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CLE: Understanding the Structure of Jewish Legal Texts

Thursday, April 3, 2025
8:30 AM EDT -10:45 AM EDT

Virtual Event

Cost: With credit: $195 series/$35 each individual class; Without credit: $165 series/$30 each individual class

Venue

Virtual
Gefsky Community Scholar Rabbi Danny Schiff

Open to all—you need not be a lawyer to attend.
Earn 2 ethics credits per class!

The Gefsky Community Scholar position is endowed by the H. Arnold and Adrien B. Gefsky Endowment Fund of the Federation’s Jewish Community Foundation.

Written Torah. Oral Torah. Mishnah. Midrash. Talmud. Codes. Commentaries. Responsa.

We often quote from these Jewish legal sources. But what exactly are they? How do they fit together and how important are they? This CLE will explore the structure of Jewish texts. 

Underwritten by the Alan Papernick Educational Institute Endowment Fund. 

Venue

Virtual

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Organizer

Patti Dziekan
Email
pdziekan@jfedpgh.org

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