3. Rejected Worship: The Cost of Ritual Without Justice - Three Weeks Seminar

The third part of a three-part series with Rabbanit Dr. Devorah Halevy on Nevi’im: Prophecies of Destruction. This class introduces Yeshayahu ben Amotz and opens our study of Yeshayahu, Chapter 1. Against the backdrop of the destruction and exile of the Aseret HaShevatim (Ten Tribes), we examine Yeshayahu’s searing critique of a nation whose sacred rituals conceal deep social corruption. The Chapter moves from rebuke and grief toward purification and hope, revealing that the path to national restoration begins not with more displays of piety, but with justice and functioning courts. (7/19/2026) — Please find the source materials below: https://www.sefaria.org/Steinsaltz_on_Isaiah?tab=contents https://www.sefaria.org/Deuteronomy.32.1?lang=bi&aliyot=0 https://shiviti.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Charts-for…