On Sunday, December 18, at 8:00 p.m., Congregation Rinat Yisrael will host Rabbi Daniel Fridman. He will speak on the topic of “The Beauty of Yefet in the Tents of Shem: The Challenge of the Torah-Chochmah Synthesis in Light of Chanukah.”

The shiur will seek to define the contours of a synthesis of Torah with high culture, with a special emphasis on an analysis of the halachic features of Chanukah as a response to the Greek challenge.

The program will be in memory of Shelly Rudoff, z’l.

Rabbi Daniel Fridman is rabbi of the Jewish Center of Teaneck and Sgan Rosh Ha-Yeshiva at Torah Academy of Bergen County. He studied under Rav Aharon Lichtenstein at Yeshivat Har Etzion; graduated from Columbia College, summa cum laude; and was ordained by Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, where he studied under Rabbi Michael Rosensweig.