I have some homework to do for my journalism course. I have to watch some morning programs on TV.
I don't know what stations are where on my TV, so I flipped through the channels, and discovered that on station 98, the Knesset Station, is the Tanach Group in the Knesset.
Prof Yair Zekowitz of Hebrew U is giving a class on Yoseph's dreams and he mentioned that Freud's ideas about dreams are preceded by Our Sources - explanations of dreams in the Nevi'im for instance. The class is jointly presented by Prof Zekowitz and Prof Avigdor Shanaan.
Sitting at the head of the table is the Speaker of the House, Reuven Rivlin , and some others with and without kippot (Rivlin is wearing a kipa now). MKs and other knesset workers participate in the "chug".
The program of monthly Tanach classes was a joint initiative of the Hebrew U professors and then-Speaker of the House, Dalia Itzik, with the goal of making Tanach learning available and relevant to all - religious and not-so-religious as one. The learning is very in-depth, with midrashim and connections to the nevi'im and Jewish history that we did not learn in high school or seminary, with the gentle reminder that, "what a great Tanach Researcher can uncover after much research, Hazal tell us clearly."
Seems that the dreams of Sar haMashkim and Sar Ha'ofim are also a promise that the galut will end. Sar HaMashkim's dream refers to galut mitzrayim. The three bread baskets on the Sar Ha'ofim are the three galuyot and the bird is Mashiah.....
High school students who are interested in attending are invited (they must send a request to dafnali@education.gov.il), and the Knesset pays for transportation.
Now, I had better go do my homework, as the questions I have to answer were not solved in my dream last night....
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