Beyond the Text, Into Their World: Experiencing the Realia of Talmudic Life

Shulie Mishkin

Thursdays, 12:00pm Eastern, 7:00pm Israel Time

What was life like in the time of the Mishnah and the Gemara? How were the experiences different? Join Shulie Mishkin and delve into the realia of the daf, based on the archaeology and nature of the land of Israel.

August 8
Places: The Geography of Eretz Yisrael in the Time of the Mishnah

August 15
Places: The Diaspora: Babylonia, Alexandria, Palmyra, Rome

NO CLASS August 22

August 29
What Did People Do All Day: Business, professions, food and farming

September 5
Money Makes the World Go Round 

September 12
What’s for Dinner?

September 19
No Place Like Home

September 26
Ladies First


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