Values and Principles

Learning: we believe that everyone should be a student and anyone can be a teacher
Expanding Jewish horizons: we strive to create experiences which will allow all to strengthen their Jewish identity.
Community and mutual responsibility: we strive to create community – together we can achieve more than as individuals.
Commitment to respect: we expect our participants to act respectfully to each other, including to all volunteers.  We are committed to treating all of our participants, and all sessions presented, with equal respect. No-one is more important than anyone else.
‘For the Sake of Heaven’: we do not seek to place greater or lesser value on one way of Jewish life, thinking or belief over any other.
Religious observance: we recognize that in private areas people will behave as they choose, but we believe in the importance of enabling Shabbat and kashrut to be kept in all public areas as far as possible, so that Jews do not have to separate themselves one from another.
Empowerment: we believe in the importance of supporting individuals to enable them to maximize their contribution to the community.
Participation and voluntarism: we believe that all have an important contribution to make, and that this is best done through voluntarism. Limmud is not for profit but for the benefit of the community. As far as possible, any excess resources should always be ploughed back into improving Jewish education.
Valuing diversity: we value choice, diversity and accessibility in all our learning. We seek to have the greatest possible diversity of Jews and others on their Jewish journey to participate in Limmud activities.
Enabling connections to be made: we strive to create opportunities for connections across communities and individuals, by providing the space for these to happen.