August 12, 2020
What made the sages include the Egla Arufa ritual in Masechet Sota instead of a section of the Talmud focused on criminal law and civil society? This class with Dr. Devora Steinmetz analyzes some of the other rituals discussed in Masechet Sota, particularly the recitation of the berakhot uqlalot (blessings and curses) of Deuteronomy 27, in order to unearth the literary and thematic connections between them and to discover what they can teach us about individual and communal responsibility.
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