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e-TiM: The Menorah of Zecharia: The Menorah of the Rambam

The Menorah of Zecharia: The Menorah of the Rambam

Dr, Beni Gesundheit

Sundays, December 11 & 18

10:00am Eastern, 5:00pm Israel

December 11: The Meaning of Chanukah in Maimonides’ Halachic-Philosophical Teaching

This shiur will review the differing descriptions found in the Yerushalmi and Babylonian Talmudic sources regarding the two miracles of Chanukah – the military victory of the Maccabees, and the oil that burned for eight days. The shiur will also consider the Rambam’s view of the Hasmonaean Monarchy.

December 18: Zechariah - The Prophetic Visions of the Menorah in their Historical and Literary Context

This shiur will analyze the structure and message of the prophet Zechariah’s vision of the Menorah.

Dates

December 11, 2022 December 18, 2022

Time

Sundays 10:00 AM EST

Topics

History, Ancient History, Jewish History, Jewish Holidays, Chanukah, Biblical Archaeology

Class Audio

The Menorah of Zecharia: The Menorah of the Rambam (Part 1)

December 11, 2022

Dr. Beni Gesundheit

Program: e-TiM: The Menorah of Zecharia: The Menorah of the Rambam

The Menorah of Zecharia: The Menorah of the Rambam (Part 2)

December 18, 2022

Dr. Beni Gesundheit

Program: e-TiM: The Menorah of Zecharia: The Menorah of the Rambam

Class Video

The Menorah of Zecharia: The Menorah of the Rambam (Part 1)

December 11, 2022

Dr. Beni Gesundheit

Watch The Menorah of Zecharia: The Menorah of the Rambam (Part 1) || Dr. Beni Gesundheit on YouTube.

The Menorah of Zecharia: The Menorah of the Rambam (Part 2)

December 18, 2022

Dr. Beni Gesundheit

Watch The Menorah of Zecharia: The Menorah of the Rambam (Part 2) || Dr. Beni Gesundheit on YouTube.

Source Material

Dec 18 The Menorah of Zecharia (PDF)

Meet the speaker

Dr. Beni Gesundheit

Dr. Beni Gesundheit studied for five years at Yeshivat Har Etzion in Alon Shvut, Israel.  He attended medical school in Switzerland, and did his residency in pediatrics at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. Dr. Gesundheit completed a fellowship in pediatric hematology-oncology at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. He received his Ph.D. in bioethics from the University of Toronto (2004), with a dissertation on Jewish medical ethics. Dr. Gesundheit has been employed by Soroka Hospital in Beer Sheva, Hadassah Hospital…

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