Schedule for July 2000 Schedule for August 2000 July Mornings Monday - Thursday:   9-12:15 preparation, 1-2:30 advanced Talmud shiur Friday:  9-11:45 preparation for advanced Talmud shiur,  11:45 - 12:15 Kuzari shiur Afternoons Monday - Thursday: 3-6 open beit midrash.  Chavrutot available on any text or subject, advance notice desirable but not necessary Evenings Wednesday and Thursday:  7-10 open beit midrash (break for mincha/maariv). Chavrutot available on any text or subject, advance notice desirable but not necessary Special programs at Hillel (observers welcome, participation limited to SBM fellows) Monday July 10, 3-5 pm:  Erica Brown, CJP Scholar in Residence - "Texts, Pretexts, and the Art of the Dvar Torah" Tuesday July 18, 3-?pm:  Prof. Hanina Ben-Menahem, Hebrew University - "Judicial Deviation in Talmudic Law" To be scheduled:  Professor Jay Harris, Rabbi Benjamin Samuels, others Please note that chavrutot are not available during special programs Programs outside Hillel Monday nights 7:30 - 9:00 "Arguing with G-d" at Congregation Kehillath Israel, 384 Harvard Street, Brookline July 10 - "Abraham: When Bad Things Happen to Bad People" July 17 - "Job:  When Bad Things Happen to Bad People" July 24 - "Elijah:  From Disagreement to Despair" July 31 - Jonah:  From Despair to Disagreement" Tuesday Nights 7:30 - 9:00 "Leadership Ethics in Tanakh" at Lexington Chabad Center, 9 Burlington Street July 11 - "Sex, Lies, amd Videotape:  The Story of Amnon, Tamar and Avshalom in Biblical Context" July 18 - "Joseph the Righteous . . . Bureaucrat" July 25 - "Is the Book of Judges a Feminist Satire'? Wednesday afternoons July 19 and July 26 from 1-2:15 "Gun Control and the Origins of Violence" (two independent lectures) at the American Jewish Congress, 101 High Street, Boston August (at the Young Israel of Sharon) Cool Rabbinic Responsa Wednesday, August 2nd  8:30 PM: "May One Cook on a Volcano on Shabbat?" This 17th century responsa by R. Jacob Hagiz offers a window on the role of science in halacha.  Along the way it invents the Shabbat timer. Tuesday, August 8th  8:30 PM: "May One Pray for the Wicked to Repent?" This 17th century responsa by R. Jonah Landsofer offers a window on the role of philosophy in halacha.  Wednesday, August 16th  8:30 PM: "May Children Attend School on Shabbat?" This 20th century responsa by R. David Z. Hoffman offers a window on the role of economic class and social policy in halacha.  The responsa to be studied will be available in English translation.  Rabbi Klapper’s lectures will be preceded by a half-hour Beit Midrash period during which participants can prepare the primary sources used by each responsum. SBM fellows will be available as study partners.  Leadership Ethics in Tanach Sunday, August 7th  9:00 AM: "Sex, Lies and Videotape: The Story of Amnon, Tamar and Avshalom" Sunday, August 14th  9:00 AM: "Joseph the Righteous…Bureaucrat?" Sunday, August 20th  9:00 AM: "Is the Book of Judges a Feminist Satire?" Rabbi Klapper’s lectures will be preceded by a half-hour Beit Midrash period during which participants can prepare the biblical texts.  SBM fellows will be available as study partners.  Participation in the SBM of students affiliated with Yeshiva University occurs under the aegis of The Max Stern Division of Communal Services a division of RIETS, an affiliate of YU.  The SBM is a registered non-profit corporation and contributions to the SBM are tax-deductible.   See our mission statement, program description and complete schedule at www.summerbeitmidrash.org. Fellows will be available as study partners.  Click here for other shiurim by Rabbi Klapper.