Five-Week

Lecture Series: “The Amazing World of the Aggada” by Rabbi Michael Chernick to be held at Shaarei Orah, The Sephardic Congregation of Teaneck on five consecutive Wednesday evenings beginning August 13, 2014 at 8:30 p.m. Wed., August 13: When God Prays ( ז תוכרב (א”ע Wed., August 20: It Is Not In Heaven!: The Whole Story ( (ב”ע-א”ע טנ אעיצמ אבב Wed., August 27: Was R. Akiba Greater Than Moshe Rabbenu? ( (ב”ע טכ תוחנמ Wed., September 3: The Strange Story of Rabbi Strangelove ( ;ב”ע אס הנשמ תובותכ (ב”ע בס ארמג Wed., September 10: “You Are The Most Precious Thing I Want” ( ,א השרפ ,הבר םירישה ריש (רחא רבד ה”ד ,ב”פ All Classes will start at 8:30 p.m .and run approximately 1 hour 15 minutes. Men and Women are invited to attend; classes are free of charge. Location: Shaarei Orah, The Sephardic Congregation of Teaneck, 1425 Essex Road, (corner Ogden), Teaneck, NJ 07666. 201-833-0800. For more information, go to www.sephardicteaneck.org.

Rabbi Michael Chernick is a Professor Emeritus of Rabbinic Literature with a specialization in early rabbinic legal interpretation of the TaNaKh. Rabbi Chernick received his doctorate in Rabbinics from the Bernard Revel Graduate School and his rabbinic ordination from R. Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, both affiliates of Yeshiva University. He has written extensively about Jewish law and lore and has lectured on these topics in the United States, Europe, and Israel. He is the author of numerous articles, two Hebrew volumes on rabbinic interpretation, an English language edited volume, Essential Papers on the Talmud, and a book titled A Great Voice That Did Not Cease. He also founded the Summer Jewish Studies Program at Kibbutzim Yahel and Lotan