Major topics include: overview of the months of Elul through Tamuz, including their names, astrological symbols, and the Tribe and/or Hebrew letter associated with each month; Elul and repentance; Rosh Hashanah and the shofar; the Yom Kippur sacrifices; the Azazel sacrifice; Cheshvan, insights and events; Kislev and Chanuka; insights into the war with the Syrian-Greeks; Tevet, insights and events; fast days commemorating the destruction of the two Temples; the fast of the Tenth of Tevet; Shevat and Shabbat Shirah; the four “New Years” in the Hebrew calendar and the Fifteenth of Shevat; Adar; Moses’ birth and passing on the Seventh of Adar; Parashat Zachor; the joy of Purim; Rosh Chodesh Adar II; Nisan; the date of the world’s creation; Shabbat HaGadol; Birkat Ilanot and other mitzvot in Nisan; speech and Nisan; Hallel; Passover, supplementary study of selected topics; Iyar; Pesach Sheini and the Counting of the Omer; Sivan, insights and events; the Book of Ruth; the unique nature of Shavuot as the day the Torah was given at Sinai; Tamuz, insights and events; mourning the destruction of the two Temples. Topics may vary. Methods of instruction include lecture, discussion, and textual preparation.