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Instructor: By Ari Sollish

Did you know that lighting candles on Friday night, setting the seder plate on Pesach, reading the megillah on Purim, and lighting the menorah on Hanukkah are all rabbinic enactments? That may seem surprising, but think about it, can you remember learning about any of those practices in the five books of Moses? Of course not, because it’s not there. In this class, we’ll discuss who gave our sages and Rabbis the power and authority to legislate and enact laws, and under what circumstances. Buckle up, because we’ve got the whats, whens, and whys of rabbinic legislation coming right up!