

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: JLI Prescott Winter Course: Captivating Cases in Rabbinic Responsa
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 21 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Upcoming Course: Captivating Cases in Rabbinic Responsa

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. 

 

(If you don’t know what a “rabbinic responsa” is, you’ll fit right in.)

This course will satisfy the continuing education (CLE) requirements of lawyers and other legal professionals. 

Course Details

Lesson 1The 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; ALGIERS, 1732; AUSCHWITZ, 1944

Lesson 2The 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 3How 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 4When the exception is the law

Explore unexpected rulings that reveal the hidden fallback mechanisms built into Jewish law. These cases show how the law itself protects deeper values like human dignity and family harmony.

 

Cases PAVIA, 1450; SALONIKA, 1550; KRAKOW, 1570; LIOZNA, 1790

Lesson 5Answering the whole person

Rules don’t always translate easily into reality. 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 6Responsa 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
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Prescott
- **state**: AZ
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Chabad of Prescott
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- **full address**: Chabad of Prescott, 418c N Washington,Prescott, Arizona, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 21 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Chabad of Prescott, 418c N Washington,Prescott, Arizona, United States
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- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** workshops, artificial-intelligence
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