Sponsored by Congregation Rinat Yisrael, Rabbi Ozer Glickman will be delivering a lecture series on “Bikdushato Shel Aharon: The Practice of Birkat Kohanim,” covering many concepts concerning kehunah, with a focus on modern-day avodah. The series will run at 8:00 p.m. each Tuesday between Pesach and Shavuot (4/25, 5/2, 5/9, 5/16 and 5/23). The first four sessions will be source-based, yeshiva-level style study, examining the Talmudic and halachic process that led to the Birkat Kohanim we know today; the fifth session will be a summary and include practical halachic applications. The series is open to all, men and women, kohanim and non-kohanim. While the series will build from one session to the next, each session can also be understood and appreciated as a self-contained unit, so anyone interested is welcome to attend one, some or all of the shiurim.

Rabbi Ozer Glickman is a rosh yeshiva in the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary at Yeshiva University, where he has been teaching Talmud, halacha and Jewish thought for almost two decades. He has also taught halacha and American legal theory at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, and Business and Jewish Law at the Sy Syms School of Business. Rabbi Glickman has also enjoyed a long career in the financial markets. He is a member of the Senior Advisory Board of Oliver Wyman, a global consultancy, where he advises major financial institutions on investment risk and analytics.