e-TiM: Online Program
e-TiM: Halachic Responses to the State of Israel

Dates

April 23, 2020 to May 21, 2020

Time

Thursdays 7:00 AM Eastern

Thursday, April 23
11:00am-12:00pm EST
Halacha and Religious Customs Change in a Jewish State
The impact of the Jewish state on Jewish prayer and custom

Thursday, April 30
11:00am-12:00pm EST
Tzahal and the Ethics of Warfare
Real (Historical) Dilemmas During the Israeli Wars

Thursday, May 7
11:00am-12:00pm EST
How Can an Irreligious Government Be Legitimate?
Religious responses to the Jewish state

Thursday, May 14
11:00am-12:00pm EST
Conversion Today in Israel
Authority in a Jewish State: Who is fit to rule?

Thursday, May 21
11:00am-12:00pm EST
Keeping the lights on: Can a State be "Shomer Shabbat"?

Topics:

Israel

Meet the speaker

Rabbi Aviad Tabory

Rabbi Aviad Tabory is the author of State of Halakha: Israel's History in Jewish Law (Maggid 2023). Rabbi Aviad Tabory studied for seven years at the hesder yeshivot of Ohr Etzion and Har Etzion (Gush) in Israel. In those years he served in a tank unit of the Israeli army and studied for the Smicha tests of the Israeli Rabbinate. He received his degree in Jewish education from Herzog College, and is a graduate of Amiel - the rabbinical training programme…

Rabbi Aviad Tabory bio & resources