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May 5, 2025

The Covenant at Mt. Sinai as a Model for Conversion in Rabbinic Thought

Dan Margulies

Dan Margulies

Rabbi Dan Margulies teaches Tanakh, Talmud, and Halakha at the Berman Hebrew Academy in Rockville MD and teaches Talmud in the Drisha summer kollel. He received his semikha from Yeshivat Chovevei Torah and from his personal mentor Dayan Simcha Krauss ztz”l, and continued his studies in the kollel at YU-RIETS. Before pursuing his yeshiva studies, he earned a BA in Chemical Physics and Mathematics from Columbia University. He previously served as a congregational rabbi in the New York area and currently lives in Washington DC.

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Beruriah is the only female scholar mentioned by name in the Talmud. She is simultaneously a part of the rabbinic world of Torah study and also an outsider to it. This podcast discusses the texts in which she appears and considers the challenge of reconciling one’s own sensibilities with a broader tradition of learning.

Session 1

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