22:15 Maariv service

22:30-23:15 “To perpetuate the name of the deceased upon his estate” – Levirate marriage in the Bible and in ancient Iran(Hebrew). Guest lecturer: Dr. Thamar Eilam Gindin, a linguist and expert in Farsi and Iranian culture, then and now.

23:15-23:30 Coffee break

23:30-00:15 Choice of two classes:

1) “What can we learn from the fact that King David’s grandmother was a Moabite? The determination of Jewish status in the Biblical and Second Temple periods” (Hebrew). Rabbi Tzvi Graetz

2) “Different systems for reading the full Torah cycle in Jewish History: Should we change it ‎again?” (English)  Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig‎