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February 2, 2023

The Nazir: Sanctity and Separateness

Rabbi David Silber

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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Within Jewish tradition there are a range of views concerning the nazir. The sessions will focus on the biblical view(s) of the Nazarite as it emerges from the description of the nazir of in the sixth chapter of Bemidbar, as well as biblical narratives and prophetic allusions. This will be followed by an examination of rabbinic texts on the same subject.

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