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Jason Rubenstein

Jason RubensteinJason Rubenstein

Jason Rubenstein is Dean of Students and a faculty member at Yeshivat Hadar, where he teaches Mussar  (ethics). He is a fourth-year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary and holds an MA in Talmud from JTS and an AB in Social Studies from Harvard College. For the past two summers, Jason has coordinated Yeshivat Hadar's group processing and worked as sho'el umeshiv (a resource during Talmud study). An alumnus of Yeshivat Ma'ale Gilbo'a, Jason is a member of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship and has led several trips for the Nesiya Institute.

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Open Source: A Halakhah Think Tank Open Source: A Halakhah Think Tank

Timeless Answers to Timely Questions


Halakhah as a Language of Applied Values:
Theory and Practice

Sun., Dec. 6, 2009 at Yeshivat Hadar   


8:30 am  Shaharit
9:00 am  Registration

9:30-9:45 am -- Welcome, Rabbi Ethan Tucker

9:45-10:15 am -- Opening Plenary:  "Framing Halakhah: Law, Ethics, Philosophy or Values?"  Professor Chaim Saiman, Villanova Law School

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10:30am-12:00 -- Session #1:

Hilkhot Mikvaot: Synthesizing Mehkar and Values-Based Halakhah, Rabbi Ethan Tucker

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Dam Betulim: Avoiding Excessive Formalism Through a Values-Based Halakhah, Rabbi    Micha'el Rosenberg

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12:15-1:15pm -- Lunch


1:30-2:45 -- Session #2: 

Bishulei Goyim: How Overarching Concerns Produce Halakhic Details, Rabbi Jon Kelsen

Not Just a Tear: Keriah as a Model of the Dynamic Relationship between Halakhah and Human Experience, Aviva Richman

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Part I: 

 

Part II

 

 

 

Buying and Selling on Shabbat: Essence of Hillul Shabbat or Derabbanan?, Rabbi Zach Truboff

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3:00-3:15 pm -- Minhah

3:30-4:30 pm -- Session #3:

Mezuzah: Defining Jewish Space, Miriam-Simma Walfish

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Kibbud HaBayit: How Critical Common Sense Illuminates Complicated Halakhot, Jaclyn Rubin

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The Obligation and Blessing of Parenthood: When Consequences are Inconsequential, Jason Rubenstein

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4:35-4:55 pm -- Closing Remarks, Rabbi Ethan Tucker and Professor Chaim Saiman

 

5:00 pm -- Arvit

 

 
 
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