Avivah Zornberg
"Let me see that good land": The Story of a Human Life

'Moses fails to enter Canaan not because his life is too short but because it is a human life.' (Kafka)  Moses' fundamental sense of himself as 'not a man of words' comes to a poignant consummation in the long speeches he makes to the people. In our discussion, we will look at midrashic and hassidic sources, and address philosophical and psychoanalytic issues.

Avivah Zornberg  was born in London and grew up in Glasgow, Scotland, where her father was a Rabbi and the head of the Rabbinical Court.  She studied with him from childhood; he was her most important teacher of Torah. She holds a BA and PhD in English Literature from Cambridge University. After teaching English literature at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, she turned to teaching Torah. For the past thirty years, she has taught Torah in Jerusalem at Matan, Yakar, Pardes and the Jerusalem College for Adults.  She is the author of four books about the Torah, most recently Bewilderments:Reflections on the Book of Numbers.

This class is free for members of Congregation Etz Chayim and $10 for all others who register online by midnight Thursday, May 12th.  Any remaining spaces are $20 at the door (member of Etz or not).

Doors open at 9:30.

Books and DVDs will be available for purchase after the talk.