# Event Details - **Event Name**: NEW JLI COURSE: Captivating Cases in Rabbinic Responsa - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 28 Jan, 2026 at 07:30 pm - **Event Description**: Course Overview Captivating Cases in Rabbinic Responsa Listen in on the surprising, practical questions your ancestors asked rabbis across Jewish history. Join this six-session course to discover the little-known world of rabbinic responsa, a vast archive of the real-life questions of ethics and practice Jews asked across history - and the scholarly answers rabbis wrote. Algiers is under siege: May I pray in a bathhouse? The Inquisition is watching: How will I celebrate Passover? Seventeen Jews are held hostage in faraway Regensburg after a blood libel: Must I help pay their ransom? See what enables Jewish tradition to offer relevant guidance in a rapidly changing world - and come face-to-face with raw Jewish history. WHEN: 6 Wednesdays, 7:30-9:00 PM Jan 28 - March 4 Instructor: Rabbi Mordechai Newman This course is being offered for both online and in-person attendees. Fee: $74 + Book fee $31 $25 off before 1/14/26 MORE INFO JLI@chabadaa.org 703-820-2770 -- ACCREDITATION This course will satisfy the continuing education (CLE) requirements of lawyers and other legal professionals. -- *Lesson 1 The people who asked the questions What do these questions reveal about our ancestors? What did they think, feel, and value? Explore five fascinating stories to find out. Cases / Barcelona, 1300; Algiers, 1450; Modena, 1530; Spain, 1450; Auschwitz, 1944 *Lesson 2 The quest for facts Do sages make assumptions about how reality works, or do they investigate the facts? Follow rabbis as they conduct five fascinating investigations worldwide. Cases / Cairo, 1548; Altona, 1709; Hamburg, 1772; Jerusalem, 1866; Brooklyn, 1958 *Lesson 3 How the Torah stays relevant See inside the process that enables the Torah's ancient code to guide life in an ever-changing world. Witness the precise process of applying Talmudic precedent. Cases / Barcelona, 1300; Valencia, 1380; Pavia, 1478; Berezhany, 1908 *Lesson 4 When the exception is the law Explore four unexpected rulings to uncover the hidden fallback mechanisms within Jewish law: these aren't exceptions to the law. They're the law revealing its quiet values (like human dignity, and peace in the home). Cases / Pavia, 1450; Salonika, 1550; Krakow, 1570; Liozna, 1790 *Lesson 5 Answering the whole person Rules don't always translate into reality easily. See how sages account for the practical, social, and emotional realities around a question to ensure their ruling leads to its intended outcome. Cases / Cairo, 1173; Barcelona, 1300; Lodmir, 1615; Lubavitch, 1871; Brooklyn, 1954; Manchester, 1963 *Lesson 6 Responsa from the future Could Artificial Intelligence decide Jewish law? Is lab-grown meat kosher? See how Jewish law is addressing the questions posed by tomorrow's cutting-edge technology. Cases / Jerusalem, 2003; Maaleh Adumim, 2009; New York, 2015; Beit Shemesh, 2022; worldwide, 2026 - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/arlington/new-jli-course-captivating-cases-in-rabbinic-responsa/200029449405609 - **Event Categories**: workshops, artificial-intelligence - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 3 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://www.chabadalexandria.org/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/7158917/jewish/Jewish-Learning-Institute-Captivating-Cases-in-Rabbinic-Responsa-Winter-2026.htm?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=arlington-events ## Event venue details - **city**: Arlington - **state**: VA - **country**: United States - **location**: Chabad Lubavitch of Alexandria-Arlington - **lat**: 38.888966097418 - **long**: -77.094931640995 - **full address**: Chabad Lubavitch of Alexandria-Arlington, 1307 N Highland St, Arlington, VA 22201-5017, United States ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 2 - **organizer**: Chabad Lubavitch of Alexandria-Arlington (https://allevents.in/org/chabad-lubavitch-of-alexandria-arlington/26148534) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/04d7af6a2c08818a30710afe7a2e9a11d2925bd5457641f05bb51309584b1570-rimg-w1200-h600-dcf3f2ef-gmir?v=1768962862 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/5f1f6f16282a49d576c946d9e1fa0f8337b53dd6c26fa3d2fb45abf3d6a69d5b-rimg-w300-h300-dcf1f0ec-gmir?v=1768962862 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Wed, 28 Jan, 2026 at 07:30 pm - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** Chabad Lubavitch of Alexandria-Arlington, 1307 N Highland St, Arlington, VA 22201-5017, United States - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** Chabad Lubavitch of Alexandria-Arlington - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** workshops, artificial-intelligence - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about NEW JLI COURSE: Captivating Cases in Rabbinic Responsa ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "NEW JLI COURSE: Captivating Cases in Rabbinic Responsa", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events5/banners/04d7af6a2c08818a30710afe7a2e9a11d2925bd5457641f05bb51309584b1570-rimg-w1200-h600-dcf3f2ef-gmir?v=1768962862", "startDate": "2026-01-28", "url": "https://allevents.in/arlington/new-jli-course-captivating-cases-in-rabbinic-responsa/200029449405609", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Chabad Lubavitch of Alexandria-Arlington", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "1307 N Highland St, Arlington, VA 22201-5017, United States", "addressLocality": "Arlington", "addressRegion": "VA", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "38.888966097418", "longitude": "-77.094931640995" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Course Overview\n\nCaptivating Cases in Rabbinic Responsa\n\nListen in on the surprising, practical questions your ancestors asked rabbis across Jewish history.\n\nJoin this six-session course to discover the little-known world of rabbinic responsa, a vast archive of the real-life questions of ethics and", "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Chabad Lubavitch of Alexandria-Arlington", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/chabad-lubavitch-of-alexandria-arlington/26148534" } ] } ] ```