Talks
Upcoming Talks from Pardes Faculty
Dr. Meesh Hammer-Kossoy
New York City, Wednesday, August 8th at 6:30 pm
The Drisha Institute for Jewish Education
37 West 65th Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10023
Use or Abuse? Divine Law in Human Hands
Rabbis of the Talmud at times seem to take great liberties with Torah law, sometimes legislating Torah law out of existence, other times apparently inventing new rules all together. One of the clearest cases of this bold innovation is in the criminal punishment system as it is developed in the Talmudic period. Using this examples as a model, we will explore the rights and responsibilities of the rabbis then and now.
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Dr. Hammer-Kossoy is a member of the Talmud Faculty and is the Director of Admissions at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem. She has an AB in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies from Brandeis University, and a MA and PhD from New York University. Her dissertation explored the courageous manner in which the rabbis of the Talmud created a new criminal punishment system. Dr. Hammer-Kossoy is also a graduate of NATIV, Pardes, Midreshet Lindenbaum, MaTaN, Drisha, and ATID. She has received many fellowships including Lady Davis, National Foundation for Jewish Culture, Memorial Foundation, ATID.
Please feel free to forward this to anyone who might be interested. Looking forward to seeing you!
