Does this room need a Mezuzah? Reflections on architecture and spaces in Judaism, as studied in Maimonides School. What is the true nature of a space? Judaism's law of Mezzuzzah help us define space as living space, ritual spaces, and non-sacred space. How does that relate to this very room? Come and hear perspectives on this questions, as students are learning this year at Maimonides School.

Rabbi Dr. Yaakov Jaffe serves as the rabbi of the Maimonides Kehillah, founded by Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik in 1963, and as the Dean of Judaic Studies at Maimonides School, both in Brookline, Mass. He is the author of Isaiah and His Contemporaries, on the book and times of the prophet Yeshayahu. Rabbi Jaffe received his ordination and doctorate from Yeshiva University, where he holds graduate degrees in Bible, Jewish History, and Jewish Education and where he also studied in YU’s Kollel Elyon for three years.