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Scholar in Residence: Rabbi David Silber

Sponsored by Sharon and Marty Goldberg in honour of the yahrzeit of Sharon's father, Haskell Zabitsky (Yechezkel ben Yerachmiel), obm.

Join us as the Or Chaim Minyan welcomes another distinguished Scholar in Residence for Shabbat! Rabbi David Silber is the Founder and Dean of Drisha Institute for Jewish Education, the world’s first center for women’s advanced study of classical Jewish texts. He is a sought-after teacher who lectures on biblical narrative and liturgy. Rabbi Silber is the author of A Passover Haggadah: Go Forth and Learn, published by JPS (2011) and the newly released For Such a Time as This: Biblical Reflections in the Book of Esther, published by Koren Publishers (Hebrew). 

Date

February 10, 2017

Time

12:23 PM EST

Location

Yeshivat Or Chaim

Topics

Jewish thought, Tanach, Parsha, Shemot, Beshalach, Neviim, Shoftim, Ketuvim, Tehillim, General Tanach Topics

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Meet the speaker

Rabbi David Silber

Rabbi David Silber is the founder and dean of Drisha Institute for Jewish Education in New York and Israel. Rabbi Silber received ordination from the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. He is a recipient of the Covenant Award, for excellence in innovative Jewish education, and is the author of A Passover Haggadah: Go Forth and Learn (Jewish Publication Society 2011) and For Such a Time as This: Biblical Reflections in the Book of Esther (Koren Publishers 2017). He is also a nationally acclaimed lecturer on the…

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