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Fill Your Own Cup: 45 Minutes of Inspiring Jewish Wisdom for Educators 2026-2027

Join Rabba Yaffa Epstein on Fridays at 12pm ET for 45 minutes of Jewish wisdom to fill your souls and to connect with your fellow educators.

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Cost:
Free

About this event

Join Rabba Yaffa Epstein on Fridays for a weekly, 45-minute, drop-in, virtual Jewish learning experience. This is a chance to gather with your fellow educators, learn some great text together, and care for your own minds, hearts, and souls.  

This program is open to all educators in any educational setting. No prior experience with Jewish text is necessary to attend. 

Questions? Contact Yaffa. 

Technical difficulties during the session? Contact Jenna. 

 

Source sheets and session recordings are available via the hyperlinks below. 

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Fall Series – Reading the Parsha Through the Eyes of the Midrash

Winter Series – Unpacking the Mishna: Where Law and Legend Meet

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  • January 15
  • January 22
  • February 5
  • February 12
  • February 19
  • February 26
  • March 5
  • March 12
  • March 19
  • March 26
  • April 2
  • April 9 
  • April 16

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  • May 7
  • May 14
  • May 21
  • May 28
  • June 4

 

Topics

  • Jewish Text and Thought

Speakers

Rabba Yaffa Epstein Rabba Yaffa Epstein

Rabba Yaffa Epstein is the Senior Scholar and Educator in Residence at the Jewish Education Project. Formerly, she served as the Director of the Wexner Heritage Program at the Wexner Foundation. Epstein has also served as the Director of Education, North America for the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies and was a member of the faculty. She has served on the faculties of Yeshivat Maharat and the Drisha Institute. Epstein has served as an Educator and Scholar in Residence for the Dorot Fellowship, Moishe House, Jewish Federation of North America, the Covenant Foundation, the Nahum Goldmann Fellowship, Repair the World, the Meorot Fellowship, and the KADIMA Fellowship. She has lectured at numerous Limmud events around the globe, has written curriculum for the Global Day of Jewish Learning and has created innovative educational programming for Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life. She received Rabbinic Ordination from Yeshivat Maharat, earned an additional private Ordination from Rabbi Daniel Landes, holds a Law Degree from Bar-Ilan University, and studied at the Talmud Department at Hebrew University.

Rabba Epstein is passionate about making Jewish learning accessible and exciting, and creating learning environments that are welcoming, diverse, and inclusive to all who wish to participate. She has taught educators, rabbis and lay leaders from across the spectrum of Jewish denominations. Rabba Epstein is the winner of the prestigious Covenant Award.