From the Mishnah to Maggid: Case Studies in the Development of the Haggadah (Part 2)
This week's topic: How Many Questions are in Ma Nishtana? Are They Even Questions?
Everyone knows the Ma Nishtana. But figuring out how many questions are being asked, or if they were really meant to be questions at all, is an interpretive puzzle that remains unsolved. Nevertheless, it helps us understand what the storytelling in the Haggadah is all about.
Please note that this class is taking place at 1:00 PM Eastern time, 7:00 PM Israel time due to the time change
Meet the speaker
Yosef Lindell
Yosef Lindell is a lawyer, writer, and teacher living in Silver Spring, Maryland. He has a JD from NYU School of Law and an MA in Jewish history from Yeshiva University’s Bernard Revel Graduate School. For the last four years, he was an editor of the Lehrhaus, an online forum for Jewish thought, and now serves on its consulting editorial board. Yosef’s writing spans several genres, including science fiction, but primarily focuses on Jewish history and thought. He has published more than…