Hadar Campus Scholars

Chaye Adam 23:3-5 (now MP3)

More laws of bowing during prayer, including straightening at G-d's name and not bowing at other times during prayer.

Z'vachim 1:3

Chaye Adam 23:1-2

Rules of bowing while praying.

Parshanut Class: Parashat Tetzaveh

Weekly class on commentaries on the weekly Torah portion, with a focus on traditional medieval commentators (ex. Rashi, Ramban), along with midrashic texts and medieval commentators. Recording of class on February 17, 2013, taught by Yael Kalman.

Parshanut class: Parashat Terumah

Weekly class on commentaries on the weekly Torah portion, with a focus on traditional medieval commentators (ex. Rashi, Ramban), along with midrashic texts and medieval commentators. Recording of class on February 10, 2013, taught by Yael Kalman.

Z'vachim 1:2

Chaye Adam 22:17-18

Waiting for people to finish before leaving the syangogue and praying drunk.

Z'vachim 1:1

Chaye Adam 22:13-16

Chaye Adam 22:11-12

About posture when praying, volume of one's voice, and language of prayer.

Chaye Adam 22:10

The direction we face while praying.

Chaye Adam 22:8-9

Chaye Adam 22:5-7

On Halakhah: Reading Halakhah through "Norms, Forms, and Values" (with sources)

This is the fourth installment of the On Halakhah class. It was given at Penn by David Zvi Kalman on February 13, 2013. In this class, we discuss an approach to read (and writing) all halakhic sources. Source sheet: davidzvi.com/onhalakhah/On_Halakhah_4_Forms_Norms_and_Values.pdf

Chaye Adam Hilchot T'fila, 22:3-4

On Halakhah: Values-Based Halakhah (sources in notes)

This is the third class in the series ON HALAKHAH. The class was given on Feb. 6, 2013 at Penn by David Zvi Kalman. This week we began our discussion of halakhic interpretation by examining contemporary philosophy of law, including legal positivism, natural law, legal realism, Critical Legal Studies, and Robert Cover. Source sheet: davidzvi.com/onhalakhah/On_Halakhah_3_Values_Based_Halakhah.pdf

On Halakhah: Halakhic Activism (sources in notes)

The second Episode of ON HALAKHAH, delivered at Penn on January 30, 2013 by David Zvi Kalman. It specifically focusses on how we have, both now and in the past, made halakhic decisions for ourselves. Source sheet: davidzvi.com/onhalakhah/On_Halakhah_2_Halakhic_Activism.pdf

On Halakhah: Introduction

This is a pre-recorded description of the themes that we plan to cover in the On Halakhah class, as well as an argument for why such a conversation so is important today.