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Devora Steinmetz

Devora Steinmetz
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Devora Steinmetz serves on the faculty of Hebrew College Rabbinical School and the Mandel Leadership Institute. She is the founder of Beit Rabban, a Jewish day school profiled in Daniel Pekarsky’s Vision at Work: The Theory and Practice of Beit Rabban. She has written on Talmud, Midrash, and Bible and is the author of three books: From Father to Son: Kinship, Conflict, and Continuity in Genesis, Punishment and Freedom: The Rabbinic Construction of Criminal Law, and Why Rain Comes From Above: Explorations in Religious Imagination.

Shiva From Afar

Devora Steinmetz explores how modern communication technology should impact the question of when to start shiva.

Darkness Will Envelop Me: A Meditation on Hanukkah

Dr. Devora Steinmetz offers a meditation on the significance of Hanukkah and darkness.

Nafshah Hashkah Ba-Torah: A Response to Rabbi Saul Berman

Devora Steinmetz Thank you to Rabbi Saul Berman for his essay about the deliberations and planning that led to Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik’s opening shiur at Stern...