The Rabbi and the Sufi Sheikh: A Tale of Mystical Quest and Human Relationship in the 18th Century Damascus
The Rabbi and the Sufi Sheikh: A Tale of Mystical Quest and Human Relationship in the 18th Century Damascus
The Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Center for Jewish Studies presents:
A lecture:
Dr. Zvi Zohar, Chauncey Stillman Professor of Sephardic Law and Ethics, Bar Ilan University (Emeritus) , Senior Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem.
“The Rabbi and the Sufi Sheikh: A Tale of Mystical Quest and Human Relationship in the 18th Century Damascus”
An amazing account, published in 1842 by a leading Sephardic rabbi of Jerusalem, paints a fascinating picture of a personal, intellectual and spiritual relationship between Rabbi Moshe Galante (chief rabbi of Damascus in the late 18th century) and a Muslim Sufi Sheikh- culminating in a joint mystic-spiritual journey. We will read the original text, with Dr. Zohar’s English translation alongside the original Hebrew) and discuss the insights to be gained as well as possible implication.
Monday, November 11, 2019
2114 HJ Patterson Hall
2126 Campus Dr.
College Park, MD. 20742
4 PM – 6 PM
Please rsvp to jwst-contact@umd.edu
Event Flyer: https://jewishstudies.umd.edu/sites/jewishstudies.umd.edu/files/zohar_monday_november_11_2019-1.pdf