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Who Wants to Live Forever? How do we search for longevity and build a meaningful Life? While the High Holidays elicit feelings of spirituality and loftiness, they also hold heavy themes of death and transience. How do oral and written traditions guide our approach to death, and how do we apply the lessons of our ancient stories to fulfill our lives today? Join us as we prepare for the powerful month of Elul through an exploration of mortality in High Holiday liturgy, led by Rabbi Shlomo Brody, PhD.

Rabbi Shlomo Brody, PhD, is the executive director of Ematai, an organization dedicated to helping Jews navigate aging, end-of-life care, and organ donation by providing educational resources, halachic guidance, and advance planning tools. Previously a senior instructor at Yeshivat HaKotel, he is a columnist for The Jerusalem Post, and his writings have appeared in many popular and scholarly publications and were cited in Israeli Supreme Court decisions. He is the author of two award-winning books, Ethics of Our Fighters: A Jewish View on War and Morality (Maggid) and A Guide to the Complex: Contemporary Halakhic Debates (Maggid). A graduate of Harvard College, he received semicha from the Israeli Chief Rabbinate, an MA in Jewish philosophy at the Hebrew University, and his PhD from Bar Ilan University Law School.

Access Rabbi Brody’s source sheet here.