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SHAVUOT LECTURES

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We are delighted to present a selection of interesting lectures related to the Jewish Holiday of Shavuot by leading scholars in their field, delivered at the Oxford University Chabad Society's Slager Jewish Student Centre. To view the full collection of nearly 500 lectures visit: www.oxfordjewishlectures.com

 

'Between Shavuot & Purim:

Coercion & free will'

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Daniel Kolsky

 

'Rashi on the

Book of Ruth in the

supercommentary of

Rabbi Menachem

M. Schneerson’

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Rabbi Eli Brackman

Oxford University Chabad Society


 

'The fence around

Mount Sinai:

An invitation?'

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'Bonding With G‑d

Via Torah'

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'Receptivity to the Infinite'

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Dr. Israel Sandman

University College London  

 

'Regime change

& the Torah'

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'Naomi's enigmatic silence'

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Professor Joshua Getzler

University of Oxford

 

 

'The concept of

Torah from Heaven'

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'When Israel Said

We Will Do

and We Will Hear'

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Dr. Naftali Loewenthal

University College London

 

 

'Book of Ruth:

Goliath &

his mother go into therapy'

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'Shavuot: The Day an

Entire Nation Overslept

for their Wedding'

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  Avi Blumgart

St John's College, Oxford

 

 'What Does It Mean

That G‑d Speaks:

A Close Look at an

Important verse at

Numbers 7:89'

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Professor Benjamin Sommer

 

 

'Akdamot:

A prayer of inclusion

at a time of exclusion'

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Rebecca Blumenfeld

 

'Abba Ahimeir and

His Singular Conception

of Jewish history'

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Dr. Peter Bergamin

 

'Hiding the Light'

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'The body in question'

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Dr. Ros Abramsky

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'Shavuot as

Chag HaBikkurim:

Festival of the First Fruits'

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Pammy Brenner

 

 

'Obeying a Statement: 

What makes the first

commandment a commandment?'

 

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David Frisch

'The Poetics of the

Book of Ruth and the

Ethics of Supererogation'

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Professor Hindy Najman

 

To view past lectures delivered at the Oxford University Chabad Society visit: www.oxfordjewishlectures.com 

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