The Old Lady and the Sukkah: Unsettling Foundations
Hosted By: The Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning
The Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Education presents a session exploring Aggadah, the Talmudic tales found amid legal debates that reveal the moral and human struggles within Jewish tradition. In this session, Joe Septimus brings one of his personal favorites from Tractate Sukkah, in which an old woman confronts the Jewish Court after her wood is stolen to build the Exilarch’s sukkah. The law may be upheld and the ruling supported, but something deeper is troubling—and through close reading and discussion, participants will examine what this story reveals about accountability, leadership, and the cost of confusing legality with moral justice.
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