300 Shluchos Worldwide to Join Rosh Chodesh Society This Year

“We are so thrilled to be launching our twelfth year of the Rosh Chodesh Society,” says Mrs. Esty Zaklikovsky, shlucha in Bellaire, Texas. RCS has truly elevated the quality of women’s programming in our community. The learning is cutting edge, the lessons are designed to engage mind, body, and soul, and the friendships formed have created an everlasting sisterhood.”

This coming Rosh Chodesh Kislev, 5784—mid November, 2023, the Rosh Chodesh Society (RCS)—the women’s division of the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI)—will launch its latest course. ONE WOW MOMENT: 7 Biblical Women Who Used 1 Moment to Change Everything, will explore how, by following the lead of these biblical women, we too can successfully empower ourselves to make courageous and meaningful decisions effectuating lasting, positive, universal change.

As the Rebbe has emphasized numerous times, the Rambam in Mishneh Torah teaches us, “Each of us must constantly view ourselves as equally balanced between merit and fault, and humanity as equally poised between merit and fault. . . .If you perform a single mitzva, you tip your personal scale and that of all humanity to the side of merit, bringing deliverance and salvation to you and to humanity.”

The Rosh Chodesh Society’s upcoming course, ONE WOW MOMENT, takes a scholarly peek at pivotal moments of personal decision within the lives of seven women of biblical fame, and investigates the psychology and internal strengths that propelled these women, with remarkable effectiveness, across chasms of doubt and timidity. Recognizing that modern life rears a rapid series of crossroads bearing mixed signals, this course is a valuable and intriguing guide to exerting confidence, courage, empowerment, altruism, and deeper purpose when faced with unexpected opportunity, personal dilemmas, and moments of consequential decision.

“In their unique ways and under dissimilar circumstances, each of these biblical women—three matriarchs, two princesses, one queen, and a queen-to-be—rose to the occasion. Rather than accepting perfectly logical arguments for riding the easy route, they chose to act decisively. History has proven that these women single-handedly tipped the balance of the world to merit and salvation,” says RCS director Mrs. Shaindy Jacobson. “Judaism truly believes that a single positive action of a lone person—no matter who—has the ability to transform a city, a nation, or the course of human history.”

“ONE WOW MOMENT is not an overview of these ancient lives; rather it analyzes the components of their fateful decisions and weighs the stakes involved,” notes Mrs. Nechamie Brod of Stockton, CA. “In each of these classes we will challenge ourselves to consider how we might have reacted under similar circumstances, and how we can harvest the life lessons inherent within each biblical narrative. I’m honored to have the opportunity to be a part of this amazing group of women and look forward to seeing the magic of these lessons unfold.”

“This has been the first year that I’ve joined the Rosh Chodesh Society and it has transformed our community in a tremendous way! We have witnessed how every woman has been empowered with a growth mindset that is only made possible through studying Torah,” says Mrs. Chaya Marlow, shlucha to Montreal West, Quebec, Canada. “It’s so rewarding to see how these classes have also created such a deep sense of community and connection between everyone. I can’t wait to teach next year’s course and to experience the positive impact it will certainly have on all of us.”

“There is nothing better than learning with the women in my community. The Rosh Chodesh Society courses have made such a huge difference in my shlichus,” affirms Mrs. Yael Pelman, of Guatemala City, Guatemala. “I am so blessed to see—literally—how the lessons we learn together are reflected in the lives of these women, and how they too are propelled to make wise and courageous changes that affect their families and friends. This is extraordinary nachas—for us and for the Rebbe.”

The Rosh Chodesh Society is an international Jewish sisterhood that aims to connect, empower, and inspire Jewish women through monthly Jewish learning and cultural experiences. For more information on ONE WOW MOMENT: 7 Biblical Women Who Used 1 Moment to Change Everything, please visit http://roshchodeshsociety.com/.