar or Bat Mitzvah works with a tutor who is an expert in chanting Torah trope. Students also spend time with our Rabbi to ensure that their experience is meaningful and joyous. By their Bar or Bat Mitzvah day, our students are able to lead the service with the Rabbi, to give their D’var Torah and to confirm their pride in their Jewish identity.

We have helpful resources for Bet Sefer Solel students studying for their Bar or Bat Mitzvah.

Confirmation Class (Kallah)

Most of the kids who attend Bet Sefer Solel and have their Bar or Bat Mitzvah with us stay with us for our Kallah program, which goes until Grade 10. The Kallah program gives young people a chance to grow in their Judaism and to explore deeper and more complicated issues with their peers and with experienced adults, including our Rabbi. Grade 9 and 10 students volunteer in Bet Sefer Solel to help younger students with their Bar/Bat Mitzvah studies or act as peer teachers.

The Kallah program is a way to explore the importance of Jewish faith, values and precepts in the everyday, modern lives of young adults. Highlights of the Grade 10 (Kallah) year include a retreat at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati and a graduation service, led by the Kallah class themselves.

Adult Education

There are many, many opportunities for lifelong Jewish learning at Solel. Throughout the year you can join with other curious adults and partake in:

• Adult Torah Study
• Hebrew for Adults
• Lunch & Learn
• Movie & Discussion Nights
• Arliene’s Book Club
• Doing Jewish with Director of Education, Arliene Botnick
• Bet Midrash Solel with Rabbi Emeritus Larry Englander

The Talmud of Relationships
Join us for a new Adult study and discussion series for 2020. The Talmud of Relationships, Volume I: God, Self, and Family. How can I tame my ego? Balance work and family? Honor difficult parents? Cope with painful suffering? Control my anger? We will learn texts from conversations in the Talmud that reveal rabbinic wisdom for the interpersonal relationships in our lives.

Join us most Sunday’s at Bet Sefer Solel. Check the calendar to confirm the date of the next session (look for “Adult Torah Study”). These informative and engaging sessions are open to all – no previous background is required.

For a schedule of what is happening with adult education, check our events and calendar pages.

Jewish Information Class (JIC)

Do you, or do you have a partner who wants more information about Judaism, perhaps with the intention of converting? Over the course of 30 weeks, the JIC class meets and we study together a wide range of topics that cover our history, our holidays, customs, symbols and life cycle events and beginning Hebrew. The JIC is great for anyone who wants to know more about Judaism, whether you’re Jewish or perhaps thinking about becoming Jewish. If you’d like to know more about the JIC, please call Arliene or the Rabbi at Solel.