Captivating Cases in Rabbinic Responsa
| Dates: | Tue from 1/13/26 - 2/17/26 |
| Hours: | 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm |
| Ages: | Adults |
| In/Outdoor: | Indoor |
| Cost: | $$ see below |
| Category: | Learn Something |
Listen in on the surprising, practical questions your ancestors asked rabbis across Jewish history.Join this six-session course to discover the little-known world of rabbinic responsa, a vast archive of the real-life questions of ethics and practice Jews asked across history—and the scholarly answers rabbis wrote.
Algiers is under siege: May I pray in a bathhouse?
The Inquisition is watching: How will I celebrate Passover?
Seventeen Jews are held hostage in faraway Regensburg after a blood libel: Must I help pay their ransom?
See what enables Jewish tradition to offer relevant guidance in a rapidly changing world—and come face-to-face with raw Jewish history.
(If you don’t know what a “rabbinic responsa” is, you’ll fit right in.)
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$125
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349 Dedham Street, Newton, MA, 02459 map
Phone: 617-244-1200
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