Ep. 15 - Translating Talmud Series: Bridging Scholarship and Students - Episode 1

Episode 15 October 25, 2023 00:39:31
Ep. 15 - Translating Talmud Series: Bridging Scholarship and Students -  Episode 1
The Grand Conversation: The Machon Siach Podcast
Ep. 15 - Translating Talmud Series: Bridging Scholarship and Students - Episode 1

Oct 25 2023 | 00:39:31

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Hosted By

Rabbi Shmuel Hain Rabbi Tully Harcsztark Dr. Rivka Press Schwartz

Show Notes

This special series of the Grand Conversation is devoted to the topic of Gemara Education. Our guest host is Rabbi Tully Harcsztark, Founding Principal of SAR HS and Dean of Machon Siach.

In this first episode of the series, Rabbi Harcsztark and Dr. Elana Stein Hain have a timely discussion on whether and how to teach the talmudic sugya of redeeming captives in the aftermath of the Hamas terror attacks and taking of some 200 Israeli hostages. They also discuss Dr. Stein Hain's research (and soon-to-be-published book Circumventing the Law) on legal loopholes in rabbinic literature and how to teach this subject to high school students and adults.

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