Makhshirin: Triumph of the Will?

Rabbi Aviva Richman looks into masekhet Makhshirin, unpacking how its discussion of the purity of objects provides us with a chance to become more aware of our intentions in our day-to-day lives.

Rabbi Aviva Richman is on faculty at the Hadar Institute in New York where she teaches Talmud, Halakhah, Midrash and Hasidut. She received private semikhah from Rabbi Danny Landes in Jerusalem, and is a doctoral candidate in Talmud at New York University. She lives in Riverdale, NY with her spouse, Tzemah, and kids Boaz, Elisha and Benaya.

Check out Aviva's lecture series 'Rabbinic Voices and Sexual Assault' at the Hadar Institute, and her blog on the subject.