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Head of Program: Dr. Avishai Bar-Asher
E-mail: avishai.bar-asher@mail.huji.ac.il

Program Secretariat:  Mrs. Iris Nahari
irisn@savion.huji.ac.il
Telephone: 02-5881388
Office hours: Sunday: 11:30-14:30, Monday-Thursday: 10:00-13:00
Humanities Building, room 4409

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Dr. Hannan Birenboim

Dr. Hannan Birenboim

Dr. Birenboim’s Ph.D dissertation (2006) deals with the observance of the laws of purity during the second Temple period. His research interests include the development of the Jewish law during the Hasmonaean period and the Halacha of the Qumran sect.

Dr. Chanan Gafni

Dr. Chanan Gafni

Chanan Gafni teaches at the Rothberg International School at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. After receiving his Ph.D.