Richard Hidary

Rabbi Dr. Richard Hidary is an assistant professor of Judaic Studies at Yeshiva University, Stern College for Women and an assistant Rabbi at Sephardic Synagogue in Brooklyn.

Curriculum Vitae

Dissertation Abstract

Besides academic pursuits Richard also interested in Jewish education and has written a curriculum for teaching Deuteronomy and Psalms.

Current Courses:

Jewish Ethics

Second Temple Jewish History

Psalms

Past Courses

Worldview of Hazal

Deuteronomy

Maimonides: Intellectual Portrait

Introduction to Midrash

Introduction to Talmud

Here is a recording of a paper he presented at the most recent Association of Jewish Studies conference in Los Angeles and the accompanying handout.

Publications:

Dispute for the Sake of Heaven: Legal Pluralism in the Talmud. Brown Judaic Studies. Providence: Brown University, forthcoming.

Contributor to the New Oxford Annotated Translation of the Mishnah, forthcoming.

“Classical Rhetorical Arrangment and Reasoning in the Talmud: The Case of Yerushalmi Berakhot 1:1,” AJS Review 34:1 (April 2010), 33-64.

“Right Answers Revisited: Monism and Pluralism in the Talmud.” Dine Israel 26-27 (2009-2010), 229-255.

“Minhag and Halakha in the Talmuds: A Cross-Cultural Study,” Kol Hamevaser 3:7 (May 2010), 12-14.

“Traditional versus Academic Talmud Study: Hilkakh Nimrinhu le-Tarvaihu,” Kol Hamevaser 3:3 (December 2009): 8-9.

“Make Yourself Available to Forgive,” High Holidays Reader, Tebah, 2009: 38-44.