Testimonials
Here you will find testimonials by students who have experienced the correspondence school. If you have participated already in the school and would like to give others the opportunity to read your experience, please send us your thoughts and we will make sure to publish them here for the benefit of all.
“Inspired by the correspondence school that initiated her own spiritual search, she wanted to make the Jewish path available to all who might benefit from it. “It is a gold mine of deep and practical wisdom.” For three and a half thousand years Judaism has addressed the questions of existence and honed its advice to a sharpened edge. This ancient tradition has clearly stood the test of time. It is as relevant in the post modern world as it was to the generation of Moses.
She chose to publish the material as a correspondence course (instead of a book) because it is a more intimate medium of instruction. The material is metered so one can’t skim ahead, it comes into one’s home, and creates a kind of dialogue through weekly contact. Most lessons have a practical exercise to aid integration of the teaching. Unlike books, a correspondence program guides its students along a course of extended growth with guidance that builds month after month, year after year.
Drawing from a tradition that has passed from mouth to ear, teacher to student, from Sinai to the present, A Still Small Voice offers practical instruction on how to apply classic Judaism as a tool for personal growth and deepening relationship with G-d. It presents these teachings in a contemporary idiom that speaks to the questions and interests of the modern world.
A year and a half of weekly lessons is currently available in three sequential courses called, Prayer and Destiny, The Enlightened Body, and Synchrony. Schneider is presently at work on the next year long course entitled, Time Trekking. Each lesson weaves together the extremes of depth and practicality. She presents extremely complex ideas yet grounds them in story and practice.
In Prayer and Destiny Schneider probes the mystery of “will” which Kaballa considers the primal root of soul. The essential measure of spiritual progress is the refinement of “will.” Prayer, in its purest sense, is a perfect tool for this work.” (It must be noted that since the publication of this article, Time Trekking was completed and has been taught for many years to date).
-Sara Tyler, Jerusalem Post, Weekend Magazine, 1992.
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“I am downright awed by your writing… I really enjoy reading each installment as it comes in. The spiritual concepts you put forth I have learned in other contexts, so rather than having to take some leap of faith or understanding to absorb them, I am just happy for the reminder. I really enjoy hearing the Jewish twist to what seem to be universal principles though, and feel pleasantly challenged by what I’m reading.”
W.B. Sociology Graduate Student
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“I cannot tell you how much I am enjoying learning with A Still Small Voice. I recognize the clarity of thinking and expression that comes through both in content and format.”
R.B. Physician
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“I want to tell you how much I am enjoying the course… I think about it throughout the week.”
L.K. Corporate Counsel
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“Your course has changed my life! I never knew how to pray or what attitudes should accompany it. I have a greater sense of inner peace than ever before and a heightened awareness of my relationship to G-d.”
Y.N. Camp Director
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“The lessons have been excellent in helping me deepen my understanding of Judaism.”
M.G. Psychotherapist
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“I cannot begin to tell you how much I look forward to my studies, and how, slowly but surely, they are affecting my life.”
D.H. Executive Secretary
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“The highlight of my Shabbos is reading your lessons and studying them. Please know how much I value and appreciate the lessons you send. Every week I thank the Almighty that I found these lessons.”
S.M. Forensic Medicine
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“My time spent with you was really very special and meaningful, and the continuation through A Still Small Voice is making me not only aware of my spiritual and religious feelings which had become masked and hidden behind daily concerns, but I am enjoying and savoring the feelings of belonging, and the connectedness and gradual drawing closer to Hashem. Thanks for filling a real need.”
M.B. Art Dealer
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“…I am so grateful to you for creating these lessons that touch me so deeply.”
S.G. Contractor
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“We have searched for the past three years to find a teacher and after reading many texts and having guest Rabbis we finally found a path to follow that was aligned with our own spiritual journey…
T.K., Cantor
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“Your correspondence school crosses boundaries and touches souls in a relevant and meaningful way… You have done a beautiful job of integrating the traditional and the mystical. I originally thought this would be too elementary for me, but your way of expressing ideas is most interesting.
K.R., Jewish Educator
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