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August 11 - September 8, 2024
Mishnah In-Depth: Bava Kamma
Join Rabbi Alex Israel for Mishnah In-Depth every Sunday!
September 5 - September 26, 2024
Seeking God, Seeking Ourselves: Teshuva in the Thought of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein
Key themes in the Teshuva scholarship of R. Aharon Lichtenstein ZT"L
September 9 - September 23, 2024
Teshuva and/versus Self-Acceptance
Transforming into someone new? Or returning to who we truly are?
September 10 - September 24, 2024
Teshuvah and Modernity: Themes in Rav Soloveitchik’s Discussions of Teshuvah
Key ideas about repentance in the theology of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik ZT"L
September 11 - September 25, 2024
The Haftarot of the High Holidays as Intertexts
How the haftarot of the Yamim Noraim interpret the Torah readings they follow
September 15 - November 3, 2024
Mishnah In-Depth: Bava Metzia
Join Dr. Rachel Furstfor Mishnah In-Depth every Sunday!
September 15 - September 29, 2024
Zeh Dor Dor’shav: Reflections on Psalms on Repentance
Reflecting on several chapters of Psalms which are associated with Yamim Noraim season. Third session is this year's Rudoff Memorial Lecture.
September 18 - September 25, 2024
Prayers of Renewal: Biblical Inspirations in the Liturgy of Yamim Noraim
Two-part class on the biblical backgrounds to L'David Hashem Ori & lines from Nehemiah featured in Selichot
September 18 - September 25, 2024
A Dramatic Day in Dramatic Times: Extraordinary Yom Kippur Observances Throughout Jewish History
Aggada and halakha about historical Yom Kippurs - from biblical and rabbinic times, through cholera outbreak, and up to the Yom Kippur war
September 24 - October 8, 2024
Reliving the Yom Kippur Temple Service Today
Exploring different ways that Avodat Yom ha-Kippurim is re-lived today through rituals and liturgies
October 9 - October 9, 2024
Recollections of Yom Kippurs Past: Exploring a Sephardic Yom Kippur Piyyut
A hauntingly beautiful piyyut for Yom Kippur evokes the tragedy underlying this holiest of days
October 27 - December 15, 2024
Exodus: Marching to Sinai
The story of Exodus as the narrative leads to the Revelation at Sinai
October 29 - November 19, 2024
The Madwoman in the Rabbi’s Attic: The Tale of Yalta the Shrew
The comic tale of Yalta, via the Bible, the Talmud, Aeschylus, Aristotle, Arabian Nights, Canterbury Tales, Shakespeare, Dickens, & Brontë
November 3 - November 3, 2024
All Israel Are Guarantors for One Another: The History of a Metaphor
The historical and theological context of "kol yisrael arevim ze ba-ze"
November 11 - December 16, 2024
Mishnah In-Depth: Bava Batra
Join Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot for Mishnah In-Depth every Monday!
November 12 - December 10, 2024
Why Pray in Community?
How does praying in community benefit (or detract) from my prayer experience?
Course Schedule at a Glance