MakomDC:Rabbi Yaakov Yosef of Polnoye on the early Hasidic Approach to Parshanut Taught by Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt
December 19 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Rabbi Yaakov Yosef of Polnoye on the early Hasidic Approach to Parshanut: Taught by Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt
Shabbat afternoons at 1pm, Biran Beit Midrash: November 14th and December 19th
The preeminent student of the Baal Shem Tov, the Toldot Yaakov (Rabbi Yaakov Yosef’s parshanut) was the first published Hasidic commentary on the Torah. We will learn about his life as a student of the Besht and his approach to reading and interpreting the Torah. This study will help to uncover the innovations that followed with Hasidic parshanut and how they differ from the medieval commentators.