Beit Avi Chai presents "Avot 2012 - A Look at the Fathers."
The seventh season of the successful lecture series. This year we will take an overview of Pirkei Avot and familiarize ourselves with its sections and its main topics.
Moderator: Hagit Bartov, Midreshet website of the Beit Midrash network, and Yaacov Hertzog center
Session 1: The Track of Tradition
Monday, May 7, 8 PM
Guest lecturer: Prof. Yeshayahu Gafni, the Department of History of the Jewish People, Hebrew University
Does tradition pass down from father to son or from teacher to student? Who wins in the covert battle between genes and scholarship, between the home and the study hall? A reading of Chapters 1 and 2.
Admission free, subject to available space
Tickets available from 7 PM
Session 2: The Sages Speak
Monday, May 14, 20:00
Guest lecturer: Hananel Mack, Midrash and Agaddah scholar, Bar-Ilan University.
Who said what to whom, and why? Getting to know the famous statements by the sages of Pirkei Avot. A reading of Chapters 3 and 4.
Admission free, subject to available space
Tickets available from 19:00
Session 3: The Secret of the Numbers
Monday, May 21, 8 PM
Guest lecturer: Prof. Galit Hasan-Rokem, Hebrew University
What is the significance of the number five? What is worth doing at age eighty? A reading of Chapter 5.
Admission free, subject to available space
Tickets available from 7 PM
Session 4: A Special Chapter
May 28, 2012 at 20:00
Guest lecturer: Prof. Avigdor Shinan
Who added the sixth chapter to Pirkei Avot, and what did the medieval rabbis think about the Torah and its wisdom? A reading of Chapter 6.
Admission free, subject to available space
Tickets available from 7 PM
This is a Hebrew-language only event.
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