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Hasidot u-Neshei Ma鈥榓seh: The Image of the Wivesof the Pious in Midrashic and Aggadic Narratives NOTE: THIS LECTURE WILL BE GIVEN IN HEBREW Date and Time: Tuesday, May 17 2016 at 6:00 pm Location: Furst Hall, Room 308 Revel Lounge. 500 West 185th Street, New York, NY 10033 The Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies invites you to a Hebrew lecture by Dr. Tamar Meir : Hasidot u-Neshei Ma鈥榓seh: The Image of the Wivesof the Pious in Midrashic and Aggadic Narratives Rabbinic literature from the Tannaitic period in Eretz Israel contains many accounts that characterize pious men (hasidim ve-ansheima鈥榓seh) but also present depictions of their wives. Analysis of those depictions demonstrates that these women evince the very same traits that define the prototypical pious man in rabbinic narrative. Dr. Tamar Meir is director of the Literature Department at Givat Washington College and teaches Aggadah in the Masters program in Efrata College. She teaches and researches Midrash, Aggadah, Piyut and Prayer, Chassidic stories, and Modern Hebrew Literature. Dr. Meir is also founder and director of the women鈥檚 communal Bet Midrash 鈥淜ulanu鈥� in Givat Shmuel, and teaches in the Midrashaat Bar Ilan University. Her book, Tradition Versus Innovation: Redactional Orientations and Deep Structures in Ruth Rabbah, is in press. TO RSVP CLICK HERE