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August 13, 2022 @ 9:30 am – 10:30 am
2022-08-13T09:30:00-04:00
2022-08-13T10:30:00-04:00
Join us for a catered Breakfast and Learn led by Rabbi Mitch.
Topic: The Jewish Rejection of Originalism
Originalism, in the American context, refers to the claim that all statements in the constitution must be interpreted based on the original understanding “at the time it was adopted.” Our Talmudic sages regarded the Torah as the Jewish constitution. As such, they confronted and rejected the Jewish equivalent of Originalism as being an inappropriate, and even unacceptable, approach to understanding and interpreting the Torah.
The study breakfast will be followed by abbreviated Shabbat morning services at 10:30am