Monday, October 21 at 8:00 PM

Sukkot, is the holiday when we shake the four species often referred to as the Lulav and the Etrog, in all the different directions in the world and the heavens. These four species are likened to all the different kinds of Jews. The symbolism of the lulav and etrog suggests that it is only when we all work together and respect each other can we fulfill God’s plan for the world, and each of us has something personal and irreplaceable to contribute to its fulfillment (Va-yikra Rabbah 30:12).

Rabbi Dov Linzer and Abigail Pogrebin, authors of It Takes Two To Torah as they utilize candor, humor, emotion, personal revelation and scholarship to show that we do indeed need all types of Jews to discuss and debate their way through the Torah in order for us to truly understand it.

Rabbi Dov Linzer is the President and Rosh HaYeshiva (Rabbinic Head) of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah (YCT), A leading Torah voice in the Modern Orthodox community, Rabbi Linzer serves as religious mentor to YCT’s students and its over 200 rabbis in the United States and Israel. He has written for The Forward, Tablet and The New York Times.

Abigail Pogrebin is the author of Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish and My Jewish Year: 18 Holidays, One Wondering Jew and was a finalist for a National Jewish Book Award. She has written for The Atlantic, New York Magazine, Tablet and The Forward, and moderated public conversations for The Streicker Center, the Shalom Hartman Institute, the JCC in Manhattan and Jewish Broadcasting Service. She is a past president of Central Synagogue in New York.
Pre-order your copy of the book prior to the event: $28
 

Join us in the Sukkah for dessert following the program. (Weather Permitting)

Please bring potatoes, bagged lettuce, bagged onions and carrots as donations for SJJCC Community Needs Bank.