Course Overview
Life is busy. What connects it all? Join this six-session course to discover Judaism’s timeless approach to meaning in life. You’ll hear answers to some of life’s most fundamental questions: What is meaning? Where does it come from? And if we have it all, why do we seek more?
You’ll gain tools to see the meaning in the routines, relationships, and rhythms of time that shape your life. Discover the purpose in what you’ve achieved and in what lies ahead.
(No previous Jewish learning required.)
Class overviews and upcoming courses below registration.
Accreditation
This course will satisfy the continuing education requirements of physicians, healthcare professionals, psychologists, social workers, LMFTs, and LMHC/LPCs. Go to myjli.com/continuingeducation for a complete accreditation statement.
When: 6 Sessions, Wednesdays, November 5 - December 17 | 7:30pm (No class Nov 26 due to Thanksgiving)
Location: Chabad of South Austin, 5670 Oak Blvd Austin, TX 78735
Instructor: Rabbi Mendel Hertz
Cost: $125 per person (for all 6 lessons), includes full color textbook.
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT until Monday, Oct 20: $99 including personal textbook.
Lesson 1 If I Have It All, Why Do I Still Feel Something’s Missing?
No matter how much we achieve, we still yearn for something deeper. Discover four fundamental human qualities that provide lasting fulfillment.
Lesson 2 When Life Feels Empty, Where Do We Look for Meaning?
In moments of emptiness, we often try to define our own meaning. Yet can true fulfillment be manufactured, or is there an authentic purpose already built into life itself?
Lesson 3 Can the Ordinary Moments of Life Be Truly Extraordinary?
Even if it happens every day, the daily grind needn’t feel ordinary. See how every part of the day can be as significant as your highest aspirations.
Lesson 4 The Rhythm of Time and the Search for Balance
As time flies by, is it just more of the same? Discover the Jewish secret to understanding time, and how attuning ourselves to each moment’s message enables profound balance and spiritual purpose.
Lesson 5 The Growth You Never Chose, but Always Needed
Life’s detours can frustrate us, but they also expand us. Explore a vision of life where every event and circumstance catalyzes growth and leads to greater purpose.
Lesson 6 If I Stopped Achieving, Would I Still Matter?
Much of life is lived proving, measuring, or earning - yet Judaism offers a radically different starting point. Discover the inner foundation that shifts how we see ourselves and what we can become.
Upcoming Courses
Captivating Cases in Rabbinic Responsa
WINTER | Mid January - February
See what enables Jewish tradition to offer relevant guidance in a rapidly changing world—and come face-to-face with raw Jewish history.
Join this six-session course to discover the little-known world of rabbinic responsa, a vast archive of surprising real-life questions of ethics and practice Jews asked across history—and the scholarly answers rabbis wrote.
The Inquisition is watching: How will I celebrate Passover? Seventeen Jews are held hostage in faraway Regensburg after a blood libel: Must I help pay their ransom?
(If you don’t know what a “rabbinic responsa” is, you’ll fit right in.)
This course will satisfy the CLE requirements of lawyers and other legal professionals.
For All Humankind
Spring | May 2026
How Judaism’s universal values can help us build better lives and societies.
What values enable a good life? What ideals shape a just society? Join this four-part course to discover timeless ethical vision relevant to all.
Explore foundational texts to discover the spiritual path available to every individual. You’ll explore how these values guide family life and uncover the essential role of education. Understand what it takes to achieve the vision of a more perfect and peaceful world for all humanity.
(No previous Jewish learning necessary.)
This course will satisfy the CLE requirements of lawyers and other legal professionals.