Renewing Our Spirit 5768:
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Weekend of November 8-9, 2008
Shaarei Shomayim Congregation
470 Glencairn Ave.
Featuring:
Rabbi Michael Broyde | Professor of Law, Emory University | download past mp3s
Rabbi Dr. Yoel Finkelman | Director of Projects and Research, ATID | download past mp3s
Rabbi Yehuda Gilad | Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshivat Ma'ale Gilboa | download past mp3s
Rabbi Yehuda Herzl Henkin | Prominent Posek and Author, Bnei Banim Responsa
Rabbi Yaakov Horowitz | Founder and Director of Agudath Israel 's Project Y.E.S. (Youth Enrichment Services)
Rabbi Benny Lau | Rabbi, Ramban Synagogue
Dr. Tamar Ross | Professor of Jewish Philosophy, Bar Ilan University
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| The MaTaN Mother and Daughter Bat Mitzvah Program |
Beginning November 11, 2008
Or Chaim Yeshiva, 159 Almore Avenue
Focusing on Jewish Women Throughout the ages, the 11-week program presents Jewish heroines, through textual sources, who are role models that embody positive attributes young women can emulate. Mothers and daughters learn together as well as participate in creative activities each week.
If you will have a daughter grade 6 in 2008-2009, we encourage you to join us for the program.
Space is limited.
Please call 416.633.5770 or email info@torahinmotion.org for further details |
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| Tisha B'Av mp3s now available online |
Thank you to the over 350 people who attended our Tisha B'Av program!
For those who were not able to attend and for those who would like to hear the lectures again, mp3s are now available on our site. Please find them in our store or purchase all five talks for $7.99 here.
You can also purchase individual lectures for $3.99 below:
Dr. Marty Lockshin - Is Disaster Always to be Interpreted as Punishment?
Rabbi Michael Skobac - Then We Cried for Nothing: The Roots of Tisha B'Av
Rabbi Chaim Strauchler - Politics, Sinnat Chinam, History
Dr. Jimmy Diamond - A Heretic's Teaching on Suffering: Elisha ben Abuyah's Lasting Legacy
Dr. Elliott Malamet - Some are guilty, but all are responsible: Fixing an Imperfect World
We hope to see you at future events! |
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| A Weekend With Rabbi Cardozo |
September 13-14, 2008 
Rabbi Dr. Nathan Lopes Cardozo, Dean of the David Cardozo Academy for Jewish Studies and Human Dignity, lectures regularly at over fifty institutions of Jewish and secular learning around the world. He is often hosted by programs with affiliation ranging from the Orthodox Union and Union of Sephardic Communities to Oxford and Harvard Universities . Regarded by many as a type of ambassador of conscience, he has, over the past twenty-five years, attracted a large number of students with his unconventional style. His fresh approach to many topics of social concern and his unswerving honesty continue to engage Jews and non-Jews alike.
Rabbi Dr. Nathan Lopes Cardozo is the author of Judaism On Trial: An Unconventional Discussion about Jews, Judaism and the State of Israel and Thoughts to Ponder: Daring Observations about the Jewish Tradition. His most recent book is For the Love of Israel and the Jewish People: Essays and Studies on Israel , Jews, and Judaism.
Join us for an unforgettable weekend with this remarkable figure. |
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Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch: Torah and the Ways of the World
A Conference In Honour of the Bicentennial of His Birth |
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Saturday and Sunday, February 7-8, 2008
Dr. Benny Brown | Jewish Thought, Hebrew Unversity
Dr. Adam Ferziger | Jewish Studies, Bar-Ilan University
Dr. Rachel Heuberger | Head of the Jewish Division, Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main Dr. Marc Shapiro | Judaic Studies, University of Scranton |
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e-TiM: Stimulating Torah Virtually Everywhere
Experience Torah like never before |
| See, hear and participate in real time from your home or office.
Welcome to e-TiM , an exciting and powerful new way to participate in our innovative programming.
With this remarkable technology - you can see, hear and speak to the teacher from wherever you are; you have to see it to believe it!
You will be able to
- See and hear a live shiur presented specifically for e-TiM participants
- Talk to the speaker and be heard by all
- Be seen on screen
- Write your comments and questions to the speaker during the class
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| Parshat Vaetchanan – It's Your Fault |
| "And G-d was angry at me for your sakes ( lemanchem ) and would not hear me. And G-d said to me Enough! Do not speak to me any more about this" (3:26). Moshe wanted nothing more than to enter the land of Israel , the land that G-d has chosen for His people. It is difficult enough to understand what exactly Moshe did wrong to warrant a punishment of denial of entry into the land of Israel . Even more perplexing is... More |
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| The Ethics of Parking |
| Rabbi Meir says: "Do not look at the vessel, but what is in it" (Avot, 5:27). This simple but true teaching would be well applied to how we think of our own children and those of others, and to the recognition of the potential within each one. What is especially disturbing in many instances is the slotting and... More |
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| Aid to the Self-Inflicted |
| Tragically natural disasters are a relatively common occurrence. The scene is relatively familiar – pictures of destruction and death, with pale-looking survivors searching eagerly for help. Calls go out for money to help rebuild lives and property... More |
