e-TiM: Online Program
e-TiM: The Deep Backstories of Megillat Esther

Dates

February 3, 2025 to March 10, 2025

Time

Mondays 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM Eastern

with Tamar Weissman
Mondays February 3- March 10 (6 weeks)
11:00 AM Eastern time, 6:00 PM Israel time (5:00 PM Israel time for March 10)

What do Nimrod, Moses, Esau, Balaam, and Rachel have to do with the Book of Esther? Quite a lot, actually! Join Tamar Weissman in exploring the surprising backstories that form the characters and themes of this timeless Megillah.

Monday February 3rd

And the Entire Land was of One Language: Nimrod in Megillat Esther

Monday February 10th

And He Cried a Great, Bitter Cry: Eisav in Megillat Esther

Monday February 17th

In That He, Too, is Mortal: Moshe in Megillat Esther

Monday February 24th

Who Counts the Dust of Jacob, the Couplings of Israel: Balaam in Megillat Esther

Monday March 3

When Morning Came, There Was Leah: Rachel in Megillat Esther

Monday March 10

Two Shushans: Bridging the Divide in Preparation for Purim

Topics:

Tanach, Biblical Methodology, Ketuvim, Esther, Figures in Tanach, General Tanach Topics

Meet the speaker

Tamar Weissman

Tamar Weissman is a tour guide and lecturer in Tanach and Eretz Israel studies. Her first book, Tribal Lands: The Twelve Tribes of Israel in their Ancestral Territories, explores the personalities of the shevatim and why each was granted his specific nahalah. She has just finished her second book "The Bible's Wild Child," on midrashic patterns in the Book of Shoftim. Tamar and her family practice sustainable agriculture on their farm in the Galil. Follow her adventures on Instagram @weissmanfarm or Facebook @משק וייסמן

Tamar Weissman bio & resources