Captivating Cases in Rabbinic Responsa

When:
Tuesday, Feb 10, 2026 7:30p -
9:00p
Repeats weekly

Where:
Beth Menachem Chabad of Newton
349 Dedham Street
Newton, MA 02459

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Admission:
$125

Hosted by:
bmc Beth Menachem Chabad

Categories:
History

Listen in on the surprising, practical questions your ancestors asked rabbis across Jewish history.


Join this six-session course to discover the little-known world of rabbinic responsa, a vast archive of the real-life questions of ethics and practice Jews asked across history—and the scholarly answers rabbis wrote.


Algiers is under siege: May I pray in a bathhouse? The Inquisition is watching: How will I celebrate Passover? Seventeen Jews are held hostage in faraway Regensburg after a blood libel: Must I help pay their ransom?


See what enables Jewish tradition to offer relevant guidance in a rapidly changing world—and come face-to-face with raw Jewish history.


(If you don’t know what a “rabbinic responsa” is, you’ll fit right in.)

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