Last year, the Zika virus was virtually unknown to most of the world. Today, it is a major global health concern, threatening the cancellation of the...
What is the Jewish legal view on donating one’s body to science? Does Jewish Law permit postmortem procedures? How should conflicting wishes of...
What exactly was G-d thinking when He decided to create the universe? This uniquely experiential tutorial will provide the “behind-the...
If we are good people, why do we have unkind thoughts? And why do “bad people” have fits of conscience? Just as psychology provides the...
Every day, rabbis are asked to make halachic decisions in all areas of daily life. What goes through a rabbi’s mind when heart-stopping life...
Maimonides’ magnum opus, the Mishneh Torah, is a work spanning hundreds of chapters and describing all laws mentioned in the Torah. This text...
Using the bestseller, Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishigura, as a catalyst for discussion, this session will address issues including the permissibility...
In this lecture, Professor Schiffman, a leading scholar of the Dead Sea Scrolls analyzes the origins of the texts. After surveying the contribution...
The overwhelming majority of American Jews are of Ashkenazic origin. Before Yiddish and Fiddler on the Roof, our Ashkenazic ancestors spoke Greek and...
This text-based class focuses on the seeming contradiction between the Talmud’s statement that we are judged daily with the concept that...
This text-based class will delve into the mechanics of repentance, breaking it down into its components of the behavioral and emotional while...
This text-based class will decipher a section of the Viduy v. Teshuva discourse of the Tzemach Tzedek with a focus on analyzing the mystical...
This text-based double session includes both learning with a study partner (chavrusa) as well as a lecture component with Rabbi Shais Taub. This...
Analyze the Talmudic devices for legal transactions. What means can actualize an ownership transfer? When a moribund person orally commands that...
This text-based double session includes both learning with a study partner (chavrusa) as well as a lecture component with Rabbi Shais Taub. This...
The recent Ebola outbreak raised questions as ancient as pandemics themselves. In 1918 an influenza virus caused a pandemic that killed an estimated...
This text-based class will decipher an excerpt from the Lubavitcher Rebbe s groundbreaking discourse, transforming the way we understand the path to...
Judaism teaches that every moment of life is significant and should be preserved. It follows that a quality, healthy life is even more valued. What...
This text-based class will explore a small excerpt from the classic Yedaata (Muskve) recited by the Rebbe Rashab. The focus will be on deciphering...
Discover the Talmudic concept of agency and two types of legal agents. When can a principal recall an agent, and when is it too late? When are our...
