e-TiM: Online Program
Shmitta as a Lens into the Nature of Torah Law Mah Inyan Shemitta Eztzel Har Sinai?

This will be a five-part series taking place Thursday's at 12:15pm Eastern. 

Part 1: Thursday, July 8

The Two Talmuds - Do They Need to be Understood as One?

Part 2: Thursday, July 15

Who has the final say on Biblical or Rabbinic Law? The Limitations of Chochma and Minyan

Part 3: Thursday July 22

The Gray Area between Biblical and Rabbinic Law: The Asmachta

Part 4: Thursday, July 29

The Messy Connections Between Shabbat and Shemitta

Part 5: Thursday, August 5

Preparing for Shemitta or Expanding Its Holiness?

Dates

July 8, 2021 August 5, 2021

Time

Thursdays 12:15 PM EDT

Topics

Halacha, General Tanach Topics

Classes of Shmitta as a Lens into the Nature of Torah Law

Shmitta as a Lens into the Nature of Torah Law (Part 1)

July 8, 2021

Rabbi Jonathan Ziring

Program: Shmitta as a Lens into the Nature of Torah Law

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Shmitta as a Lens into the Nature of Torah Law (Part 2) - Who has the final say on Biblical or Rabbinic Law? The Limitations of Chochma and Minyan

July 15, 2021

Rabbi Jonathan Ziring

Program: Shmitta as a Lens into the Nature of Torah Law

Source Material: Shmitta as a Lens into the Nature of Torah Law (Part 2) - Who has the final say on Biblical or Rabbinic Law? The Limitations of

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Shmitta as a Lens into the Nature of Torah Law (Part 3) - The Gray Area between Biblical and Rabbinic Law: The Asmachta

July 22, 2021

Rabbi Jonathan Ziring

Program: Shmitta as a Lens into the Nature of Torah Law

Source Material: Shmitta as a Lens into the Nature of Torah Law (Part 3) - The Gray Area between Biblical and Rabbinic Law: The Asmachta

Watch Shmitta as a Lens into the Nature of Torah Law (Part 3) || Rabbi Jonathan Ziring on YouTube.

Shmitta as a Lens into the Nature of Torah Law (Part 4) - The Messy Connections Between Shabbat and Shemitta

July 29, 2021

Rabbi Jonathan Ziring

Program: Shmitta as a Lens into the Nature of Torah Law

Source Material: Shmitta as a Lens into the Nature of Torah Law (Part 4) - The Messy Connections Between Shabbat and Shemitta

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Shmitta as a Lens into the Nature of Torah Law (Part 5) - Preparing for Shemitta or Expanding Its Holiness?

August 5, 2021

Rabbi Jonathan Ziring

Program: Shmitta as a Lens into the Nature of Torah Law

Source Material: Shmitta as a Lens into the Nature of Torah Law (Part 5) - Preparing for Shemitta or Expanding Its Holiness?

Watch Shmitta as a Lens into the Nature of Torah Law (Part 5) || Rabbi Jonathan Ziring on YouTube.

Source Material

Part 1 (PDF)

Part 2 (PDF)

Part 3 (PDF)

Part 4 (PDF)

Part 5 (PDF)

Meet the speaker

Rabbi Jonathan Ziring

Rabbi Jonathan Ziring is currently a Ram and the Education Coordinator at Yeshivat Migdal HaTorah in Modiin. Prior to that, he was the Sgan Rosh Beit Midrash of the YU-Torah Mitzion Zichron Dov Beit Midrash of Toronto, having served previously as a member of the Kollel Gavoah in Yeshivat Har Etzion (Gush) where he studied and taught. He has smicha from RIETS, an MA in Jewish Philosophy from Bernard Revel Graduate School, and a BA in Philosophy and Jewish Studies from…

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