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Chag Pesach Sameach!
🫓 A quick Passover update
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Dr. Tamar Ron Marvin
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Nisan 5784: The Mysterious Fifth Cup
🍷 Is one actually supposed to pour, or even drink, a fifth cup of wine at the Pesach seder? What does the Talmud actually say, and what about Eliyahu…
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Dr. Tamar Ron Marvin
Audio | Nisan 5784: The Mysterious Fifth Cup
🍷 Is one actually supposed to pour, or even drink, a fifth cup of wine at the Pesach seder? What does the Talmud actually say, and what about Eliyahu…
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Dr. Tamar Ron Marvin
14:37
Before the Zohar
🧿 The Zohar emerged in Castile in the 1290s, but a somewhat-forgotten Kabbala blossomed in the decades prior, including ecstatic Kabbala, which sought…
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Dr. Tamar Ron Marvin
Audio | Before the Zohar
🧿 The Zohar emerged in Castile in the 1290s, but a somewhat-forgotten Kabbala blossomed in the decades prior, including ecstatic Kabbala, which sought…
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Dr. Tamar Ron Marvin
11:42

March 2024

The Emergence of Medieval Kabbala in Provence and Spain
🧿 Mystical circles arose in the twelfth century throughout the Jewish world, but coalesced in Provence before moving into Spain.
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Dr. Tamar Ron Marvin
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Audio | The Emergence of Medieval Kabbala in Provence and Spain
🧿 Mystical circles arose in the twelfth century throughout the Jewish world, but coalesced in Provence before moving into Spain.
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Dr. Tamar Ron Marvin
15:29
Adar II 5784: Targum Rishon and Targum Sheni to Megillat Esther
🎭 Two expansive Aramaic translations of the Scroll of Esther give us a window into how ancient and medieval audiences understood the core text of the…
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Dr. Tamar Ron Marvin
Audio | Adar II 5784: Targum Rishon and Targum Sheni to Megillat Esther
🎭 Two expansive Aramaic translations of the Scroll of Esther give us a window into how ancient and medieval audiences understood the core text of the…
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Dr. Tamar Ron Marvin
13:57
Series Introduction: The History of Kabbala in the Medieval and Early Modern Periods
🧿 We begin a series today exploring the history of Kabbala from its medieval developments through its institution in the early modern world, up to the…
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Dr. Tamar Ron Marvin
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Audio | Series Introduction: The History of Kabbala in the Medieval and Early Modern Periods
🧿 We begin a series today exploring the history of Kabbala from its medieval developments through its institution in the early modern world, up to the…
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Dr. Tamar Ron Marvin
15:00
Chasidei Ashkenaz: The Rhineland Pietistic Movement
🏰 Following the harrowing events of the Crusades, rebounding Rhineland Jewish communities nurtured a small but influential pietistic movement that…
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Dr. Tamar Ron Marvin
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