This is a source sheet based on the a shiur on Pesachim 85b delivered by UTJ President Rabbi David Novak to MORASHAH, the rabbinic fellowship of the Union for Traditional Judaism (UTJ) on August 15, 2017. Video of the shiur is available at http://utj.org/viewpoints/videos/the-individual-and-the-community-rabbi-david-novak-on-pesachim-85b/.

One of the founding members of the UTJ, Rabbi David Novak is recognized scholar in Talmud and theology. He has served on the Panel of Halakhic Inquiry and contributed to the UTJ’s 3-volume Tomeikh K’Hakalakha, a series of questions & answers on topical religious issues. Rabbi Novak holds the J. Richard and Dorothy Shiff Chair of Jewish Studies as Professor of Religion and Philosophy at the University of Toronto, where he is a member of University College and the Centre for Jewish Studies. He is also a consulting scholar and a member of the Board of Advisors of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University.

For more articles, videos, teshuvot (responsa), etc., by Rabbi Novak, please visit http://utj.org/viewpoints/author/dnovak/.