159 Almore Avenue,
Toronto, ON M3H 2H9.
The People and the Book
A Weekend of Tanach Study
Saturday April 2 9:45 pm •
Or Chaim Yeshiva •
159 Almore Avenue
Why Should Tanach Matter to Me?
Rabbi Dr. Joshua Berman, Rabbi Alex Israel, Rabbi Dr. Martin Lockshin, Dr. Malka Simkovich; moderated by Dr. Elliott Malamet
SUNDAY APRIL 3 •
9:20 am Shaarei Shomayim Congregation •
470 Glencairn Avenue
SUNDAY APRIL 3 • 9:20 am SHAAREI SHOMAYIM CONGREGATION • 470 GLENCAIRN AVENUE
How Archaeology Can Help Us Understand Yetziat Mitzrayim
Rabbi Dr. Joshua Berman
OR
Solomon Schechter and the Modern Discovery of the Cairo Genizah
Dr. Malka Simkovich
10:15 am
The Ezra Revolution: How Judaism was Never
the Same after Ezra
Rabbi Alex Israel
OR
The Tension Between Halakhah and the Bible
Rabbi Dr. Martin Lockshin
11:15 am
Can People Change? Freud, Pharaoh and Freedom
Dr. Elliott Malamet
OR
Passover in the Biblical and Second Temple Periods
Dr. Malka Simkovich
12:15 pm
The Sanctity of the Individual: From the Tower
of Bavel to the Midwives in Egypt
Sarah Cheses
OR
Elisha, Naaman and the Inversion of Religion
Rabbi Alex Israel
1:15 pm
Do Our Prophets Teach Us History?
Rav Yosef Carmel
OR
Did Medieval Jews and Christians discuss the Bible?
Rabbi Dr. Martin Lockshin