HUC Connect: Exploration of the Oxford Annotated Mishnah

Date: Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Time: 1:00 pm EST
Speakers: Rabbi Dalia Marx, Ph.D., Rabbi Dvora Weisberg, Ph.D., Andrew Rehfeld, Ph.D.

Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at 1:00 pm ET

In Honor of the Fifth Yahrzeit of Rabbi Aaron D. Panken, Ph.D.

Rabbi Dalia Marx, Ph.D., Rabbi Aaron D. Panken Professor of Liturgy and Midrash, HUC-JIR/Jerusalem
Rabbi Dvora Weisberg, Ph.D., Rabbi Aaron D. Panken Professor of Rabbinics; HUC-JIR Rabbinical School Director, HUC-JIR/Los Angeles
Andrew Rehfeld, Ph.D., President, HUC-JIR; Moderator

Our understanding of Jewish values and history rests largely on the bedrock of the Mishnah, the first post-biblical code of rabbinic law, but its technical style and cultural assumptions require skillful navigation if we want to make sense of it for contemporary Judaism. The Oxford Annotated Mishnah: A New Translation of the Mishnah With Introductions and Notes (Oxford University Press), edited by Shaye J.D. Cohen, Robert Goldenberg, and Hayim Lapin is the first annotated translation of this work, providing explanations of technical terms and making the text accessible to those without specialist knowledge. In honor of the fifth Yahrzeit of Rabbi Aaron D. Panken, Ph.D., z”l, join two HUC-JIR contributors and Panken Professors, Rabbi Dalia Marx, Ph.D. and Rabbi Dvora Weisberg, Ph.D., as they discuss the significance of this important work.

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