NEW YORK, NY — Three lawyers walk into a synagogue.
Don't wait for a punch line. It's how a normal operating day begins at the Institute of American and Talmudic Law, which until recently was housed at Chabad-Lubavitch of Midtown Manhattan.
Talmudic Institute Makes the Demonstrate Talmud’s Legal Relevance
NEW YORK, NY — Three lawyers walk into a synagogue.
Don’t wait for a punch line. It’s how a normal operating day begins at the Institute of American and Talmudic Law, which until recently was housed at Chabad-Lubavitch of Midtown Manhattan.
Today, at the institute’s new location on 45th Street, some of New York’s most prominent legal analysts continue to regularly confer with Rabbi Shlomo Yaffe to get the Talmudic take on anything from the war on terror to environmental law, from employee rights to celebrity divorce.
The monthly meetings are by no means exclusive, drawing anywhere from 15 to 50 attorneys from the Tri-State area who choose to fulfill their continuing education requirements by attending the institute’s classes.
According to Yisroel Schulman, founder and president of the New York Legal Assistance Group, the program is a breath of fresh air for members of a profession who must take a certain number of courses every year.
