Maayanos HaTahom

Maayanos HaTahom

This class is for individuals who are familiar with 12 step recovery, have very positive regard for them, and also would be interested in exploring further, the roots of the principles behind the 12 step program and it’s outlook on addiction and spiritual recovery, within Pnimius HaTorah.

Thursdays 7:30 Israel time/ 12:30 EST on Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89281001289

Meeting ID: 892 8100 1289 - Passcode: billw62.

For more info and to find out about in-person attendance email us at thelightrevealed@tlrfamily.org

  • The shiur is about 12 step recovery, which is a method for overcoming addiction, and pnimius hatorah. It is not about addiction more broadly

    (Baruch Hashem Reb Joey has covered, and covers, Addiction & Torah already in other classes and mediums. We are seeking here to add a component that has not been addressed yet.

  • You do not necessarily need to be in recovery to join the shiur. Individuals who are fluent in recovery literature and principles but are not in recovery will also enjoy the shiur. For those interested in joining but not yet familiar with recovery please feel free to reach out and we will be happy to provide a prerequisite reading list.

  • Absolutely not. This shiur is designed to be an extra addition for someone with a strong and vibrant recovery rooted in all parts of the process including Meetings, sponsorship, service, and most of all practice of the 12 steps.

  • This is not really for anyone in recoevyr. The shiur is really geared toward people that have developed a strong understanding of the 12 step program and its literature, particularly the Big Book of AA. We recommend that people new to recovery wait approximately 6 months to try the shiur to give themselves time to familiarize themselves with the program. We also suggest that they first work through at least the first 9 steps, but definitely not before completing the first 5. Feel free to reach out to us by email to explore if the shiur is right for you at this time.

  • This shiur is part of a mission to serve people that are often ignored maligned and relegated to secondary status - even shiurim that discuss addiction, rightly so discuss how "everyone is an addict". That is not the goal here. We are speaking to individuals that encounter capital A Alcoholism and Addiction and have dedicated themsleves to building a lifetime recovery which includes passing on what they have found and helping others. We don't apologize for this, nor feel a need to justify it. If others can benefit from these classes all the better, but we hold dear to our mission and our singleness of purpose.

  • This is an online shiur for The Light Revealed audience all over the world. In-person participation is an extra we thought was nice and can be arranged on a person to person basis if there is space by contacting us at Thelightrevealed@tlrfamily.org. However, the primary medium is the zoom. In-person participants will be asked to keep this in mind.

  • The size of the in-person shiur is of no consequence to us at all - Smaller and intimate is ideal, however to be of maximum service we are open to the in person audience being as big as it needs to be

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