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Scholar in Residence Shabbat: Rabbi Francis Nataf

Friday, January 2, 2026 13 Tevet 5786

7:00 PM - 5:00 PM Next Day

Please join us for a fun-filled Shabbat of learning with Scholar-in-Residence, Rabbi Francis Nataf.  

There will be plenty of opportunities to hear from him, including:

  • Register! Communal Shabbat Dinner (The Role of the Community in the Formulation of Halakha)
  • Following Musaf
  • Seudah Shlishit (Rav Kook, Nietzsche and Jewish Intellectual Pluralism)

Rabbi Francis Nataf is a veteran Tanakh Instructor at Midreshet Rachel v'Chaya who has also written an acclaimed contemporary commentary on the Torah entitled Redeeming Relevance. He is Associate Editor of the Jewish Bible Quarterly and Translations and Research Specialist at Sefaria, where he has authored most of Sefaria's in-house translations, including such classics as Sefer HaChinukh, Shaarei Teshuva, Derekh Hashem, Chovat HaTalmidim and many others. He is a prolific writer; his articles on parsha, current events, and Jewish thought appear regularly in publications such as The Jewish Press, Tradition, Hakirah, The Times of Israel, The Jerusalem Post, Jewish Action, and Haaretz.

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