Stories of Rabbi Akiva

April 29, 2020

Stories of Rabbi Akiva

Miriam Gedwiser

Miriam Gedwiser

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Miriam Gedwiser is the Rosh Kollel of the Drisha Summer Kollel and teaches Talmud and Tanakh at the Ramaz Upper School. She has a B.A. in the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Science and Medicine from the University of Chicago and a J.D. from N.Y.U. School of Law. Miriam studied at Midreshet Lindenbaum and in the Drisha Scholar’s circle. She previously practiced commercial litigation at a large law firm and clerked for the Hon. Debra Freeman, U.S.M.J., in Manhattan. Miriam serves as a guest lecturer at synagogues and programs around the Northeast, and has written on topics of Jewish and Torah interest for The Lehrhaus, The Forward, the Center for Modern Torah Leadership blog, and Project 929. Miriam lives Teaneck, New Jersey with her family.

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The period of Sefirat ha-omer between Pesach and Shavuot is associated in rabbinic lore with Rabbi Akiva, and specifically the death of his students in a plague. We will study aggadot about the the master teacher Rabbi Akiva himself – his humble beginnings, his family, his intellectual and emotional power, and his tragic end.

April 29, 2020: The rock-headed Rabbi: Rabbi Akiva’s beginnings
May 6, 2020: Rabbi Akiva the comforter
May 13, 2020: This is Torah and this is it’s reward? Rabbi Akiva’s end

Session 1: The Rock-Headed Rabbi: Rabbi Akiva's beginnings, Stories of Rabbi Akiva with Miriam Gedwiser

Session 2: Rabbi Akiva, The Comforter

Session 3: This is Torah and this is it's reward? Rabbi Akiva's end

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