Mishnah Ma'aserot Learning Group
Tue, Mar 09
|Online Event
an intimate dive into Jewish ancestral agricultural wisdom


Time & Location
Mar 09, 2021, 7:30 PM – Apr 27, 2021, 9:00 PM
Online Event
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About the Event
The agricultural practices transmitted through Jewish ancestral wisdom are grounded in creating systems of mutual aid and equity in order that the most vulnerable among us are supported. Looking deeply at ancient Rabbinic laws related to that ancestral wisdom, together with Justin Goldstein, our Scholar-in-Residence, we will explore how the ancient ideals and values of our ancestors are still applicable and relevant today.
Looking each week at a chapter of Mishnah Ma'aserot, a 2nd century legal code regarding ancestral Jewish agricultural practices of tithing, we will discuss nuanced elements of the text that may be "lost in translation," as well as try to understand the concepts presented in their historic context so we might better consider how those values and ideals may be applicable, as opposed to replicable, in our contemporary world.
No background in Judaism or Jewish texts is necessary to participate. All texts will be provided in both…
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