Lecture and Text Study in Memory of Dr. Yochanan Muffs, זצ״ל

The Torah’s famous phrase: Panim El Panim– meeting God face to face,  has become a well-used maxim. We know that meeting God face to face is mortally dangerous for human beings. And, indeed, for the Israelites, meeting God in visual or auditory form is not an easy encounter; it is fraught with fear and trembling. In this lecture/text study, we will consider the nature of the divine/human encounter and explore  how God shifts and changes in order to make a relationship with the Children of Israel possible.