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Pesachim No.3: The Custom is Always Right

January 17, 2021 • Netanel Zellis-Paley • Season 4 • Episode 3

Where do our customs come from? Why were the rabbis so worried about preserving local custom?

Rabbi Vanessa Ochs is a Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia where she teaches courses in Judaism, anthropology of religion, and spiritual writing. In her research, she investigates new Jewish ritual, Jewish feminism, and Jewish material culture. Rabbi Ochs is the author of many works including The Passover Haggadah: A Biography and Inventing Jewish Ritual.

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