Celebrate the remarkable accomplishment of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz: a translation of the Talmud that he has worked on for nearly five decades. This achievement will present nine scholars and teachers, each teaching a Talmudic text for 45 minutes. All learning sessions will take place with a 15-minute break between sessions.
2 pm - Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky - Evil Means and Noble Ends: Can you do a Mitzvah and a Sin at the Same Time? / Rabbi Jeremy Rosen - Charedi now is Charedi then: The Coup D'Etat that removed Rabban Gamliel from power / Dr. Devora Steinmetz – Why Rain Comes From Above: Biblical and Rabbinic Perspectives on Heavenly Gifts
3 pm
Rabbi Dr. Judith Hauptman - Rethinking Beruriah: Was She Anathema, Anomalous, or Ordinary? A Close Reading of Bavli Pesahim / Ruby Namdar - "I am the only one remaining of Jerusalem's men of outstanding beauty": The beauty, wisdom, piety and cruelty of Rabbi Yohanan, son of the blacksmith /
Rabbi Michael Paley - Sanhedrin 73a or the Law of the Rodeph Rotzeach: Who are we prepared to kill, for what are we prepared to die and for what are we allowed to die?
4 pm - Rabbi Saul Berman - Treatment of Immigrants: A Perspective from Biblical Narrative and Law / Rabbi Dianne Cohler-Esses – Talmudic Stories: Between Rabbis and Wives / Rabbi Michael Strassfeld - Claiming authority while innovating--radical traditionalism among the early sages
Nov 7
1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Free All
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New York City, NY; NYC