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180 Amsterdam Ave | New York

Who's Who at LSS

Weekly Learning Opportunities at a Glance

Monday

Sunday

9.15 - 10.00 AM | Coffee & Responsa

with Rabbi Josh Rosenfeld

10.00 - 11 AM | Sunday Beit Midrash

with Rabbinic & Community Interns

7.00 - 8.15 PM | Chug Ivrit with Hai Piazesky

In the class, we read articles from the Israeli press, watch videos of

news stories, documentaries and comedy clips, listen to (and sing

along!) Israeli songs and chat in Ivrit. (Room 207)

8.00 - 9.00 PM | Visionary: The Writings of Rav Kook

with Rabbi Josh Rosenfeld (Beit Midrash)

The Jewish Living Workshop led by Dassa and Bill

Greenbaum. The Jewish Living Workshop is a “hands-on”

experience. We learn by doing. The workshop is free, a

few sessions will require a modest fee for materials;

register at

JLworkshop@yahoo.comorwww.lss.org.Remaining

classes: 10/16, 10/23, 10/30, 11/6, 11/13, and 11/20

10.30 - 11.30 AM | The Marilyn & Sam Isler “Studies in the weekly Parsha”

led by Rabbi Shaul Robinson (Beit Midrash)

7.45 PM | Talmud b’Shana in Memory of Bruce Ritholtz led by Rabbi Shaul Robinson (Beit Midtash)

7.30 - 8.30 PM | The Book of Samuel II led by Ron Platzer (Room 211)

Tuesday

Wednesday

8.00 - 9.00 PM | Jewish History Seminar: Controversies and

Scandals of Jewish History

with Paul Shaviv (Beit Midrash)

8 thought-provoking lectures beginning Wed. October 25

Topics Include:

1. Who wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls?

2. Some Jewish sects we have forgotten about

3. Who was Rashi, and where did his knowledge come from?

4. Jewish-Christian relations in the early Middle Ages

5. Reassessing the Besht: simple mystic or sophisticated local leader?

6. Hasidism as a European millenarial phenomenon – Russian

Orthodox (and other) parallels and influences.

7. Saul Berlin and ‘Besamim Rosh’ – rabbinic forgery

8. The Ludomirer Maid – the only female Hasidic ‘Rebbe’

9. Israel Zolli – the Chief Rabbi who became a Catholic

10. Antiquities scandals – Is anything in museums genuine?

Thursday

7.15 - 8.15 PM | The Jacob Adler Parsha Class:

Explorations in the Weekly Parsha

with Rabbi Shaul Robinson (Beit Midrash)

8.45 - 10 PM | Cholent Chabura

with Rabbi Josh Rosenfeld

(private residence, contact office for details)

Shabbat at LSS

7.45 AM | Hashkama Minyan & Shiur with Rabbi Dr. Moshe Sokolow

8.30 - 9.00 AM | Parsha Class

with Rabbinic & Community Interns

1.30 hrs before Mincha | Mishna Chabura with Moshe Shienwexler

1 hr before Mincha | Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch Bible Class

with Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald

1 hr before Mincha | Louis & Rhoda Lazar Memorial Shiur with Rabbi Josh Rosenfeld

Upcoming Scholars in Residence

October 28 | Rabbi Eddie Abramson

February 13th Jonathan H. Spanbock Lecture in Jewish Ethics

with Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander

Beginner's Program Led by Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald

Introduction to Bible with Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald. This course

provides a general overview of the content and style of the Bible.

We will review basic literary and theological approaches to Bible

study, traditional and modern, through the analysis of the Biblical

text. To register, please call 212-874-6100 or register online

atwww.lss.org/beginners.

Cost: $90, Free to LSS Members.

Save the Date: New sessions of theHebrew Reading Crash

Course Level Iand Level IIwill beginMonday, November 6, 2017 at

6:30pm. The 5 classes last 1 1/2 hours, and are free and open to

all.Register atwww.lss.org/beginners.

On Friday night, March 9, 2018,

hundreds of synagogues across the

continent will take part in an historic

national Jewish event to celebrate

what unifies all Jews — Shabbat!

Everyone is invited… singles,

couples, families — all ages.

Gemara b'Shana with Rabbi Shaul Robinson

A new kind of Gemara shiur, dedicated to the memory of Bruce Ritholtz a”h. The class will undertake the ambitious goal of studying and completing an entire tractate of Talmud each year followed by a siyum to mark its completion at the time of Bruce's yahrtzeit, between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. The class will be focused on a clear understanding of the text of the Gemara, together with in-depth explorations of selected topics followed by interactive dialogue

through social media and email.

THE BRUCE RITHOLTZ TALMUD PROJECT

Tuesday Evenings in the Beit Midrash | 7.00 - 8.15 PM

Jewish History

Seminar: Controversies

and Scandals of Jewish HistoryW I T H P A U L

S H A V I V

CHANG E YO U R V I EW O F

J EW I S H H I S TO R Y W I T H AN

UNCONV E N T I O N A L LOO K A T

SOME O F T H E S C ANDA L S AND

CON T RO V E R S I E S T H A T

R A R E L Y MAK E I T I N T O

P O P U L A R P R I N T .

A Special Series of 8 Thought-

Provoking Lectures

Wednesday Evenings, 8 - 9 PM

Beginning Oct. 25

LSS Beit Midrash

Paul Shaviv is a semi-retired educator now living on the

Upper West Side. He was born and educated in the UK,

and has degrees from both Cambridge (BA/MA in

Architecture) and Oxford (M.Phil in Medieval and Modern

Jewish studies).

visionary: 

the writings

of Rav Kook

with rabbi josh rosenfeld

LSS beit midrash 

monday evenings, 8 pm

beginning october 23

180 Amsterdam Ave | New York, NY 10023

Phone: (212) 874-6100 Fax: (212) 877-4065

Office Hours: Monday- Thursday: 9:00am-5:00pm

Friday:9:00am- 1:00pm