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This four part series will take place on Sundays at 11:15am Eastern, 6:15pm in Israel from September 4 to October 2. Please note that there will be no class on September 25.
Topics will include:
September 4: Rosh Hashanah: a Day of Judgement or a…
One does not have to look very hard to find sources within our tradition that allow, encourage, or even demand that we “hate” others. While the mitzvah to love our neighbour as ourselves is, according to Rabbi Akiva, the fundamental principle of…
Shulie Mishkin, Rabbi Alex Israel, Rabbi Gedalyah Berger and 5 more
Please join us online for a day of learning and reflection:
11:00amFor These I Weep: Stories from Jewish History Through the Prism of the Kinot
Shulie Mishkin
12:00pmThe Tragic Death of Martha, Daughter of Boethus: Text and Subtext
Rabbi Alex Israel…
This year, Shavuot falls on a Sunday. This rather unremarkable observation is of little import today; but had we been living in Temple times, or even in the early Middle Ages, this would have spared us much controversy. As is relatively well known,…
Lag BaOmer is a mysterious holiday. There is no mention of it in the Gemara, a fact that led the Chatam Sofer to object to the many practices of the day that had come into vogue. The two standard explanations for this holiday are that it is the day…
Four, seven, ten, eighteen, forty, seventy, for Jews around the world have an immediate and reflective association(s). The four questions, seven days of the week, the "10 commandments”, 18 symbolizing life, 40 days Moshe spent on Mount Sinai, the 70…
Yechezkel’s Dry Bones and Yirmiyahu’s New Covenant: Modern Messages of Independence
Participants should have the texts of Yechezkel 37 and Yirmiyahu 31.
This series will take place on Wednesdays at 11:00am Eastern, (6:00pm Israel)
Beginning April 27, 2022
In preparation for, and following Shavuot, we will study the laws of the beginning of parashat Mishpatim (Exodus 21) through the eyes of the…
Rav Soloveitchik argued that there is no independent field of Jewish philosophy. Rather, this master of Jewish philosophy—with a Ph.D. in neo-Kantian philosophy—claimed that the halacha is an expression of both law and philosophy. It is through the…