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About the Class

Tractate Kiddushin is the locus of rabbinic conversation about halachic marriage, and also discusses gendered obligations in mitzvot – making it a rich source to use to explore what feminist Torah is and can be. In each meeting of this class, we will use one sugya from Tractate Kiddushin to dive into a major issue in feminist Torah. Topics will include metaphors of ownership for Torah; Jewish marriage; niddah; rabbinic and contemporary relationships to boundaries; disability; and more. This ninety-minute class will open with a brief introduction, and will then consist of havruta time followed by shiur/class. All sources will be available in translation, and the core texts for this class will primarily consist of Talmud and queer and feminist theory. We will lean into the nature of these texts as twisty, terse, and sometimes hard to parse; this is an opportunity to grow in relationship with Torah and with our own insights and reading abilities.

Your Teacher

Rabbi Avigayil Halpern

Rabbi Avigayil Halpern is an educator and writer who is passionate about the Torah that emerges in the conversation between our own lives and traditional texts. Avigayil is recognized internationally as a teacher of thoughtful and accessible Torah, with a focus on queer and feminist thought. She has brought her compelling and original teaching to communities across and beyond denominations, and has experience teaching groups of all ages and backgrounds. She is at work on a book about queer niddah.

Avigayil was ordained by the Hadar Institute in 2023. She has been a Scholar-in-Residence at the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute and was recognized as one of the New York Jewish Week’s “36 Under 36,”, among other fellowships and awards. She is a co-host of the “Can’t Stop Scrolling” podcast, and lives in Washington, DC.

Explorations in Feminist Torah: Tractate Keddushin

Meets on

Mondays at 5pm PT/8pm ET

Price

$180-360

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