This week's class will be taught by Jason Rubenstein, and it is entitled, “What Makes for a Good Day?”
What and why is Yom Tov? Towards which experiences of holidays and holiness are we directed by the Mishnah? Using the Talmudic material as a starting point, we will look at the directions in which that material leads us in framing and living the twelve days of Hag each year.
Jason Rubenstein is a faculty member at Yeshivat Hadar, where he teaches Mussar (ethics). He is a fourth-year rabbinical student at the Jewish Theological Seminary and holds an MA in Talmud from JTS and an AB in Social Studies from Harvard College. For the past two summers, Jason has coordinated Yeshivat Hadar's group processing and worked as sho'el umeshiv (a resource during Talmud study). An alumnus of Yeshivat Ma'ale Gilbo'a, Jason has led several trips for the Nesiya Institute.
When: Mondays, 7:30-9:00 PM
Dates: January 11 - March 22
Where: Yeshivat Hadar, 190 Amsterdam Ave., at 69th St.
Cost: $5 per class
Learn more at http://www.kehilathadar.org/
This winter, the Hadar community will learn Massekhtot as part of its siyyum (completion) of Seder Moed. Every Monday we will hold a guided class, with havruta and discussion. In addition to classes, we will hold an open beit midrash, complete with texts and guiding questions. Come with your own hevruta or let us match you with one. Learn in the Beit Midrash together with full-time fellows at Yeshivat Hadar. Celebrate our progress throughout the year, culminating with a siyyum on Seder Moed at Shavuot.