Talmud: The Building Blocks of Jewish Life, Session 40
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- Опубліковано 13 січ 2025
- Class recorded 12/19/24.
In today's continuing study of the Jewish life-cycle, we explored the topic of Conversion. Because the Hebrew Bible does not provide us with a standard for "converting" to Judaism, but rather only alludes to "strangers" or "sojourners" who commingled with the Israelites in their settlements, and who were to be treated "like" the Israelites proper, the Rabbis sought to establish legal norms for accepting new members to the Jewish community.
These norms are linked in the Jewish imagination to the figure of Ruth, the paradigmatic "convert" whose declaration to her bereaved mother-in-law, Naomi, becomes the "formula" by which converts are welcomed into Jewish peoplehood.
Our study examined Midrash Ruth Rabbah 2:2 and Bavli, Yevamot 47a-b, where Ruth Chapter 1 is treated midrashically as a template for conversion.
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Happy Studying, Happy Chanukah, and Happy New Year!
Rabbi Jonathan E. Blake
Can we talk about Talmud Yoma 39b in which from 30AD till 70AD all sacrifices in the temple where refused? Let's talk about what happened in 30AD and how that could lead to the destruction of the Temple and the dispersion of the Jews until the "end times"...what does that actually mean?