Weekly Torah study has always been the backbone of Jewish learning and commitment. Building on last year’s very successful course, we are again inviting the best and the brightest of the rabbis, scholars and educators of Anglo-Jewry and beyond to give a class on the weekly Torah portion. But with a difference... .
This year, our teachers will focus on the commentary of the Ramban, R. Moshe ben Nachman Girondi (Nachmanides) – a leading medieval Jewish scholar, rabbi, philosopher, physician, and kabbalist. His truly original commentary on the Torah, the last of his works, is intermingled with aggadic and mystical interpretations, and is based upon a careful reading of Torah’s language and form.
All texts will be translated and classes involve gaining an overview of the sedra, studying key commentaries of the Ramban and discovering new ideas and important contemporary lessons. Let us take you from the beginning of Bereishit to the end of Devarim and ensure that you are always prepared for the coming Shabbat Torah portion.
A timetable of sedra dates, teachers and class titles will be available on our website in September and will be updated regularly. This course is accessible to everyone.
teaching faculty
Here are some of the teachers who have agreed to teach on this course:
Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks
R. Dr Abraham Levy
Dayan Ivan Binstock
R. Harvey Belovski Dr Harris Bor, Dina Brawer, R. Dr Naftali Brawer, R. Jeremy Bruce, Dr Simon Cooper, R. Leo Dee, Dr Michael Harris, Maureen Kendler, Yolanda Kerbel, R. Natan Levy, R. David Lister, R. David Mason, Debbie Meyer, R. Ephraim Mirvis, Michael Pollak, Michelle Sint, R. Johnny Solomon, Adam Taub, Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz, Dr Tamra Wright, Dr Raphael Zarum
Study times & term dates
Tues 8.00pm - 10:00pm
1st term: 5 Oct – 21 Dec 2010
2nd term: 4 Jan – 12 April 2011
3rd term: 3 May – 4 Oct 2011
Course Fee £250 or pay £8 per session.
Book by Wednesday 15 September 2010 and get £25 off any year-long course
NOTE: The course begins on Tuesday 5 October 2010. The opening shiur on the sidrot of Bereishit & Noach will be given by Dr Raphael Zarum, Head of Faculty at LSJS.
