Drisha & Maharat Yom Iyyun on the Yamim Noraim
Judy Klitsner
Judy Klitsner is a senior lecturer at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, where she teaches Bible and biblical exegesis. She is the author of Subversive Sequels in the Bible: How Biblical Stories Mine and Undermine Each Other.
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Jeffrey Fox
Jeffrey Fox taught in the Scholars Circle Beit Midrash, Yesodot, and Arts Fellowship programs. He is the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Maharat. He received ordination from Yeshivat Chovevei Torah and served as the spiritual leader of Kehilat Kesher in Tenafly, NJ.
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Rabbi David Silber
David Silber is the founder and dean of Drisha Institute for Jewish Education in New York and Israel. Rabbi Silber received ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. He is a recipient of the Covenant Award, for excellence in innovative Jewish education, and is the author of A Passover Haggadah: Go Forth and Learn (Jewish Publication Society 2011), For Such a Time as This: Biblical Reflections in the Book of Esther (Koren Publishers 2017), and Malkhut Adam: Iyunim Bsefer Shmuel (Maggid 2021). He is also a nationally acclaimed lecturer on the Bible. Rabbi Silber is married to Dr. Devora Steinmetz. They have eight children and live in New York City.
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Morning
Session 1: When Bad Things Happen to Good Biblical Characters: The Opposing Cases of Abraham and Job – Judy Klitsner
The Torah reading of the Akeidah is extremely difficult to understand, much like the Book of Job. What are these stories of personal tragedy inflicted on righteous individuals by a righteous God actually saying?
Afternoon
Session 2: The Broken Sounds of the Shofar – Jeffrey Fox
The Shofar is often thought of as a “word-less prayer”. How might that model impact our everyday experience of tefilah?
Session 3: The Binder, The Bound, and the Altar: The Akeidah in High Holiday Liturgy – David Silber
In this overview of the Zichronot section of our Rosh Hashana liturgy, we ask – why is remembrance so important to God’s yearly judgement?