Venue: YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov

History:

10 - 15th Centuries CE 

Personalities:

Rashba 

Collections: R' Torczyner Jewish Philosophers of Medieval Spain

Description

A mini-series (picking up from "Giants of Sephardic Jewry" of June '21) on Rashba, Ran and Rabbi Yosef Albo. Introduction to 13th century Spanish Jewry, the threats to the Jewish community, and Rashba's biography and reply to an anti-Torah polemic by the Muslim scholar Ibn Hazm. Geared toward a group including people who lack a strong background in Torah text study.