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This series of classes is sponsored by Marla and Jack Samuel in honour of two beloved and missed members of the Toronto community: Yitz (Isaac) Kurtz z”l and Isaac Hollander z”l.
Both were gentle, kind, extremely accomplished Talmidei Chachahim and…
Tishrei: A Month of Holidays or A Holiday Month
Rabbi Menachem Leibtag
Sundays, August 20 to September 3: 11:15am Eastern, 6:15pm Israel
Saturdays, September 9 & 23: 10:00pm Eastern, 5:00am (Sunday) Israel
Sunday, August 20, 11:15am…
Kohelet: The Sphinx of Scriptures
Rabbi Moshe Shulman
Tuesdays starting August 22nd at 1:00 pm eastern, 8:00 pm Israel time
No text in Tanakh has captured our imagination more than Kohelet. King Solomon’s philosophical treatise is at once enigmatic…
The Prophet Yona and Maftir Yona
Simi Peters
Wednesdays, August 23 to September 20 - 1:00 pm Eastern, 8:00 pm Israel
Yona is a book marked by omissions and mysteries. Using midrash and classic biblical commentary, we will explore this intriguing…
Our holidays form natural units, as none truly stand alone. The 49 days of the omer link Pesach to Shavuot. We begin the holiday cycle by celebrating our freedom from slavery, a prelude to service of G-d cemented at Sinai. Pesach, Shavuot and Sukkot…
“Rav Yochanan said: Jerusalem was destroyed only because they followed the laws of the Torah” (Bava Metzia 30b).
The Talmud is incredulous at such an assertion – should they follow the laws of violence they query? The Talmud explains that what Rav…
Dr. Yael Ziegler, Rabbi Doron Perez, Rabbi Jay Kelman, Rabbi Dr. Ari Zivotofsky, Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Shulie Mishkin, Elana Stein Hain, Dr. Rivka Schwartz
Please join us online for a day of learning and reflection:
11:00amDestruction and Discovery: Second Temple Jerusalem Through the Lens of Archaeology
Shulie Mishkin
12:00pmThe Destruction of Jerusalem - Who's to Blame: the Farmers, the Bankers, or…
The Harmony of Dissonance: A Study of Megilat Eikhah
Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom
Mondays, June 26 to July 24 - 10:00am Eastern, 5:00pm Israel
(Please note that class on MONDAY, JULY 17 will be at 9:00am Eastern.)
The mournful tones of Megilat Eikhah…
It is the omer, a measure of barley, that unites the Biblical holidays of Pesach and Sukkot. With no calenderic date Shavuot occurs on the day after the counting of seven weeks “from the day on which you bring the omer, sheaf, of elevation offering…