The Rabbinic Mind: Struggling With Idols

Adam HaRishon clearly knew about God, and apparently did not have any leaning toward idol worship or any form of avodah zarah. So how did it happen that his descendants got off the track and became idol worshippers? And when Avraham Avinu came on the scene, how did he succeed in going against the prevailing practices and beliefs and return to monotheism? Join Rabbi Yitzhak Zuriel and examine these and related questions by a study of passages in the Talmud and midrashim.

                                            
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October 20, 2025 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
The Rabbinic Mind: Struggling With Idols: Early generations: Adam HaRishon, Sheyt (Seth), Enosh

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In this first session of this series, we will learn Talmudic-period sources about the first generations of people: Adam HaRishon and the generations of his children and grandchildren. To what extent were they righteous? Besides the major failure of Adam HaRishon in disobeying G-d’s command and eating the forbidden fruit, did he and his family generally keep faith with G-d and obey him? We will begin to explore where the generation of Enosh seems to have spiritually lost its way.

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October 27, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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November 10, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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November 17, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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November 24, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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December 1, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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December 8, 2025 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Rabbi Yitzhak Zuriel

Rabbi Yitzhak Zuriel has been enjoying guiding students in how to learn and understand Talmud at WebYeshiva.org since its founding. He began his teaching career as a teacher and educational director at Michlelet Bruria in the 1980s. For over 20 years, he has been working as a software engineer in Jerusalem, and during that time has been an editor and contributor to the company NDS's Torah journal, Chiddushei Torah@NDS, that was published annually from 1996-2014 . He and his wife reside in Ma'ale Adumim and are parents to five children and have many grandchildren.