Summer Beit Midrash
Past SessionsTuesday, July 28, 2020 • 7 Av 5780 - 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Tuesday, July 21, 2020 • 29 Tammuz 5780 - 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Tuesday, July 14, 2020 • 22 Tammuz 5780 - 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Tuesday, July 7, 2020 • 15 Tammuz 5780 - 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
The annual Summer Beit Midrash returns to B’nai Israel this summer in a virtual and revised format. Texts are shared with participants ahead of time (in both English and Hebrew) so that you can study them before each class. Feel free to learn with a family member, friend, or study partner. Take note of your observations and questions and bring them to our class, led each week by one of the clergy.
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July 7
The Limits of Checks and Balances: A Talmudic Perspective
with Rabbi Mitchell Berkowitz
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July 14
Privacy, Disclosure, & the Presumption of Guilt: Stories from the Talmud
with Rabbi Michael Safra
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* A note from Rabbi Safra for Tuesday, July 14: "The primary text is the Talmudic passage. I will not spend a lot of the time on the paragraphs in small font, but I printed it all for context. The biblical texts serve as background material – stories that the Talmud expects the reader to already know.”
July 21
The Return from Captivity: The Biblical Books of Ezra and Nechemiah
with Rabbi Mitchell Berkowitz
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July 28
Who Wrote the Bible: Questions of Biblical Authorship
with Rabbi Michael Safra
Click here for Sources of Study #1
Click here for Sources of Study #2
Click here for Sources of Study #3
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