ALEPH Ordination Programs - HASHPA'AH Path: Program of Study

HASHPA'AH Path: Program of Study

Three year training program. Enrollment limited. 7 UNITS (4 for Summer Courses & Winter Intensives; 3 for the required Telecourses.)

Two Winter Intensives (Tues eve- Fri afternoon before OHALAH) and
Two Summer Courses (five day training held during ALEPH Smicha Week)
Four Semesters Supervised Practice (with individuals and groups)**

Telecourses For ALEPH smicha students, courses 1 and 3 count as units in Practical Rabbinics, and course 2 may count either as Practical Rabbinics or as Tanach.
1. Issues in Hashpa’ah
2. Sacred Text and Hashpa’ah (also Torah)
3. Issues of Sage-ing and Hashpa’ah

Related requirements These already exist either as part of ALEPH Ordination Programs’ offerings, or as part of ALEPH’s core requirements for becoming a paradigm-shifting spiritual leader. Credit will be given for comparable courses taken in other seminaries and elsewhere; this will be determined in the registration process.
Courses:
Storytelling for Spiritual Transformation
Chassidic Texts and Spiritual Practice
Deep Ecumenism (interfaith studies and new cosmology)
Practical Rabbinics:
CPE
Jewish Bio-Ethics
Pastoral Counseling
Meditation

Two reflection papers required per year.
Revised Spiritual Autobiography required in the final year.

Topics for Intensive (subject to change)
Styles of Hashpa’ah and Holy Listening
Personal Theology and Prayer
Guidance from beyond- God, Rebbes, ancestors and malachim
Hashpa’ah and Rituals (for blessing, healing, and transformation)
Group Spiritual Direction
Interfaith Spiritual Direction

Fees (subject to change):

Non-refundable application fee: $250 for ordained clergy, $200 for students.

Tuition: years 1 & 2, $1000 each; year 3, $400.

Chai Sustaining membership in ALEPH ($18 per month).

Not included: tuition for working with a Mashpia ($500/semester), supervision ($250/semester), telecourses ($700 each), summer week, or room & board during Intensives. Monthly payment plan available.

**Trainees may charge a modest fee for service in the third year of their program.