Authors Posts by Hannah Abrams
Hannah Abrams
Hannah Abrams is currently learning in Hilkhata, a Halakhah program at MATAN in Jerusalem, and has an MA from the Graduate Program in Advanced Talmudic Studies at Yeshiva University. Hannah lives in Jerusalem with her husband Yoni and son Akiva Simcha.
When God Appeases Man: Yom Kippur in a Time of Exile
Yom Kippur marks the end of an 11 week period when thematic haftarot about the destruction of the Temple, consolation following its loss, and repentance replace haftarot connected to the weekly Torah reading. What can this grouping teach us about the nature of forgiveness and reconciliation? Hannah Abrams explains.
Up to Hashem and Down to the World: Making Sense of Beit Shammai and...
Countless explanations have been offered to explain the debate between Beit Hillel and Beit Shamai as to whether we light the Hanukkah candles in ascending or descending order. Yet remarkably, Hannah Abrams manages to offer a strikingly novel reading of this debate. Her analysis is well worth the read.
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