Tuesday,  December 16, 8:30pm

Some of the most popular passages in the Torah & Talmud leave us with a long list of unanswered questions. Join us as we discover texts and revisit the stories, laws, and customs we grew up with to uncover the messages that are hidden beneath the surface. This is the tale of Judaism's untold history.

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Topics will include:

• The Patriarch we know nothing about - revisiting the life of Yitzchok Avinu and his legacy about the silent heroes of the world

• Parenting a rebellious child - revisiting Rivka's actions in the struggle between Yakov and Eisav to understand why she's is described as the mother of Yakov and Eisav

• Missing from the pages of history - revisiting the history of the implementation of the Chanuka celebration and why certain important details were never mentioned by the great historians  

• A custom with no explanation - revisiting some of the wildest theories to explain the mysterious custom of fasting on the ninth day of Teves, including questionable rabbinic texts regarding early Christianity

• Mysteries surrounding a father and his son - Did Yakov ever discover the real story about Yosef, and what really happened to Joseph when he first arrived in Egypt

• The making of a ban -  revisiting the structure of Rabbeinu Gershom's ruling  against polygamy to analyze if the ban possibly came with an expiration date

• Can many customs bind into one universal custom - revisiting the Talmudic passage which caused the wait in-between milk and meat as well the prevailing customs begs the question if the global community has accepted one single custom to be followed by all