How does the inexplicable poem for Shavuot, Akdamut, make sense of the first blessing of the Shema Liturgy? with Rabbi Professor Reuven Kimelman

Co-sponsored by the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades.

Reuven Kimelman is a professor of Classical Judaica at Brandeis University and rabbi of Beth Abraham Sephardic Congregation of New England. He is also Scholar in Residence at the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades. He specializes in the history of classical Judaism with a focus on the history and poetics of the Jewish liturgy.

Please also register for our upcoming webinar in advance of Tisha b’Av: What is the significance of the paradoxical nature of Eikhah? August 11, 2024, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (7:00-8:00 PM Israel time)