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The Big 3: Rethinking Martyrdom in Halakhah – Gefet

03.06.2025 | ו׳ באדר תשפ״ה

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Gefet: Gemara, Perushim and Tosfot

An in-depth (Iyun) Gemara shiur with Rabbanit Yael Shimoni and Shalhevet Schwartz (Episode 105)

Halakhah mandates martyrdom for three severe transgressions: idolatry, adultery, and murder. But R. Akiva Eiger directs us to a Tosafot in Masekhet Sotah that casts an entirely new light on our understanding of this sugya. Join us for an in-depth Gefet study exploring the boundaries of the obligation to sacrifice one’s life in Jewish tradition.

In collaboration with Yeshivat Drisha

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Rabbanit Yael Shimoni

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Rabbanit Yael Shimoni is the Ramit and Deputy Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshivat Drisha in Kfar Etzion. Rabbanit Shimoni has learned at Migdal Oz, Matan, and the Susi Bradfield Women’s Institute for Halakhic Leadership at Midreshet Lindenbaum. She holds a BFA from Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design and a BEd in Torah Shebe’al Peh and Jewish Thought from Herzog College. She is currently studying towards an MA in Jewish Thought Education at Herzog College. Rabbanit Shimoni taught gemara and halakha at Pelech High School and served as a ramit for shana bet at Migdal Oz. She directs Meshivat Nefesh, the online responsa program of the rabbaniyot of Beit Hillel. She is also a plastic artist and member of “A Studio of Her Own.

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