This year, some of the religious school students will begin to study Jewish ethics.
They will be using Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah and other Jewish sources,
and will learn how Rabbis, through the ages, have made decisions. We’d like
your help. What we need from you are problems. You supply the problems, and
the students, looking to Jewish law, will supply the solutions.
The first area that the students will study is gifts. Do you have a dispute in this
area that you need wise resolution on? Or, perhaps, can you imagine such a
dispute? “Yes, I gave my friend my crockpot but I had such a headache! I just
wanted her to leave me alone. I didn’t know what I was saying.” Or “My uncle
has three children, but just before he died, he said, ‘my son Moishe gets it all!’
Does that count?” The problem doesn’t actually have to be real!
Please email your questions to religious-school@or-olam.org.
The questions will be read out loud in class and discussed. Your identity will not be revealed.
The answer may show up in a future Schmoozeletter.
