In this series, we examine the prophetic readings chosen as the haftarot of the high holiday season, specifically those which follow the morning Torah readings on both days of Rosh haShanah and on Yom Kippur. We will pay special attention to how these haftarot function as keys for interpreting the preceding Torah readings and, more broadly, how they might reflect understandings of the holiday on which they are recited.
Dr. R. Jon Kelsen is the Chief Education Officer at Drisha, having formerly served as Dean at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah as well as Rosh Kollel of our Drisha Kollel and adjunct faculty at the Pardes Institute. He holds a PhD in Education and Jewish Studies from New York University, which he pursued as a Wexner Graduate Fellow. He received ordination from Rabbis Daniel Landes and Zalman Nehemiah Goldberg, and currently lives with his family in Jerusalem.
