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If you are in middle school or high school, come learn with us this summer. If you are a college student and beyond, check out our summer Kollel in New York City, our vibrant Beit Midrash programming in Israel, and, of course, for year-round study, Yeshivat Drisha.
The revelation at Mt. Sinai is a pivotal moment in the Torah. But is it entirely unique? Join us for a special pre-Shavuot investigation into the multiple Sinaitic moments in the Torah’s narrative.
The book of Deuteronomy has a focus on institutions which will be central to the establishment of a society.
These sessions will focus on king, judge, and prophet as defined in Deuteronomy and concerns that the book raises about said institutions.
The logistics of all Jews making Aliyah la-regel — the pilgrimage to the Jerusalem Temple for Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot– are hard to fathom, and the historicity of the event is therefore a bit dubious. In these two classes, we will look at biblical, Second Temple, and rabbinic texts to think about the vision for this practice, its actual observance, and the rabbinic “memory” created about this practice. Class one will focus on biblical and second temple sources, while class two will look at the rabbinic discussions about who should go.
What is the right balance between work, play, and the pursuit of meaning? Between individual excellence, family, and community? These questions are distinctly acute under contemporary economic and cultural conditions, but they are also ancient questions. In this two-part series we will analyze the rabbinic construction of the mitzvah of Torah study as an effort to shape a wholesome and worthwhile human life in face of life’s manifold pressures.
Our three-session class will grapple with a fundamental question at the heart of rabbinic education: What does it mean to read as a spiritual practice? We will think deeply about the place of learning Torah—most broadly construed—as key to our continuous processes of moral, religious, and intellectual self-formation. Rather than trying to “cover” a lot of textual ground, we’ll approach the readings as opportunities to “uncover” space for reflection on who we want to be as people and as Jews, and what type of lives we will live. We shall read the texts as spiritual or ethical prompts—not as a normative prescription or specific nudges to do the right thing, but as texts that spark a process of thinking, reflection, and discernment.
Class videos released each Sunday.
Registration for this class includes access to a WhatsApp discussion channel to explore the class with other students and with Professor Mayse.
When the printing press arrived in the Jewish world, rabbis asked: Can a machine-printed text be sacred? Centuries later, when electricity transformed daily life, they debated whether electric lights could fulfill mitzvot, and whether they could be used on Shabbat. This class examines rabbinic responses to two major technological revolutions, exploring the ways that halakhic authorities grappled with unprecedented change.