How To Chant Torah

Upcoming Sessions

1. Sunday, October 19, 2025 • 27 Tishrei 5786

4:00 PM - 5:00 PMvia Zoom

2. Sunday, October 26, 2025 • 4 Cheshvan 5786

4:00 PM - 5:00 PMvia Zoom

3. Sunday, November 2, 2025 • 11 Cheshvan 5786

4:00 PM - 5:00 PMvia Zoom

4. Sunday, November 16, 2025 • 25 Cheshvan 5786

4:00 PM - 5:00 PMvia Zoom

5. Sunday, November 23, 2025 • 3 Kislev 5786

4:00 PM - 5:00 PMvia Zoom

6. Sunday, November 30, 2025 • 10 Kislev 5786

4:00 PM - 5:00 PMvia Zoom

7. Sunday, December 7, 2025 • 17 Kislev 5786

4:00 PM - 5:00 PMvia Zoom

8. Sunday, December 14, 2025 • 24 Kislev 5786

4:00 PM - 5:00 PMvia Zoom

9. Sunday, December 14, 2025 • 24 Kislev 5786

4:00 PM - 5:00 PMvia Zoom

10. Sunday, December 21, 2025 • 1 Tevet 5786

4:00 PM - 5:00 PMvia Zoom

11. Sunday, December 28, 2025 • 8 Tevet 5786

4:00 PM - 5:00 PMvia Zoom

12. Sunday, January 4, 2026 • 15 Tevet 5786

4:00 PM - 5:00 PMvia Zoom

The School of Jewish Living Arts (SJLA) will offer a new 12-session Zoom course in the ancient, quintessential Jewish art of chanting from the Torah scroll, which gives punctuation, rhythm and emphasis to the Torah text.

The course is open to members and non-members for a donation in the amount of your choice to Or Shalom.

Prerequisite: Being able to sound-out Hebrew words with vowels at a rudimentary, or imperfect, level. (You will get a lot better by the end of the course!)

How to Chant From the Torah
Sundays 4:00 - 5:00 PM

October 19, 26
November 2, 9* 16, 23, 30
December 7, 14, 21, 28
January 4
January 10 - Graduation: Willing class members will do an actual reading from the Torah during services!

* Note: On November 9th, in lieu of a Zoom class, we invite participants to instead attend the Let My People Sing! Bay Area Song Leading Intensive. Please register in advance, as space is limited.