Mishnah to Maggid (Part 2): 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
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How Many Questions are in Ma Nishtana? Are They Even Questions? (PDF)
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Yosef Lindell
Yosef Lindell is a lawyer, writer, and lecturer living in Silver Spring, Maryland, with his wife and two sons. He has an MA in Jewish history from Yeshiva University’s Bernard Revel Graduate School and a JD from NYU School of Law. For 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 he primarily focuses on Jewish history and…