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Devora Steinmetz  Devora SteinmetzDr. Devora Steinmetz serves on the leadership team for special programs at Drisha Institute in the United States and Israel. She has taught Talmud and Rabbinics at Drisha, the Jewish Theological Seminary, Yeshivat Hadar, and Havruta: a Beit Midrash at Hebrew University. Dr. Steinmetz 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 is the author of scholarly articles on Talmud, Midrash, and Bible as well as of two books: From Father to Son: Kinship, Conflict, and Continuity in Genesis and Punishment and Freedom: The Rabbinic Construction of Criminal Law. Dr. Steinmetz consults for the Mandel Foundation and works at Gould Farm, a therapeutic community for individuals struggling with mental illness. Filter resources by Category Brit Milah & Simḥat Bat | 🌐 Gregorian New Year's Day (January 1st) | Midrash Aggadah | the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere (21 December) Filter resources by Tag female | הבדלות havdalot | infants | קלנדס Ḳalends | naming | night | parent | Psalms 139 | סטרנורא Saturnalia | שמחת בת simḥat bat | solstice | sourcesheet | sunset | unicorn | winter | 20th century C.E. | 58th century A.M. Filter resources by Name Filtered by tag: “sunset” (clear filter) Sorted Chronologically (new to old). Sort oldest first? ? מִדְרָשִׁים עַל אָדָם הָרִאשׁוֹן וּתְקוּפַת הֶחֹרֶף | Midrashim on the Origin of the Winter Solstice and Kalends Festivals by Primaeval AdamContributed on: 24 Nov 2010 by Devora Steinmetz | Aharon N. Varady (transcription) | ❧ A sourcesheet shared by Dr. Devora Steinmetz to accompany a shiur on the Winter Solstice in Jewish thought. . . . | ||
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