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e-TiM: Great Rabbinic Thinks: Rabbi Eliyahu David Rabinowitz Teomim, the Aderet

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Dates

May 4, 2026 to June 29, 2026

Time

Mondays 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM Eastern

Next class

Monday May 4, 2026

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Rabbi Eliyahu David Rabinowitz Teomim, the Aderet

Dr. Marc Shapiro


Rabbi Elijah David Rabinowitz-Teomim (the Aderet, 1843-1905), of Ponovezh, Mir, and Jerusalem, was one of the most fascinating rabbinic leaders of the late nineteenth century. Known by many as the father-in-law of Rav Kook, the Aderet left a memoir that gives us a unique glimpse into the East European rabbinic world.

Dr. Shapiro's classes for the year 5786 are generously sponsored by:
Fran and Alan Broder
Shira and Yisroel Hochberg
Marilyn and Rabbi Dov Loketch 
Pessie and Asher Reimer 
Jacob and Joseph Sasson
Hyla and Yakov Yellin
Drs. Diane and David Zwillenberg
and the generous donors who requested anonymity 

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Dr. Marc Shapiro

Marc B. Shapiro holds the Weinberg Chair in Judaic Studies at the University of Scranton. A graduate of Brandeis (BA) and Harvard (PhD), he is the author of numerous books, articles, and reviews and is a popular scholar in residence at synagogues around the world. He has written Between the Yeshiva World and Modern Orthodoxy and The Limits of Orthodox Theology, both of which were National Jewish Book Award Finalists. Other books of his include Saul Lieberman and the Orthodox,

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