The Rabbi’s weekly classes known as KADE ( Kingston synagogue ADult E ducation.) take place at his house each Tuesday. Everyone is welcome (both men and women) to either one of these sessions or both - but there is no pressure to come to both!  If you have any areas you would like the Rabbi to cover, feel free to e-mail them to him at rabbi@kingston-synagogue.org.uk, or contact him by phone

Jewish Mourning A course of 11 classes that explain the laws and customs of the Jewish process of mourning from the point of death up untill the end of the period of mourning. An all enveloping course on an area of Jewish law that touches us all. Visiting Sick and the Threshold of Death	Thinking Jewish The Thinking Jewish series is part of KADE - Kingston Adult Education. Click on each lesson to get the full set of notes. KADE - Free Will KADE - Belief in God KADE - How was the world created? KADE - The Afterlife
Shabbat Up Close The Shabbat Up Close series is part of KADE - Kingston Adult Education. Click on each lesson to get the full set of notes. Cooking on Shabbat How does Shabbat Work Muktzeh The Melacha of Separating – Borer Lighting for Shabbat Back to Cooking	Tanach The Trip Through the Tanach series is part of KADE - Kingston Adult Education. Click on each lesson to get the full set of notes. Judges Samuel 1 Chaps 1-15 Samuel 1 Chaps 16-31 Samuel 2 Chaps 13-21 Samuel Book2/Kings Book 1
Lunch and learn The Lunch and Learn series is held not suprisingly at Lunchtimes.  Click on each lesson to get the full set of notes. Women and Megilla Reading Cheating and Second Hand Car Sales Betzalel and Democracy Jewish Committment What about the Succah The Golden Calf Shabbat and the Tabernacle What is the point of death? The need for Judicial Compromise Judaism and the Doctor – To Heal or not to Heal Jewish Law and the Internet Responsa from the Holocaust Litigation in Secular Courts What is Torah? The Messiah and Redemption	Navigating in Synagogue The Navigating in Synagogue classes ran between November 2003 and March 2004 and discussed aspects of various prayers. Below are the class notes for each week's lesson. Click on each lesson to get the full set of notes. Part 1: 18th November 2003, What is prayer? Part 2: 25th November 2003, Preparation for prayer Part 3: 13th January 2004, The Amidah - its order and structure Part 4: 20th January 2004, The Amidah - Blessings 1-3 Part 5: 28th January 2004, The Amidah - Blessings 4-9 Part 6: 3rd February 2004, The Amidah - Blessings 10-16 Part 7: 10th February 2004, The Amidah - Blessings 17-19 Part 8: 24th February 2004, The Shema and its Blessings Part 9:16 March 2004, The Morning Blessings Part 10:23rd March 2004, Grace After Meals
Kashrut The Kashrut classes ran in 2004 and discussed various aspects of practical Kashrut. Below are the class notes for each week's lesson. Click on each lesson to get the full set of notes. Part 1: 4th May 2004, Pots, Pans and Taste Transfer Part 2: 11th May 2004, Washing meat and milk dishes together Part 3: 18th May 2004, Washing up meat and milk dishes Part 4: 1st June 2004, Using a Dishwasher Part 5: 8th June 2004, The Use of an Oven	Talmud Shiur The Talmud Shiurs ran between 21st October 2003 and 25th November 2003 and was based on Tractate Berachot of the Talmud, which deals with issues related to Prayer, including the Shema and its blessings, Times of prayer, How we should pray, Order of prayer, Benching, Blessings on foods, Blessings on things we see, How we should act at mealtimes and other such topics. Below are the class notes for each week's lesson. Click on each lesson to get the full set of notes. Part 1: 21st October 2003, Introduction Part 2: 28th October 2003, The Shema Part 3: 4th November 2003, Who comments on the Talmud? Part 4: 11th November 2003, The Talmud is not a Code of Law Part 5: 18th November 2003, Babba Metzia - Concepts and Cases Part 6: 25th November 2003, What not to say in front of the dead.
Ladies Shiur The Ladies Shiurs started in 2004 and discussed various topics from a female viewpoint. Below are the class notes for two of the lessons. Click on each lesson to get the full set of notes. Part 1: 12th May 2004, Learning Chumash with Rashi’s Commentary (I) Part 2: 16th June 2004, Learning Chumash with Rashi’s Commentary (II)