Talmud

Service Description

Monday evenings 8:30-9:30pm Dive into the world of Talmud with Raphael Dascalu. In these sessions, we will read selections from all over the Talmud, to get a sense of its culture, the scope and range of its topics, and its central ideas and assumptions. We will cover a range of legal, ethical, and mythical material, and read the texts in their literary and historical context. Whether you're new to Talmud or have delved into its depths before, this class is for anyone interested in exploring this most challenging and surprising of texts. About the facilitator: Raphael Dascalu is a Melbourne-based researcher and translator. Born and raised in Sydney, he completed his MA at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, his PhD at the University of Chicago, and studied in a number of institutions of Jewish learning, including Yeshivat ha-Kibbutz ha-Dati (Ein Tzurim), the Pardes Institute, and the Shalom Hartman Institute. He is a Senior Research Fellow at Notre Dame University Australia, an Adjunct Research Associate at Monash University, and a student of the mysteries of the cosmos. Please note that you don’t need to commit to all the weeks of the course to sign up. You're welcome to register even if you're just interested in trying it out — the process is designed for your convenience.