Stories arising from the period of the Ba'al Shem Tov and his disciples are presented, discussed, and explored.

A storyteller doesn't read stories, nor recite from memory, but adapts the telling to each audience. The first techniques of truly telling stories are learned here.

The Talmud is more than just the expanded set of laws and procedures developed to maintain post-Temple Judaism: it is rich with aggadot - lessons in story form. We will explore the most famous of these.

When told properly, spiritual stories challenge our accepted secular experiences. We will look at the ways that spiritual storytelling operates, and its effect on the listener, the teller, and the story.