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July 20 - August 31, 2025
Mishnah In-Depth: Zevachim
Join Rabbi Avie Walfish for Mishnah In-Depth every Sunday!
August 26 - September 2, 2025
Approaching the New Year with the Sfas Emes
Exploring how the Sfas Emes weaves together different texts and concepts in order to understand the Days of Awe.
September 3 - September 17, 2025
Encounters with Maimonides’ Laws of Repentance
A three-part exploration of Hilchot Teshuvah, Maimonides’ powerful and wide-ranging account of repentance.
September 4 - September 18, 2025
Three Themes of Teshuva in Ursula K. LeGuin’s A Wizard of Earthsea
Using passages from the novel, paired and contrasted with rabbinic texts, to explore themes in the process of teshuva.
September 7 - September 21, 2025
Investigations in The Book of Jonah
A close reading of the book of Jonah.
September 7 - October 19, 2025
Mishnah In-Depth: Menachot
Join Dr. Rabbi Joshua Kulp for Mishnah In-Depth!
September 7 - September 6, 2026
Daf Shevui: Bava Metzia
Join a community of students learning Talmud year-round! Two options: email-only, or emails-plus-live-classes.
September 8 - September 15, 2025
New Fruit and 100 Blasts: On Some Curious Customs of Rosh Hashanah
Why do we hear 100 blasts of the shofar? What’s the story behind the “new fruit” on the second night of Rosh Hashanah?
September 14 - September 28, 2025
Halakha in Action: She’eilot U-Teshuvot of the High Holiday Period
Exploring common (and not so common) halakhic questions that arise during Elul, Rosh Hashanah, and Yom Kippur.
September 21 - September 21, 2025
“Heavens Give Me Patience”: R. Yishmael, King Lear, and the Divine Tragedy
Exploring the omnipotence and vulnerability of God, through the talmudic tale of Rabbi Yishmael and the story of King Lear.
Course Schedule at a Glance