Rabbi’s Talmud Class

June 6, 2020

Talmud this Shabbat: Gentle Voice / Anguished Voice: Which Voice Does America Need Now?

How does the clear call of the biblical prophet intersect with the mess of the real world? How does Micah’s uplifting charge—do justice, love mercy, walk humbly with your God—intersect...

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May 31, 2020

Talmud This Shabbat: The Prophet of Restoration — Zechariah

To date the prophets we have studied have prophesied destruction. The Babylonians are coming. The Assyrians are coming. The locusts are coming. Destruction and exile are coming! All of those...

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May 23, 2020

Talmud this Shabbat: Having Faith When Faith is Hard to Have–The Prophecy of Habakkuk

In some ways, Habakkuk channels the angst of a pandemic age. A deeply disrupted present. A deeply uncertain future. No clear path to a better place. And it feels like...

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May 16, 2020

Talmud this Shabbat: Does God Really Care Whether We Observe Jewish Law?–The Voice of the Prophet Micah

Thirty years ago, a young Rabbi Brad Artson got to Congregation Eilat, a Conservative shul in Mission Viejo, California and discovered a cultural pattern that was both lovely and so...

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May 9, 2020

Talmud this Shabbat: When We Hate, It Only Makes Us Smaller–the Case of Obadiah

If there were a contest for least inspiring prophet, the hands-down winner would be Obadiah. His entire prophecy consists of 21 verses and is the Sephardic Haftarah for parshat Vayishlach....

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May 2, 2020

Talmud this Shabbat: What the Prophet Amos Teaches Us That We All Need to Hear Right Now

Amos, the 3rd of our twelve prophets, has much to teach us as we enter the 7th week of our lockdown. Amos was overwhelmingly negative. Doom and gloom. Mr. Pessimism....

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