As Rabbi Malcolm continues on his journey through the Talmud, with one page a day for seven and a half years, he will bring to us jewels of our tradition that he encounters along the way. In each of the ‘Rabbi’s Tisch’ events (literally means Rabbi’s Table), he will go deep with us on a particularly delicious morsel of rabbinic tradition. 

 

Rabbis On the Run: August 23
Under Roman occupation in the Land of Israel, the authorities forbade the ordination of rabbis under threat of death for them and the Jewish population. Learn with Rabbi Malcolm talmudic stories of these events which speak of lucky escapes, martyrdom and heroes who continued to teach the Torah even on pain of death.