Rabbinic Yeshiva Intensive

Rabbi Tali Adler Rabbi Goldie Guy Rabbi Shai Held Rabbi Elie Kaunfer Rabbi Avi Killip Rabbi Deborah Sacks Mintz Rabbi Aviva Richman Rabbi Micha'el Rosenberg Rabbi Ethan Tucker Dena Weiss

Hadar’s Rabbinic Yeshiva Intensive (RYI) provides a unique opportunity for rabbis from around the country and across the denominational spectrum to immerse themselves in deep, nourishing Talmud Torah with Hadar’s stellar faculty.

RYI enables rabbis who love to learn Torah to step away from their daily commitments and responsibilities to nurture their passion for learning while engaging with their rabbinic colleagues.

5:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Arrive and Schmooze

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Dinner, Introduction, and Orientation

7:00 PM - 8:15 PM

Opening Shiur
"Betrayal Or Continuity: The Role of Interpretation in Tradition"
R. Avital Hochstein

8:15 PM - 8:30 PM

Arvit

7:45 AM - 8:30 AM

Shaharit

8:30 AM - 9:15 AM

Breakfast

Morning Nigun Circle (optional)
R. Deborah Sacks Mintz

9:15 AM - 12:45 PM

Morning Shiur: Part 1

"From Beginning to End: What is Shabbat Really About?"
R. Avital Hochstein

"Lulav haYavesh: On Beauty and Aging"
R. Aviva Richman

"Local Custom and Communal Cohesion: Exploring Chapter 4 of Pesahim"
R. Ethan Tucker

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM

Lunch

1:45 PM - 2:00 PM

Minhah

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Afternoon Shiur Electives

"Righteous Anger, Useful Anger"
R. Micha’el Rosenberg

"Empathy and Imagination: Can We Really Understand the Pain of Others?"
Dena Weiss

"Praying Against our Enemies? A Close Look at the Curse against Heretics"
R. Elie Kaunfer

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Break

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Seder: Preparation for Shiur Electives

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Dinner

7:00 PM - 7:15 PM

Arvit

7:15 PM - 8:45 PM

Evening Shiur Electives

"'Who Has Not Forgotten His Hesed': Doing Theology (and Ethics) with the Book of Ruth"
R. Shai Held

"Rest and Release, Revenge and Redemption: D’ror Yikra’s Dynamic Journey"
R. Deborah Sacks Mintz

7:45 AM - 8:30 AM

Shaharit

8:30 AM - 9:15 AM

Breakfast

Morning Nigun Circle (optional)
R. Deborah Sacks Mintz

9:15 AM - 12:45 PM

Morning Shiur: Part 2

"From Beginning to End: What is Shabbat Really About?"
R. Avital Hochstein

"Lulav haYavesh: On Beauty and Aging"
R. Aviva Richman

"Local Custom and Communal Cohesion: Exploring Chapter 4 of Pesahim"
R. Ethan Tucker

12:45 PM - 1:45 PM

Lunch

1:45 PM - 2:00 PM

Minhah

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Afternoon Shiur Electives

"Why Is the Prophet So Distraught? Five Readings of the Book of Jonah"
R. Shai Held

"Internal Rest: Shabbat in the thought of the Me'or Einayim"
Dena Weiss

"Which Seeing, Whose Eye? Mar’it ‘Ayin as a Meaningful Religious Idea"
R. Micha'el Rosenberg

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Break

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Afternoon Shiur Electives

"A God Who Knows Women: Two Approaches to Feminist Torah"
R. Avi Killip

"Gracious Wisdom: What Knowledge Are We Praying For?"
R. Elie Kaunfer

"Olam Hesed Yibaneh: Encountering the World of Rabbi Chaim Friedlander"
R. Shai Held

7:45 AM - 8:30 AM

Shaharit

8:30 AM - 9:15 AM

Breakfast

Morning Nigun Circle (optional)
R. Deborah Sacks Mintz

9:15 AM - 12:30 PM

Shiur Klali
"Speech Acts: Can Our Verbal Commitments Redraw the Map of Torah?"
R. Ethan Tucker

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Lunch and Reflections

1:45 PM - 2:00 PM

Minhah

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM

Closing Shiur
"On Hope"
R. Shai Held

Rabbi Tali Adler

R. Tali Adler is faculty at Hadar. A musmekhet of Yeshivat Maharat and alumna of Stern College for Women, R. Adler has studied at a number of institutions including Hadar, Drisha, and Midreshet HaRova.

Rabbi Goldie Guy

Rabbi Goldie Guy is Director of Hadar Chicago. She was ordained in 2017 by Yeshivat Maharat, where she was also a Talmud instructor and a UJA fellow. She previously served as Director of Religious Engagement at Anshe Sholom B’nai Israel Congregation in Chicago.

Rabbi Shai Held

Rabbi Shai Held is President and Dean at Hadar. He is completing work on his next book, Judaism is About Love (forthcoming). His most recent book, The Heart of Torah, a collection of essays on the Torah in two volumes, was published in 2017.

Rabbi Elie Kaunfer

Rabbi Elie Kaunfer is President and CEO of Hadar. He received semikhah from his longtime teacher, R. Daniel Landes, and is currently completing a book on the weekday Amidah. He received a doctorate in liturgy from the Jewish Theological Seminary, where he was also ordained, and is a graduate of Harvard College.

Rabbi Avi Killip

Rabbi Avi Killip is Executive Vice President of Hadar. A graduate of Hebrew College Rabbinical School, R. Killip was a Wexner Graduate Fellow and a Schusterman Fellow. She is host of the Hadar podcasts Responsa Radio and Ta Shma.

Rabbi Deborah Sacks Mintz

Rabbi Deborah Sacks Mintz serves the Hadar Institute as Director of Tefillah and Music. An educator, facilitator, and composer, she has collaborated on over two dozen albums of new Jewish music through Rising Song and beyond, including two albums of her own original music: The Narrow and the Expanse (2020) an Yetzira (2023).

Rabbi Aviva Richman

Rabbi Aviva Richman is Rosh Yeshiva at Hadar. She was ordained by R. Daniel Landes and has a doctorate from New York University in Talmud. R. Richman also studied in the Pardes Kollel and the Drisha Scholars’ Circle.

Rabbi Micha'el Rosenberg

R. Micha’el Rosenberg is a member of the Hadar faculty. He holds rabbinic ordination both from the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and from his teacher, R. Elisha Ancselovits, and has a doctorate in Talmud and Rabbinics from the Jewish Theological Seminary. He is the author of Signs of Virginity: Testing Virgins and Making Men in Late Antiquity (2018), and, with Rabbi Ethan Tucker, of Gender Equality and Prayer in Jewish Law (2017).

Rabbi Ethan Tucker

R. Ethan Tucker is President and Rosh Yeshiva at Hadar. He was ordained by the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and earned a doctorate in Talmud and Rabbinics from the Jewish Theological Seminary. A Wexner Graduate Fellow, he was a co-founder of Kehilat Hadar. He is the author, along with R. Micha’el Rosenberg, of Gender Equality and Prayer in Jewish Law (2017).

Dena Weiss

Dena Weiss is Rosh Beit Midrash and Senior Faculty at Hadar, where she teaches Talmud, Midrash, and Hasidut. Dena earned an MA in Theology from Harvard Divinity School. She has studied and taught in a variety of Jewish educational settings including Drisha, Midreshet Lindenbaum, and Pardes.

If you are a rabbi who loves to learn Torah, then this program is for you! At RYI, you’ll explore a broad range of texts on a variety of topics; classes are offered for participants with widely differing text skills and from a diverse array of backgrounds.

If you have any questions about whether this is the right program for you, please reach out to us at [email protected].

March 3-6, 2024

Yeshivat Hadar (212 West 93rd St, New York, NY 10023)

Before January 1, the early bird registration fee is $550. After January 1, the registration fee for this intensive is $650.

We are also offering a scholarship rate of $400. If you are a 2020-2023, rabbinical school graduate, we invite you to participate this year for $100.

If the fee poses an obstacle to participation, please feel free to make use of the reduced rate or email us at [email protected] or, if you prefer, you can email Rabbi Shai Held at [email protected]. We do not turn away participants because of funds.

All fees are fully refundable until two weeks before the program (February 18, 2024).

Hadar’s immersive programs are opportunities to step out of your day-to-day routine and fully immerse yourself in Talmud Torah. We strongly encourage all participants to attend the entire program.

Please reach out to [email protected] with any additional questions.

The 2024 Host Committee is in formation. Check back for updates.

Rabbinic Yeshiva Intensive