Tuesday Nights with Rabbi Hoffman
May 7, 2012
GNS CLASSICAL JEWISH HISTORY
WITH RABBI EVAN HOFFMAN 8:30 PM
May, 15 - The Diaspora Revolt
May, 22 - Akiba and Ishmael: Different Methods of Torah Study
May, 29 - Bar Kokhba Revolt
June, 5 - Judaism Survives in the Galilee
June, 12 - Codification of the Mishnah: The End of an Era
New Class on Pirke Avot with Rabbi Evan Hoffman
December 19, 2011
PIRKE AVOT AS
CLASSICAL JEWISH HISTORY
Rabbi Evan Hoffman
Great Neck Synagogue,
Starting Tuesday January 3, at 8:30 pm
15 week term
PirkeAvot is more than just an ethical treatise. Each Mishnah tells us something about the life and times of its author. Hidden between the lines is the history of the Jewish People from the beginnings of the Second Temple period through the end of Tannaitic Period (3rdcentury CE).I. Chain of Tradition
II. Men of the Great Assembly
III. Simon the Righteous and the Ascendancy of Torah
IV. Sadducees and Pharisees
V. Maccabean Revolution and Hasmonean Dynasty
VI. John Hyrcanus and Alexander Yannai
VII. Civil War and Roman Takeover
VIII. Hillel, Shamai and Herod
IX. The Temple’s Final Days
X. Yochanan ben Zakai and the Survival of Torah
XI. RabbanGamliel Asserts his Authority
XII. Jewish-Christian Schism
XIII. The Scholarly versus the Boorish
XIV. Sages of Yavneh Quarrel and Make Peace
XV. Judaism Survives in the Galilee
XVI. Rabbi Judah the Prince
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