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The Festival of Lights - The Evolution of a Rabbinic Story
Dr. Yonatan Feintuch
Wednesday December 21
12:00pm Eastern, 7:00pm Israel
Chanukah celebrates the victory over Greek idolatry and the cleansing of the Temple from it, but also touches upon…
Mai Chanukah?
Rabbi Menachem Leibtag
Sundays December 18 & 25, January 1
11:15 am Eastern, 6:15pm Israel
December 18: Part One: A Rabbinic, Prophetic, or Universal Holiday?
December 25: Part Two: The Prophet Who 'Stole' Chanukah
January 1: The…
Why Aren't the Books of the Maccabees in the Tanach?
Dr. Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz
Mondays December 12 & 19
11:00 am Eastern, 6:00pm Israel
Hanukah is the only festival that doesn't have a biblical book associated with it. Why? We'll look at what…
Letters from Chanukahs and Purims Past: Revisiting the Establishment of Holidays and Judea-Diapora Relations
Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich
Wednesday December 14
12:00pm Eastern 7:00pm Israel
In the second and first century BCE, Judean leaders in Jerusalem…
Holidays are a most opportune time to instill in our children the values and character traits that personify a Jewish lifestyle. At first glance Pesach, more than any other holiday, seems to embody the critical importance of teaching our children. …
When studying literature we must study not only its content, but also its form. This is especially true in the study of poetry, where the words themselves offer only a limited understanding of the text. Our Torah, in addition to being a description…
Holidays are a most opportune time to instill in our children the values and character traits that personify a Jewish lifestyle. At first glance Pesach, more than any other holiday, seems to embody the critical importance of teaching our children.…
“How majestic was the kohen gadol as he left the Holy of Holies in peace, without injury…like the kindness that is placed on the bridegroom’s face…” (Machzor).
One of the central, if perhaps overlooked, themes of Yom Kippur is that of marriage. This…
This three-part series will take place on Wednesdays at 9:45am Eastern, 4:45pm in Israel, September 7-21.
The personality of the Yamim Nora'im can be discerned through a careful study of the special tefillot and piyyutim that are added to the…
This four-part series will take place on Tuesdays at 1:00pm Eastern, 8:00pm in Israel from August 30 to September 20.
August 30: Aseret Yemei Teshuvah: Additions to Shemoneh Esreh (or is it Multiplication?) Part I
September 6: Aseret Yemei Teshuvah…