Rabbi Jeff Fox from Yeshivat Maharat discusses how one should view Gemara and how it became the central text it is today. Is Gemara a law code or something else?
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by Rabbi Jeffrey S. Fox (Posted on June 26, 2024)
Rabbi Jeff Fox from Yeshivat Maharat discusses how one should view Gemara and how it became the central text it is today. Is Gemara a law code or something else?


Rabbi Jeffrey Fox serves as the Rosh ha-Yeshiva of Maharat, the first yeshiva to ordain women as Orthodox clergy. He was the first graduate of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbincal School. Rabbi Fox served as a pulpit rabbi for nearly seven years and has taught at YCT, Drisha, the ALEPH Rabbincal school, the Florence Melton Adult Educational Center as well as Yeshivat Hadar.

by Posted on June 26, 2024

by Posted on June 26, 2024
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