For a limited time only, Rabbi Chaim Coffman, who runs a successful orthodox Jewish conversion class, is opening up his parsha class to the general public. These are normally reserved for the students in his conversion course, and cost $72 per month, with classes lasting for at least two hours per week. The classes take the weekly bible reading and glean from it gems of Jewish wisdom and knowledge of ancient Jewish history.

More information can be found on Rabbi Coffman's website at: http://orthodoxconversion.com.

It is customary for every Jew to study the Torah on a given week. The entire Torah is broken down into 54 passages, one for each week of a leap year. Each week in synagogue, Jews chant these passages of the Torah, so that over the course of the year the entire book is covered in the services.

These Torah readings are ceremonious performances as the Torah is paraded around the room before it is brought to rest on the podium. Readings get divided up into portions, with various members of the congregation enjoying the honor of reciting a blessing over a portion of the reading. This honor is referred to as an aliyah, which translates literally as ascension.

Rabbi Coffman has been studying the Torah intensively for over 20 years, and has put that time, effort and knowledge into his course to help others learn as well. His own mentor was Rabbi is Rav Moshe Sternbuch, one of the greatest poskim (Halachic Decisors) of this generation, and who fully endorses Rabbi Coffman's program.

Anyone wanting to find details on how each parsha class works can visit the Orthadox Conversion website run by Rabbi Coffman to find more information. There is a testimonials section where those who have studied with him offer their thanks and words of encouragement, providing insight into what they enjoyed most about the process. There is also a contact form, so anyone with queries can get in touch with Rabbi Coffman themselves and ask their questions directly.