Sun
Jul
Jul
18
Already Occurred
Tisha b'Av: Aveilut (mourning) or Teshuvah (repentance)
Already Occurred
Brookline, MA 02445
Join Rabbi David Shapiro for a pre-Tisha b'Av shiur (class) analyzing the two haftarot read on Tisha b'Av. We will reflect on the relationship between these two themes of the day, mourning and repentance. Our exploration will include relevant passages from the Talmud and from Maimonides' Mishneh Torah.
Rabbi David Shapiro is Rosh Yeshiva of Maimonides School and holds the Rabbi Yitzhak Twersky Chair in Talmud and Jewish Thought. He served as the school's principal for more than 20 years, and is the author of Mei-aphela Le-Or Gadol: Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik on Pesach, Sefirat ha-Omer and Shavu'ot.
Sponsored by Reva and Harvey Gertel and the Levovitz Family in memory of Mr. Abraham Levovitz, A"H.
Other upcoming events from this organization
Sun
Feb
Feb
26
9:45AM - 11:00AM
The Female Ruse: Women's Deception and Divine Sanction in the Tanakh with Professor Rachel Adelman
Cost:
$70.00 General Admission, $35.00 Full-time Student, $52.50 Chavrutah Discount
- Registration is required.
February 26, 2012—09:45 AM
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11:00 AM
Congregation Shaarei Tefillah,
35 Morseland Ave,
Newton, MA 02459
Newton, MA 02459
From Eve to Esther, the Tanakh is full of stories of deception in which the player behind the mask is a woman. Yet these acts of deceit are often met with divine sanction – at least retroactively. In this four-week course, we will explore how women ...
Tue
Mar
Mar
20
8:00PM - 9:15PM
Four Sons, and How Many Interpretations?! A Pre-Pesach Workshop with Rabbi Roy Rosenbaum
Co-Sponsors:
Congregation Beth El-Atereth Israel
Cost:
$18.00 General Admission
- Registration is required.
March 20, 2012—08:00 PM
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09:15 PM
Congregation Beth El-Atereth Israel,
561 Ward Street,
Newton, MA 02459
Newton, MA 02459
The Four Sons is one of the most celebrated passages in the Haggadah. Although it is brief, the narrative's many apparent inconsistencies and contradictions have inspired and elicited numerous explanations. We will look at a range of these commentaries and also consider how a kno...
Tue
Mar
Mar
27
8:00PM - 9:15PM
What Do We Know About the Israelites' Life in Egypt? A Pre-Pesach Workshop with Rabbi Roy Rosenbaum
Co-Sponsors:
Congregation Beth El-Atereth Israel
Cost:
$18.00 General Admission
- Registration is required.
March 27, 2012—08:00 PM
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09:15 PM
Congregation Beth El-Atereth Israel,
561 Ward Street,
Newton, MA 02459
Newton, MA 02459
We read of hundreds of years of slavery in Egypt—and several different reckonings of those years appear in the Chumash (Pentateuch). What can we deduce about life during this period from the few references in the Bible? We will explore the biblical texts and make use of Midrash to...
