Rav Saadia is one of the great figures of Jewish history. He changed the geonic literary culture through the introduction of poetry and exegesis. He translated the Bible into Arabic and fought a battle to elevate the status of the Hebrew language. And he gave the first attempt at a coherent Jewish theology. Taken all together, Rav Saadia laid the groundwork for the Middle Ages.
Rav Saadia Gaon
Introduction
Mike Feuer
Rabbi Mike Feuer teaches Striving for the Divine, Rav Kook, and Jewish History at Pardes. He studied at Yeshivat HaMivtar, the Mir Yeshiva, and Sulam Yaakov, where he received rabbinic ordination and later served as Educational Director. Mike’s teaching combines rigorous textual analysis with a deep love of the poetry and spirituality found in Torah.
Since making aliyah in 2001, he has been the program director of a post-high school yeshiva and taught history, Jewish thought, and Bible in several Jerusalem yeshivot and midrashot. Today, as a consultant, spiritual counselor and creator of the Jewish Story podcast, Mike is driven by the power of story to shape our world.