Dr. Devora Steinmetz explores how the Ketoret altar’s primary role in the Mishkan is distinct from other elements—it honors God’s presence after sacrifices and serves as a tool for purgation, resetting the Mishkan’s purity.
Dr. Devora Steinmetz explores how the Ketoret altar’s primary role in the Mishkan is distinct from other elements—it honors God’s presence after sacrifices and serves as a tool for purgation, resetting the Mishkan’s purity.
Devora Steinmetz serves on the leadership team for special programs at Drisha in the United States and Israel. She has taught Talmud and Rabbinics at Drisha, the Jewish Theological Seminary, Yeshivat Hadar, and Havruta: a Beit Midrash at Hebrew University. Dr. Steinmetz is the founder of Beit Rabban, a day school profiled in Daniel Pekarsky’s Vision at Work: The Theory and Practice of Beit Rabban. She is the author of From Father to Son: Kinship, Conflict, and Continuity in Genesis and Punishment and Freedom: The Rabbinic Construction of Criminal Law. Dr. Steinmetz consults for the Mandel Foundation and works at Gould Farm, a therapeutic community for individuals struggling with mental illness.
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