Heschel and Two Approaches to Revelation
Rabbi Yishmael vs. Rabbi Akiva, based on sources in Professor A.J. Heschel’s work
LSJS April - May 2013
Session 1Session 2
Session 2
Praying the Festivals
A Dynamic Study of Yom Tov Tefillot
LSJS Apr-Jun 2013
From the LSJS website:
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO GOD ON THE JEWISH HOLIDAYS AND WHY?
This course looks at central prayers that we say on Jewish festivals: Who wrote them? Why were they included in the Machzor? Do we appreciate and embrace the ideas they contain? Have their meanings changed over time? Are they still relevant?
Topics include:
The structure of the Amidah for Pesach, Shavuot and Sukkot
Prayers and home rituals unique to these festivals
The complex structure of the Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services
The nature of key prayers during these days
This course will enable you to get more out of your Machzor and develop your appreciation of each of the festivals.
And with Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur coming so early in the calendar this year, this course will also prepare you for these High Holy Days.
Session 1: Shalosh Regalim 1: Kiddush and Amidah
Session 2: Shalosh Regalim 2: Hallel and MusafThe Pope and Nishmat
First Century Intrigue
The Midrasha 07/03/13
Kiddush HaChodesh
The Function of Testimony and Intimidating Witnesses
The Midrasha 05/12/13
Rashi and Rashbam
Colliding Methodologies
Yeshiva University Stern College for Women, NY 28/02/13
Harmony: the Obsession of an early 20th-century Hasidic Mystic
The Interpretative Objectives of Shem mi-Shemuel
Oxford Seminar in Advanced Jewish Studies 30/01/13
Shabbat: Prayer and the Soul
A Dynamic Study of Shabbat Tefillot
LSJS Jan – Mar 2013
From the LSJS website:
How do we talk to the God of Creation on the Day of Rest?
This course looks at seven sections of the siddur that we encounter every Shabbat: Who wrote them? Why were they included in the siddur? Do we appreciate and embrace the ideas they contain? Have their meanings changed over time? Are they still relevant?
“The Shabbat is given unto you, not you unto the Shabbat” (Mechilta 31:13).
This course will enable you to get more out of your siddur prayer and develop your appreciation of God’s great gift to us, the Shabbat.
Session 1: Introduction and Kiddush
Session 5: Shabbat Musaf and Lunch Session 6: Shabbat Minchah and Seudah Shelishit Session 7: Havdalah and Motzo'ey Shabbat
VaEra 5773
Moshe's Speech Defect
Ner Yisrael 09/01/13
The Life of Ya'akov
Tension, Awareness, and Holistic Self-understanding
Nachas Ruach Melave Malka 01/12/12