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Rabbi Julie Danan to teach an Adult Ed class this week

The Greatest Book Never Written

Please join us; this class is free and open to the public.

January 6, 7:30 pm

The Babylonian Talmud is the foundational text of Rabbinic Judaism, the crown of Jewish study.

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Once the province of the learned elite, with modern translations, tools and digital resources, the Talmud is now more accessible than ever to everyone.

With 63 tractates (volumes) and over 6,200 pages, the Talmud covers every topic under the sun, not just what we think of as “religion.” What’s even more interesting is that this book isn’t really a book and by law it was not written down for centuries. It’s more like a conversation that never ends, and you can be part of it!

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Come for an overview of the Talmud and experience a bit of classic Talmudic learning in a language you can understand.

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