We will explore the phenomenon of the Yarchei Kallah, when during the months of Adar and Elul, the ordinary folk of Babylonia joined the rabbis of the Beit Midrash to discuss and learn Torah. What can we learn about this democratizing and unique pedagogical experience that can be helpful to us in the lead-up to the High Holiday season?

This shiur is part of the monthly series in memory of Chazan Hillman and Dalia Hillman z'l. 

About the speaker

Sofia Freudenstein is a fourth-year student at Yeshivat Maharat and a Jewish Philosophy MA student at Yeshiva University. She has learned as a senior fellow at Rabbi Aryeh Klapper's Summer Beit Midrash, Yeshivat Drisha, and has been Rosh Beit Midrash at Camp Stone. When not trying to balance Torah learning, Sofia loves birdwatching, voice-noting family and friends, and listening to (and seeing! as a synesthete) music.

Cover image photo by Finja Petersen on Unsplash