A new series of classes on Jewish.TV, taught by Chabad.org editor, Chana Weisberg, explores the life of the great women of the Torah. The first class debuts today at 8pm Eastern.
Fans of Jewish.TV’s regular line-up of Torah classes are eagerly anticipating the debut of a new series of courses taught by Chabad.org’s own Chana Weisberg. The first installment of the ‘Biblical Women’ series is entitled ‘Miriam: Mother of Rebellion” and runs for five weeks, on Thursdays, starting today (July 14) at 8pm Eastern.
The format for each half-hour long class revolves around reading and discussing the original story of Miriam from the actual verses in Chumash. Further readings then explore how the story is explained in various sources in Talmud, Midrash and the classic commentaries such as Rashi.
Commenting on the format of the classes, Weisberg said, “What makes this class so engaging are the texts. This is not a lecture about one person’s opinion. We are actually reading the Chumash and then going into all the different opinions and commentaries and getting a full picture of who Miriam was the way our Sages actually taught us.”
In addition to the primary texts, each lesson also provides related articles and videos on Chabad.org for further study as well as “Ideas for Discussion” in which on-line viewers can recap the ideas presented.
The classes take place at Weisberg’s home in Toronto with a group of women who gathered especially to take part in the launch of this new online class.
“The interactive element is important,” says Weisberg. “I think that the viewers at home will sort of imagine themselves sitting around the table with all of us as we learn about Miriam.”
Future installments of the series are planned which will highlight the lives of other Biblical women such as Chavah, Sarah, Rivkah, and Dinah.
VIDEO: LESSON 1
Thanks you for the parable of silver refiner.
Chana, do you have a source?
Thanks for your wonderful work in so many ways!
great class looking forward to the next one!
Schochet relative and proud of it!
wow chana your lamdus is amazing and is your family legacy. thank u for being an inspiration. people worldwide talk about the schochet men and their genius you have proven that the women are a super intelligent force to be reckoned with as well.
Beautiful lecture! Inspiring, deep, meaningful, and insightful!
Thank you for sharing these beautiful ideas with us! Can’t wait for the next one!
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