Registration for the Jewish Mariage Education Teachers
Training Course is currently taking place.
This course is given by Rebbetzin Tehilla Abramov and
will take place IY'H this year in Jerusalem, in Har
Nof, from July 30 till August 8.
(The same course given in Hebrew will take place
earlier in the summer in the North, in Rechasim.)
Jewish Marriage Education (JME) is a non-profit
international organization dedicated to bringing a deeper
understanding of marriage and family life to the Jewish
community.
JME was established with the encouragement and
guidance of Hagaon Harav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach zt'l
in consultation with Hagaon Harav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv
shlita, yl'a. The halachic consultant is Harav Yisroel
Ganz shlita. The objective of the teachers training
course is to train women who are teaching Taharas Hamishpocha
to effectively and lucidly communicate the laws and
hashkofos of Taharas Hamishpocha and related subjects
concerning the Jewish woman in her role as wife and mother.
Some 3,000 women from all over the world, including Eretz
Yisroel, USA, Canada, England, Belgium, France, Switzerland,
South Africa and South America have participated in the JME
training course.
These counsellors are equipped to teach and review the
essence of the Jewish marriage and the laws and insights into
taharas hamishpocha to married women and
brides.
Referral systems have been set up in all these places
whereby every woman can contact one of the area coordinaors
in order to arrange private classes for herself with a
trained counsellor at no cost. In this way, thousands of
women from different backgrounds are able to avail themselves
of the proper Jewish education needed in order to build a
true bayis ne'eman b'Yisroel.
It has been found all over the world that in addition
to providing this service to religious women, communicating
the essence of Jewish family life is an excellent form of
kiruv. The past decade has seen the institution of
marriage and the nuclear family unit ripped apart by new
social trends and soaring divorce rates. In addition, the
media, unbridled in its profanity and messages of corruption
and depravity, is steadily dismantling the family
unit.
In times like these, the secular Jew, concerned over
his family's future, is open to hear about a system of family
life that works. Many JME teachers around the world are
having success in evoking interest in Yiddishkeit in this
manner.
In Israel, where there appears to be an evergrowing
rift between the secular and religious communities, this
formula is also enjoying great success. Significant numbers
of secular women are turning to JME counsellors for private
marriage preparation as an alternative to the establishment
route. To obtain a list of coordinators of JME teachers
around the world, please refer to one of the JME offices
listed at the end of this article.
The material covered in the teachers course both in
halocha and hashkofa has been sanctioned by
Hagaon Harav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach zt'l in
consultation with Hagaon Harav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv
shlita.
The length of the course is 48 study hours and this
summer, a course will be held in English in Jerusalem over
eight days, from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. Registration by
telephone: JME at 08-974-1030.
Rebbetzin Tehilla Abramov, who gives this course, is
the author of the Teachers Manual for Taharas Hamishpocha
published by the Israel Center for Taharas Hamishpocha, as
well as the well known books published by Targum/Feldheim,
"The Secret of Jewish Femininity - Insights into the Practice
of Taharas Hamishpocha" (in seven languages); "Two Halves of
a Whole - Torah Guidelines for Marriage" (in six languages);
"Straight from the Heart - A Torah Perspective of Mothering
Through Nursing" (in three languages) and "Our Family, Our
Strength - Creating a Jewish Home" (in two languages).
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Men counsellors have also been trained by JME in Eretz
Yisroel so that married men and chassanim needing
guidance may obtain a referral to a trained teacher at no
cost by calling JME at 02-652-3363.
Married women and kallos in Eretz Yisreol
seeking a referral to a trained JME teacher at no cost may
call JME at 02-651-8718.
JME's goal is that every Jew or Jewess of any
background be given the opportunity to learn how to build a
Bayis Ne'eman B'Yisroel. Jewish Marriage Education is
a unique chessed organization whereby the
chessed done by the teachers is a spiritual
chessed - education to family life according to our
sacred Torah.
JME offices which may be contacted for referrals to
teachers and other information are:
JME International - POB 43206, Jerusalem, Israel,
91431; TEL/FAX 08-974-1030.
JME North America - 1056 East 4th St. Brooklyn, NY,
USA 11230; TEL. 1-718-758- 0929; FAX 1-718-338-0906.
JME Europe - 9 Oxford Terrace, Gateshead, NE 8 1RQ,
England; TEL/FAX 44-191- 443-1210.
JME South America - Rua Peixoto Gomide, 2 054/50 CEP
01 409-002 SP Sao Paulo, Brazil; TEL/FAX 55-11-3064-
4850.
JME South Africa - 195 Francis St. Observatory,
Johannesburg 2198; TEL/FAX 27- 11-648-5583.
In addition, JME produces and publishes education
material in several languages on topics of marriage, family
and child-rearing. For a free catalogue, please contact one
of the JME offices listed.
