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Length: 1 hour 33 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (9/12/25), in this year's first Friday morning Machshavah Lab shiur for women, we began our (hopefully) year-long series on Sefer Iyov! I began by recapping my prior experience with Iyov, but to my delight, this turned into a really great discussion about the various challenges of learning the sefer. We then attempted to list all the major questions that ought to asked about the sefer BEFORE learning it. The last half of shiur was spent on the question of authorship: who wrote Iyov, and what does that teach us about the sefer? We didn't quite finish answering that question, so that's where we'll pick up next time before moving on to the question of Iyov's chronology and historicity (or lack thereof). I can already tell this is gonna be a great year of learning!
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מקורות:
Robert Eisen, "The Book of Job in Medieval Jewish Philosophy" (2004)
בבא בתרא דף יד עמוד ב
שמות לג:יג-כ
ברכות דף ז עמוד ב
זרחיה חן - הקדמה לספר איוב
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The Torah Content for the month of September is sponsored by Meir Areman in loving memory of his grandmother, Esther Chasha bas Meir Gedalya, who recently passed away on the 25th of Av. Tehei nishmasah tzerurah b’tzror ha’chayim.
My Zoom account has been sponsored for the entire year by Isaac and Aviva Lichter, with hakaras ha’tov to Hashem in honor of Navonah’s first birthday: “We couldn’t have known how much joy and wonder she’d bring into our lives. רבות מחשבות בלב איש, ועצת ה' היא תקום."
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