Join us for soulful and song-filled Shabbat morning services, followed by a delicious Shabbat lunch and stimulating learning!
Supervised childcare will be provided in Makom’s playroom during services.
Saturday, May 17
9:30am – 2:30pm
@ Makom (map)
Please register for lunch by Friday, May 16 at 12 noon
Services don’t require registration, just Lunch n’ Learn.
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At lunch, Professor Sara Verskin will present Maimonides and the Woman Who Taught Torah:
In 12th-century Egypt, Moses Maimonides received two letters: one written on behalf of a disgruntled husband who wanted his wife to give up her job, and the other on behalf of his wife, who wanted Maimonides to understand how she became a Bible teacher and why the job meant so much to her. In this text study we will read both letters and explore their descriptions of the daily life of Jewish men, women, and children. We will also study Maimonides’s replies (teshuvot) to each and discuss the surprising understandings they display of the halakhot of marriage and divorce.
Sara Verskin is an assistant professor at the University of Toronto in the departments of Religion and of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations where she teaches courses on Islamic family law, the history of medicine, and medieval social history.
Services
Please try to come on time so we can start services strong with a double minyan,* especially for anyone saying kaddish.
*As a diverse and inclusive Jewish community, Makom has mens’, womens’, and all-genders’ seating sections. Female, male, and gender non-binary Jews can lead parts of services, read and be called up to the Torah, and count in our double minyanim of both 10 Jewish men and 10 Jews regardless of gender. Makom services follow the traditional Ashkenazi liturgy (prayer text).
Accessibility
Makom welcomes participants of all abilities. Makom’s main space is wheelchair accessible; unfortunately, the washroom and playroom are not. There are wheelchair accessible washrooms one block away at the coffee shop at the corner of Bathurst and College. If you have an accessibility need or require any accommodations, please reach out to us.