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| Sinai and Beyond: Radical Texts on Revelation January 18, 2007. General Shiurim An Evening of Learning with Yeshivat Hadar
Rabbi Shai Held, Sara Labaton and Rabbi Ethan Tucker Mechon Hadar invites the entire community to an evening of learning entitled Sinai and Beyond: Making Revelation Come Alive. Together with Yeshivat Hadar faculty members, Rabbi Shai Held, Sara Labaton, and Rabbi Ethan Tucker, we will analyze three radical texts on revelation. All are welcome! Yeshivat Hadar offers 15 men and women an intensive 8-week experience (June 3 - July 27, 2007) that combines traditional text study, egalitarian prayer and social action with a special focus on personal religious growth. Generous stipends offered. Application Deadline: February 1, 2007. To learn more, visit www.mechonhadar.org or email info@mechonhadar.org. At Thursday night's event, there will also be an opportunity for questions about the summer program. Date: Thursday, January 18 Time: 7:30-9:15 pm Location: JCC in Manhattan (76th and Amsterdam) Cost: $5 |
| Literary Approaches to the Bible: A Case Study January 22, 2007. General Shiurim Sara Labaton. |
| Sinai, Senses and Service: An Evening Shiur with Yeshivat Hadar January 30, 2007. General Shiurim Susman Hall, Slifka Center, 7pm
Led by Rabbi Ethan Tucker Join us for a provocative shiur about hearing and serving God. Come learn about the opportunity to study this summer at Yeshivat Hadar. Yeshivat Hadar offers 15 men and women an intensive 8-week experience (June 3 - July 27, 2007) that combines traditional text study, egalitarian prayer and social action with a special focus on personal religious growth. Generous stipends offered. To learn more, visit www.mechonhadar.org or email info@mechonhadar.org. At Tuesday night's event, there will also be an opportunity for questions about the summer program. Rabbi Ethan Tucker received his Ph.D. in Talmud and Rabbinics from the Jewish Theological Seminary, where he wrote his dissertation on the development of halakhah (Jewish law) in the Talmudic period. He has also completed all examinations for rabbinic ordination from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel. Ethan teaches Talmud and halakhah at the Drisha Institute for Jewish Education and is one of the founders of Mechon Hadar. |
| Dreaming of a Perfected World June 4, 2007. General Shiurim Rabbi Shai Held's address to the community at the opening of Yeshivat Hadar. |
| Bikkur Holim (Visiting the Sick) July 19, 2007. General Shiurim Avital Hochstein has an MA in Talmud from Hebrew University and is the coordinator of the Pardes Kollel. |
| Torture, Human Dignity and Self-Defense June 17, 2007. General Shiurim Rabbi Melissa Weintraub is the director of education and organizing at Rabbis for Human Rights - North America. |
| Fasting or Rejoicing? The Four Fasts of the Destruction of the Temple July 3, 2007. General Shiurim Rabbi Ethan Tucker |
| Mystery in the Thought of Rav Nahman June 28, 2007. General Shiurim Professor Eliezer Malkiel is a professor at Ben Gurion University and teaches at the Hevruta program at Hebrew University. |
| Not Close Enough: Finding A Time and A Place for Voluntary Mourning June 12, 2007. General Shiurim Will Friedman taught this shiur in memory of his grandfather, on his sheloshim. |
| The Day (the) Rebbi Wanted to Cancel Tisha B'Av July 24, 2007. General Shiurim Steven Exler |
| Among the Mourners of Zion July 12, 2007. General Shiurim Rabbi Danny Nevins is the dean of the rabbinical school at the Jewish Theological Seminary. |
| Tu B'Av July 16, 2007. General Shiurim Rabbi Jill Hammer, PhD, is an author, educator, midrashist, myth-weaver, and ritualist. She is the director of Tel Shemesh (www.telshemesh.org), a website and community celebrating and creating Jewish earth-based traditions. She is also currently serving as an adjunct at the Academy for Jewish Religion in Riverdale, NY. |
| Confrontation and Compassion: Rabbi Eliezer's Flirtation with Christianity October 17, 2007. General Shiurim Rabbi Elie Kaunfer |
| Keeping Kosher in a Non-Kosher World November 27, 2007. General Shiurim Rabbi Ethan Tucker |
| How Can I Pray What I Don't Believe? A Case Study March 3, 2008. General Shiurim Rabbi Elie Kaunfer
We will analyze the first blessing of the Amidah as a way of approaching the question: Are traditional prayer formulas able to express my own values/ideas of prayer? What do you do when you “disagree” with the prayer's content? We will analyze the original Biblical context to help us connect to the prayer. |
| The Liturgical Function and Meaning of Modim March 10, 2008. General Shiurim Rabbi Elie Kaunfer |
| Shmuel HaKattan and the Curse Against the Heretics March 17, 2008. General Shiurim Rabbi Elie Kaunfer |
| Re-interpreting Prayer: The Case of "Retzei" March 24, 2008. General Shiurim Rabbi Elie Kaunfer |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: Me'ein Shemonah Esrei July 25, 2007. Talmud: Structure of the Sugya, Session #17 Rabbi Elie Kaunfer |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: Tefilah Ketzara July 19, 2007. Talmud: Structure of the Sugya, Session #16 Rabbi Elie Kaunfer |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: Tefilat Musaf July 17, 2007. Talmud: Structure of the Sugya, Session #15 Rabbi Elie Kaunfer |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: Tokho K'Voro (Part 3) July 12, 2007. Talmud: Structure of the Sugya, Session #14 Rabbi Elie Kaunfer |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: Tokho K'Voro (Part 2) July 10, 2007. Talmud: Structure of the Sugya, Session #13 Rabbi Elie Kaunfer |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: Tokho K'voro July 9, 2007. Talmud: Structure of the Sugya, Session #12 Rabbi Elie Kaunfer |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: Introduction to Manuscripts and Tefilat Arvit - Reshut o Hova? July 5, 2007. Talmud: Structure of the Sugya, Session #11 Rabbi Elie Kaunfer, with Introduction to Manuscripts by Rabbi Ethan Tucker |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: Shel Shabbat b'erev Shabbat June 28, 2007. Talmud: Structure of the Sugya, Session #10 Rabbi Elie Kaunfer |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: Ad v'ad bikhlal (Part 3) and V'ham hashemesh v'namas June 25, 2007. Talmud: Structure of the Sugya, Session #9 Rabbi Elie Kaunfer |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: Ad v'ad bikhlal (Part 2) June 21, 2007. Talmud: Structure of the Sugya, Session #8 Rabbi Elie Kaunfer |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: Tiknum (Part 3) and Ad v'ad bikhlal June 19, 2007. Talmud: Structure of the Sugya, Session #7 Rabbi Elie Kaunfer |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: Tiknum (Part 2) June 18, 2007. Talmud: Structure of the Sugya, Session #6 Rabbi Elie Kaunfer |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: Havdalah (Part 2) and Tiknum June 14, 2007. Talmud: Structure of the Sugya, Session #5 Rabbi Elie Kaunfer |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: Tefilah B'zmanah (Part 3) and Havdalah June 12, 2007. Talmud: Structure of the Sugya, Session #4 Rabbi Elie Kaunfer |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: Tefilah B'zmanah (Part 2) June 11, 2007. Talmud: Structure of the Sugya, Session #3 Rabbi Elie Kaunfer |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: Tefilah B'zmanah June 7, 2007. Talmud: Structure of the Sugya, Session #2 Rabbi Elie Kaunfer |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: Zemanei Tefilah June 5, 2007. Talmud: Structure of the Sugya, Session #1 Rabbi Elie Kaunfer |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: Me'ein Shemonah Esrei (Part 2) July 26, 2007. Talmud: Structure of the Sugya, Session #18 Rabbi Elie Kaunfer |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: Me'ein Shemonah Esrei July 25, 2007. Talmud with Rishonim, Session #18 Rabbi Ethan Tucker |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: Tefilat Musaf (Part 2) July 19, 2007. Talmud with Rishonim, Session #16 Rabbi Ethan Tucker |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: Tefilah Ketzara July 23, 2007. Talmud with Rishonim, Session #17 Guest shiur by Rabbi Elie Kaunfer |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: Tefilat Musaf July 17, 2007. Talmud with Rishonim, Session #15 Rabbi Ethan Tucker |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: Tokho K'voro (Part 2) July 16, 2007. Talmud with Rishonim, Session #14 Rabbi Ethan Tucker |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: Tokho K'voro July 12, 2007. Talmud with Rishonim, Session #13 Rabbi Ethan Tucker |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: Tefilat Arvit - Reshut o Hova? (Part 2) July 9, 2007. Talmud with Rishonim, Session #12 Rabbi Ethan Tucker |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: Tefilat Arvit - Reshut o Hova? July 5, 2007. Talmud with Rishonim, Session #11 Rabbi Ethan Tucker |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: Shel Shabbat b'erev Shabbat June 28, 2007. Talmud with Rishonim, Session #10 Rabbi Ethan Tucker |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: V'ham hashemesh v'namas June 25, 2007. Talmud with Rishonim, Session #9 Rabbi Ethan Tucker |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: Ad v'ad bikhlal (Part 2) June 21, 2007. Talmud with Rishonim, Session #8 Rabbi Ethan Tucker |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: Ad v'ad bikhlal June 19, 2007. Talmud with Rishonim, Session #7 Rabbi Ethan Tucker |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: Havdalah (Part 2) June 14, 2007. Talmud with Rishonim, Session #5 Rabbi Ethan Tucker |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: Tiknum June 18, 2007. Talmud with Rishonim, Session #6 Rabbi Ethan Tucker |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: Havdalah June 13, 2007. Talmud with Rishonim, Session #4 Rabbi Ethan Tucker |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: Tefilah B'zmanah June 7, 2007. Talmud with Rishonim, Session #2 Rabbi Ethan Tucker |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: Tefilah B'zmanah (Part 2) June 11, 2007. Talmud with Rishonim, Session #3 Rabbi Ethan Tucker |
| Berakhot, chapter 4: Me'ein Shemonah Esrei (Part 2) July 26, 2007. Talmud with Rishonim, Session #19 Rabbi Ethan Tucker |
| Amos June 4, 2007. Advanced Tanakh Exegesis, Session #1 Sara Labaton. |
| Syntactic Ambiguities and Biblical Exegesis (3) July 25, 2007. Advanced Tanakh Exegesis, Session #20 Sara Labaton |
| Syntactic Ambiguities and Biblical Exegesis (2) July 23, 2007. Advanced Tanakh Exegesis, Session #19 Sara Labaton |
| Syntactic Ambiguities and Biblical Exegesis July 17, 2007. Advanced Tanakh Exegesis, Session #18 Sara Labaton |
| Medieval Exegesis on the Jacob Traditions in Genesis and Biblical Exegesis and Syntactic Ambiguity July 16, 2007. Advanced Tanakh Exegesis, Session #17 Sara Labaton |
| Medieval Exegesis of Hosea 12 (Part 2) July 12, 2007. Advanced Tanakh Exegesis, Session #16 Sara Labaton |
| Medieval Exegesis of Hosea 12 July 10, 2007. Advanced Tanakh Exegesis, Session #15 Sara Labaton |
| Medieval vs. Modern Exegesis: Methods and Perspectives July 9, 2007. Advanced Tanakh Exegesis, Session #14 Sara Labaton |
| Amos and Introduction to Medieval Exegesis July 5, 2007. Advanced Tanakh Exegesis, Session #13 Sara Labaton |
| Amos July 2, 2007. Advanced Tanakh Exegesis, Session #12 Sara Labaton |
| Amos June 28, 2007. Advanced Tanakh Exegesis, Session #11 Sara Labaton |
| Amos June 21, 2007. Advanced Tanakh Exegesis, Session #9 Sara Labaton |
| Amos June 14, 2007. Advanced Tanakh Exegesis, Session #6 Sara Labaton |
| Amos June 18, 2007. Advanced Tanakh Exegesis, Session #7 Sara Labaton |
| Amos June 19, 2007. Advanced Tanakh Exegesis, Session #8 Sara Labaton |
| Amos June 13, 2007. Advanced Tanakh Exegesis, Session #5 |
| Amos June 7, 2007. Advanced Tanakh Exegesis, Session #3 Sara Labaton |
| Amos June 11, 2007. Advanced Tanakh Exegesis, Session #4 Sara Labaton |
| Exegesis of Shir Ha-Shirim July 26, 2007. Advanced Tanakh Exegesis, Session #21 Sara Labaton |
| Soloveitchik (Reflections of the Rav - Prayer as Dialogue) July 26, 2007. Mahshavah I (Jewish Thought), Session #14 Rabbi Shai Held |
| Soloveitchik (Majesty and Humility) July 19, 2007. Mahshavah I (Jewish Thought), Session #13 Rabbi Shai Held |
| Soloveitchik (Sh'lihut) July 17, 2007. Mahshavah I (Jewish Thought), Session #12 Rabbi Shai Held |
| Soloveitchik (Halakhic Man, Reflections of the Rav, and Sh'lihut) July 12, 2007. Mahshavah I (Jewish Thought), Session #11 Rabbi Shai Held |
| Soloveitchik (Halakhic Man) July 10, 2007. Mahshavah I (Jewish Thought), Session #10 Rabbi Shai Held |
| Heschel (Between God and Man): Halakha July 5, 2007. Mahshavah I (Jewish Thought), Session #9 Rabbi Shai Held.
Texts can be found in Between God and Man. |
| Heschel (God in Search of Man): Revelation at Sinai June 28, 2007. Mahshavah I (Jewish Thought), Session #8 Rabbi Shai Held |
| Heschel (Between God and Man): Revelation June 26, 2007. Mahshavah I (Jewish Thought), Session #7 Rabbi Shai Held.
Texts can be found in Between God and Man. |
| Heschel (Man is Not Alone): Theodicy June 21, 2007. Mahshavah I (Jewish Thought), Session #6 Rabbi Shai Held |
| Heschel (Between God and Man): Divine Pathos 2 June 19, 2007. Mahshavah I (Jewish Thought), Session #5 Rabbi Shai Held.
Texts can be found in Between God and Man. |
| Heschel (Between God and Man): Awe June 12, 2007. Mahshavah I (Jewish Thought), Session #3 Rabbi Shai Held |
| Heschel (Between God and Man): Wonder 2 June 7, 2007. Mahshavah I (Jewish Thought), Session #2 Rabbi Shai Held |
| Heschel (Between God and Man): Wonder June 5, 2007. Mahshavah I (Jewish Thought), Session #1 Rabbi Shai Held |
| Heschel (Between God and Man): Divine Pathos June 14, 2007. Mahshavah I (Jewish Thought), Session #4 Rabbi Shai Held.
Texts can be found in Between God and Man. |
| Parashat Pinhas July 13, 2007. Parashat Hashavua: In God's Wilderness Yehuda Kurtzer is a PhD student in Ancient Judaism at Harvard University and the co-founder of The Washington Square Minyan (www.wsminyan.org). He is a former faculty member for the Bronfman Youth Fellowship in Israel and an adjunct faculty member in rabbinics at the Hebrew College Rabbinical School.
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| Parashat Hukkat June 22, 2007. Parashat Hashavua: In God's Wilderness Rabbi Ethan Tucker |
| Parashat Korach June 15, 2007. Parashat Hashavua: In God's Wilderness Rabbi David Silber |
| Parashat Pinhas July 6, 2007. Parashat Hashavua: In God's Wilderness Andrea Wershof Schwartz earned her MA and BA from the Jewish Theological Seminary, where her husband Charlie is a Rabbinical student. She earned a second BA at Columbia University, and is currently a medical student at Mount Sinai Medical School. Andrea is more than two years (and nine tractates) through the Daf Yomi cycle (a page a day of Talmud). She has taught Talmud, Parshat Hashavua, Haftarah and Torah reading at the Hadar Beit Midrash.
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| Battling Amalek: Encountering Ourselves January 16, 2008. Parashat Hashavua: In God's Wilderness Rabbi Ethan Tucker From "Leaving Egypt, Then and Now: An Evening of Study with Yeshivat Hadar." |
| Yetziat Mitrayim (The Exodus) as a Spiritual Practice: Learning from the Sefas Emes January 16, 2008. Parashat Hashavua: In God's Wilderness Rabbi Shai Held From "Leaving Egypt, Then and Now: An Evening of Study with Yeshivat Hadar." |
| Flesh and Bread: A Wilderness Menu January 16, 2008. Parashat Hashavua: In God's Wilderness Rabbi Amy Kalmanofsky From "Leaving Egypt, Then and Now: An Evening of Study with Yeshivat Hadar." |
| Tzedakah Priorities July 2, 2007. Sihah Rabbi Jill Jacobs is the Director of Education for the Jewish Funds for Justice (JFSJ), a national public foundation dedicated to mobilizing the resources of American Jews to combat the root causes of domestic social and economic injustice. Jill also holds an MS in Urban Affairs from Hunter College and a BA in Comparative Literature from Columbia University. Her writings have appeared in a number of magazines, journals and websites, including Conservative Judaism, Tikkun, The Reconstructionist, Lilith, the Forward, Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal, and MyJewishLearning.com.
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| Jewish Responses to Human Need June 7, 2007. Sihah Rabbi David Rosenn is the executive director of Avodah: The Jewish Service Corps. |
| Jewish Service and Philanthropy July 12, 2007. Sihah Ruth Messinger is the president and executive director of American Jewish World Service (AJWS), an international development organization providing support to more than 200 grassroots social change projects in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. AJWS realizes this vision through strategic grant making and volunteer service in the developing world, and education and advocacy within the American Jewish community. Ms. Messinger is also a visiting professor at Hunter College, teaching urban policy and politics. Prior to assuming her position at AJWS in 1998, Ms. Messinger was in public service in New York City for 20 years. She served 12 years in the New York City Council and eight years as Manhattan borough president. She was the first woman to secure the Democratic Party's nomination for mayor in 1997.
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| "Haham Adif mi-Navi": Rav Kook on the Meaning of Prophecy and Halakhah July 11, 2007. Shiur Klali (Integrated Communal Learning) Rabbi Shai Held.
Through a close reading of a beautiful essay by Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, we'll discuss the relationship between broad vision (that is, Prophecy) on the one hand, and attention to detail (that is, Halakhah), on the other--in life in general, and in Jewish life in particular.
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| "A Star will Arise from Jacob": Messianic Interpretations of Bilam's Prophesy June 27, 2007. Shiur Klali (Integrated Communal Learning) Shoshana Cohen |
| The Liturgical Function and Meaning of Modim June 27, 2007. Shiur Klali (Integrated Communal Learning) Rabbi Elie Kaunfer |
| Ein Mohar Eleh Ketubah June 13, 2007. Shiur Klali (Integrated Communal Learning) Shoshana Cohen |
| Hitbodedut June 6, 2007. Shiur Klali (Integrated Communal Learning) Rabbi Shai Held |
| Discrimination in the Legal Thought of Maimonides June 20, 2007. Shiur Klali (Integrated Communal Learning) Sara Labaton |
| Semikhat Ge'ulah l'Tefillah June 6, 2007. Shiur Klali (Integrated Communal Learning) Rabbi Ethan Tucker |
| Cain and Abel (Bereishit Rabbah) June 4, 2007. Advanced Midrash Text: Shir HaShirim Rabbah, Session #1 Rabbi Shai Held |
| Cain and Abel (Bereishit Rabbah) June 5, 2007. Advanced Midrash Text: Shir HaShirim Rabbah, Session #2 Rabbi Shai Held |
| Eikha Rabbah July 25, 2007. Advanced Midrash Text: Shir HaShirim Rabbah, Session #16 Rabbi Shai Held |
| Vayikra Rabbah July 23, 2007. Advanced Midrash Text: Shir HaShirim Rabbah, Session #15 Rabbi Shai Held |
| Vayikra Rabbah July 16, 2007. Advanced Midrash Text: Shir HaShirim Rabbah, Session #14 Rabbi Shai Held |
| Vayikra Rabbah July 10, 2007. Advanced Midrash Text: Shir HaShirim Rabbah, Session #13 Rabbi Shai Held |
| Vayikra Rabbah July 9, 2007. Advanced Midrash Text: Shir HaShirim Rabbah, Session #12 Rabbi Shai Held |
| Adam Ha-Rishon (Bereishit Rabbah) July 5, 2007. Advanced Midrash Text: Shir HaShirim Rabbah, Session #11 Rabbi Shai Held |
| Adam Ha-Rishon (Bereishit Rabbah) July 2, 2007. Advanced Midrash Text: Shir HaShirim Rabbah, Session #10 Rabbi Shai Held |
| Adam Ha-Rishon (Bereishit Rabbah) June 26, 2007. Advanced Midrash Text: Shir HaShirim Rabbah, Session #9 Rabbi Shai Held |
| Adam Ha-Rishon (Bereishit Rabbah) June 25, 2007. Advanced Midrash Text: Shir HaShirim Rabbah, Session #8 Rabbi Shai Held |
| Cain and Abel (Bereishit Rabbah and Tanhuma) June 19, 2007. Advanced Midrash Text: Shir HaShirim Rabbah, Session #7 Rabbi Shai Held |
| Cain and Abel (Bereishit Rabbah) June 18, 2007. Advanced Midrash Text: Shir HaShirim Rabbah, Session #6 Rabbi Shai Held |
| Nahum Ish Gamzu (Ta'anit 21a) June 7, 2007. Advanced Midrash Text: Shir HaShirim Rabbah, Session #3 Rabbi Shai Held |
| Cain and Abel (Bereishit Rabbah) June 11, 2007. Advanced Midrash Text: Shir HaShirim Rabbah, Session #4 Rabbi Shai Held |
| Cain and Abel (Bereishit Rabbah) June 12, 2007. Advanced Midrash Text: Shir HaShirim Rabbah, Session #5 Rabbi Shai Held |
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