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May 3, 2021

Divrei Dever: Responsa in Plague Time

Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Zuckier

Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Zuckier

Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Zuckier is Director of Education and a member of the Drisha faculty. A Research Fellow in Philosophy of Religion at Notre Dame, he received his PhD in Ancient Judaism at Yale University and was a member of Yeshiva University’s Kollel Elyon. Previously he served as Director of the Orthodox Union’s Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus at Yale University and as the Flegg postdoctoral fellow in Jewish Studies at McGill University.

Shlomo is an alumnus of Yeshivat Har Etzion and RIETS, as well as of the Wexner and Tikvah Fellowships. He has lectured and taught widely across North America, as well as at Yale Divinity School, Yeshiva University, the Tikvah Fund, and Bnot Sinai. A Founder of The Lehrhaus, Shlomo serves on the Editorial Committee of Tradition and has edited two books on contemporary Jewish thought.

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This series features an intensive study of several responsa relating to plagues throughout Jewish history on topics of practical Halakhah, safety, and theology. We will study responsa authored by the Rashbash, Rabbi Akiva Eger, the Hazon Ish, and contemporary decisors, and others.

Note: This class presumes prior familiarity with and reading facility in rabbinic Hebrew.

Session 1: Rav Akiva Eger’s Letters During the Cholera Pandemic of 1830-1831

Rav Akiva Eger’s Letters During the Cholera Pandemic - 04/28/2021

Session 2: Rav Shlomo ben Shimon Duran (Rashbash), Theological Responsum on Saftey Measures During an Epidemic

Rav Shlomo ben Shimon Duran (Rashbash) - 05/05/2021

Session 3: Rav Asher Weiss on Teshuvah for Infecting Someone and Causing their Death – COVID-19

Session 3: Rav Asher Weiss on Teshuvah for Infecting Someone and Causing their Death – COVID-19 - 05/12/2021

Source – Session 1: Rav Akiva Eger’s Letters During the Cholera Pandemic of 1830-1831

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Source – Session 2: Rav Shlomo ben Shimon Duran (Rashbash), Theological Responsum on Saftey Measures During an Epidemic

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Source – Session 3: Rav Asher Weiss on Teshuvah for Infecting Someone and Causing their Death – COVID-19

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