The schedule for the SUMMER BEIT MIDRASH public lectures, August 1-19, is as follows:

The schedule for the Summer Beit Midrash public lectures, August 1-19, is as follows:

 

All August lectures will be held in the Young Israel of Sharon

100 Ames St., Sharon, MA

Rabbi Aryeh Klapper, Lecturer and Program Director

 

Wednesday Nights

8:10-9:45pm

 

Series Title:  The Disadvantages of Reason: Three Rational Analyses

 

            August 1-- "Ignorance is Bliss: Maimonides' Understanding of the Garden of                                 Eden"

 

            August 8-- "Less is More: Why the Kuzari chose Judaism"

 

            August 15-- "Hope is a Muscle: R. Joseph Albo's Defense of Unjustified                                            Expectations"

 

 

Sunday Mornings

9:00-10:30am

 

Series Title:  The Image of G-d and the Face of the Other: Three Talmudic Meditations

 

            August 5-- "Should We Ever Celebrate the Downfall of Enemies?"

 

            August 12-- "Should Halakhic Civil Law Treat Jews and Non-Jews Alike?"

 

            August 19-- "Is it Better to have Sinned and Repented than Never to have Sinned                          at All?"

 

 

Note: SBM Fellows will be available to prepare for the lectures with community members during the allotted chavruta period before each lecture. Source handouts will be available in Hebrew and English.