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Around the Calendar with Drisha — 315 episodes

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This Year We Are Slaves, Next Year We Will Be Free, 6 of 6

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This Year We Are Slaves, Next Year We Will Be Free, 5 of 6

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This Year We Are Slaves, Next Year We Will Be Free, 4 of 6

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This Year We Are Slaves, Next Year We Will Be Free, 3 of 6

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This Year We Are Slaves, Next Year We Will Be Free, 2 of 6

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This Year We Are Slaves, Next Year We Will Be Free, 1 of 6

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Why don’t we say Hallel on Purim?

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"Sefat Ferah Shoshan (The Lily's Speech)": The Life and Teachings of Farha (Flora) Sassoon

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Hallel on Hanukkah: A Hassidic Perspective on a Halakhic Enigma

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Insights into Maimonides’ Laws of Hanukkah

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Reliving the Yom Kippur Temple Service Today, 3 of 3

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Reliving the Yom Kippur Temple Service Today, 2 of 3

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Reliving the Yom Kippur Temple Service Today, 1 of 3

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Prayers of Renewal: Biblical Inspirations in the Liturgy of Yamim Noraim, 2 of 2

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Prayers of Renewal: Biblical Inspirations in the Liturgy of Yamim Noraim, 1 of 2

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A dramatic day in dramatic times: Extraordinary Yom Kippur Observances throughout Jewish History, 2 of 2

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A dramatic day in dramatic times: Extraordinary Yom Kippur Observances throughout Jewish History, 1 of 2

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"Zeh Dor Dor’shav: Reflections on Psalms on Repentance?", 3 of 3

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"Zeh Dor Dor’shav: Reflections on Psalms on Repentance?" 2 of 3

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"Zeh Dor Dor’shav: Reflections on Psalms on Repentance?", 1 of 3

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Teshuvah & Modernity: Themes in Rav Soloveitchik’s Discussions of Teshuvah, 3 of 3

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Teshuvah & Modernity: Themes in Rav Soloveitchik’s Discussions of Teshuvah, 2 of 3

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Teshuvah & Modernity: Themes in Rav Soloveitchik’s Discussions of Teshuvah, 1 of 3

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Teshuvah and/versus Self-Acceptance, 2 of 2

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Teshuvah and/versus Self-Acceptance, 1 of 2

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Seeking God, Seeking Ourselves: Teshuvah in the Thought of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein, 4 of 4

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Seeking God, Seeking Ourselves: Teshuvah in the Thought of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein, 3 of 4

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Seeking God, Seeking Ourselves: Teshuvah in the Thought of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein

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Seeking God, Seeking Ourselves: Teshuvah in the Thought of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein, 1 of 4

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"I left here full and have returned empty": Loss and Recovery in the Book of Ruth, 3 of 3

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"I left here full and have returned empty": Loss and Recovery in the Book of Ruth, 2 of 3

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"I left here full and have returned empty": Loss and Recovery in the Book of Ruth, 1 of 3

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“When Moses Went Up To Heaven”: Aggadot of Matan Torah, 3 of 3

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“When Moses Went Up To Heaven”: Aggadot of Matan Torah, 2 of 3

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“When Moses Went Up To Heaven”: Aggadot of Matan Torah, 1 of 3

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From Revelation to Realization: Matan Torah and Shavuot

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From Revelation to Realization: Matan Torah and Shavuot, 3 of 4

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From Revelation to Realization: Matan Torah and Shavuot, 2 of 4

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From Revelation to Realization: Matan Torah and Shavuot, 1 of 4

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Symbolism and Significance: Examining the Yom Kippur Service Avodah, 2 of 2

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Symbolism and Significance: Examining the Yom Kippur Service Avodah 1 of 2

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Abraham Joshua Heschel's Jeremiah: A Prophet of Anger and Love

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Chanukkah 5784: ”Hanukkah: Holiday of Homebodies” (3/3) with Rabbanit Leah Sarna

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Chanukkah 5784: ”Hanukkah: Holiday of Homebodies” (2/3) with Rabbanit Leah Sarna

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Chanukkah 5784: ”Hanukkah: Holiday of Homebodies” (1/3) with Rabbanit Leah Sarna

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Sukkot 5784: ”Sukkot: The Paradigm of Universal Torah Ideals” (3/3) with Rabbi Jonathan Ziring

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Sukkot 5784: ”Sukkot: The Paradigm of Universal Torah Ideals” (2/3) with Rabbi Jonathan Ziring

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Yom Kippur 5784: ”Symbolism and Significance: Examining the Yom Kippur Service Avodah” (2/2) with Sarah Gordon

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High Holidays 5784: ”Why are You Sleeping? Piyyutim of Awakening to the Yamim Noraim” (2/2) with Rabbanit Victoria Sutton

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Rosh HaShanah 5784: ”The Periphery of Redemption: The Torah Readings of Rosh haShannah ” (2/2) with Rabba Wendy Amsellem

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Yom Kippur 5784: ”Symbolism and Significance: Examining the Yom Kippur Service Avodah” (1/2) with Sarah Gordon

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High Holidays 5784: ”Why are You Sleeping? Piyyutim of Awakening to the Yamim Noraim” (1/2) with Rabbanit Victoria Sutton

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Rosh HaShanah 5784: ”Maternal Sacrifice and the Birthing of the World” (2/3) with Rabbanit Leah Sarna

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Rosh HaShanah 5784: ”Maternal Sacrifice and the Birthing of the World” (1/3) with Rabbanit Leah Sarna

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Sukkot 5784: ”Sukkot: The Paradigm of Universal Torah Ideals” (1/3) with Rabbi Jonathan Ziring

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High Holidays 5784: ”Prayers and Melodies of the High Holiday Services” with Rabbi David Silber and Rabbi Jon Kelsen

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Rosh HaShanah 5784: ”The Periphery of Redemption: The Torah Readings of Rosh haShannah ” (1/2) with Rabba Wendy Amsellem

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Tisha B’Av 5783 : ”Understanding Lamentations” (2/2) with Dr. Adele Berlin

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Tisha B’Av 5783 : ”Understanding Lamentations” (1/2) with Dr. Adele Berlin

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Shavuot 5783: ”613 Mitzvot in Rhyme: The Tradition of Azharot” with Rabbanit Victoria Sutton

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Yom Kippur 5783: ”The Avodah” with Rabbi David Silber

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Rosh HaShanah 5783: ”The Visitation of Sarah in Midrash and Piyyut” with Dr. Tzvi Novick

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Rosh HaShanah 5783: ”Malkhiyot, Zikhronot, and Shoferot: Structure and Meaning” with Dr. Chanan Gafni

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Rosh HaShanah 5783: ”Isaiah’s Prophecies of Consolation: The Movement from Tisha Ba’av to Rosh Hashana” with Dr. Yael Ziegler

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High Holidyas 5783: ”Ripples of Repentance: Spiritual Dimensions of Tashlikh” (2/2) with Rav Matthew Nitzanim

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High Holidyas 5783: ”Ripples of Repentance: Spiritual Dimensions of Tashlikh” (1/2) with Rav Matthew Nitzanim

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High Holidays 5783: ”LeDavid: A Song of Doubt” (2/2) with Dr. Benjamin Sommer

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High Holidays 5783: ”LeDavid: A Song of Doubt” (1/2) with Dr. Benjamin Sommer

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High Holidays 5783: ”Fear of God at the Nexus of Divine and Human Kingship ”(2/2) with Levi Morrow

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High Holidays 5783: ”Fear of God at the Nexus of Divine and Human Kingship” (1/2) with Levi Morrow

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Rosh HaShanah 5783: ”The Prayers of Rosh Hashana — Divine Judgment” with Rabbi David Silber

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Rosh HaShanah 5783: ”The Prayers of Rosh Hashana — Enthronement and Petition” with Rabbi David Silber

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High Holidays 5783: ”The Torah and Haftarah Readings of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur” (3/3) with Rabbi David Silber

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High Holidays 5783: ”The Torah and Haftarah Readings of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur” (2/3) with Rabbi David Silber

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High Holidays 5783: ”The Torah and Haftarah Readings of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur” (1/3) with Rabbi David Silber

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High Holidays 5783: ”Teshuva, Tefillah, and Tzedaka in the Age of Social Media — Crowdfunding and Defining ”The Poor of Your City” in a Globalized World (Tzedaka)” with Rabbi Jonathan Ziring

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High Holidays 5783: ”Teshuva, Tefillah, and Tzedaka in the Age of Social Media — Praying for Those We Do Not Know (Tefillah)” with Rabbi Jonathan Ziring

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High Holidays 5783: ”Teshuva, Tefillah, and Tzedaka in the Age of Social Media — ”I’m Sorry,” hit send - Impersonal Apologies (Teshuva)” with Rabbi Jonathan Ziring

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Tisha B’Av 5782: ”’She Gave No Thought to Her Future’ - Reading Eicha Through the Ages” with Miriam Gedwiser

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Tisha B’Av 5782: ”’The Lord Is Righteous, For I Have Disobeyed Him’ - Theological Justification in the Midst of Tragedy” with Rabbi Dr. Daniel Reifman

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Tisha B’Av 5782: ”Community Kinnot” with Rabba Wendy Amsellem and Rabbi David Silber

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Shavuot 5782: ”Ruth: Daughter of Abraham” with Rabbi David Silber

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Pesach 5782: ”Seder Telling” with Rabbanit Leah Sarna, Elisha Russ-Fishbane, Dr. David Zvi Kalman, and Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler

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Purim 5782: ”One Nation, Dispersed: Diaspora in the Megillah and in Jewish Thought” with Rabbi David Silber, Dr. Malka Z Simkovich, and Dr. Michah Gottlieb

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Sukkot 5782: ”A Bavli Story about a Sukkah, a Savta, and Misogyny” with Meira Wolkenfeld

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High Holidays 5782: ”Forgiveness & Atonement in Jewish Tradition: Philological and Philosophical Perspectives” (3/3) with Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Zuckier

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High Holidays 5782: ”Forgiveness in Judaism and Philosophy” (3/3) with Prof. Quinn White and Rabbanit Leah Sarna

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High Holidays 5782: ”Admission of Guilt: Confession and Repentance” (4/4) with Rabbi David Silber

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High Holidays 5782: ”From Selicha to Avodah: An Introduction to the Liturgical Poetry of Elul & the Yamim Noraim” (3/3) with Yitz Landes

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High Holidays 5782: ”Admission of Guilt: Confession and Repentance” (3/4) with Rabbi David Silber

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High Holidays 5782: ”From Selicha to Avodah: An Introduction to the Liturgical Poetry of Elul & the Yamim Noraim” (2/3) with Yitz Landes

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High Holidays 5782: ”Forgiveness & Atonement in Jewish Tradition: Philological and Philosophical Perspectives” (2/3) with Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Zuckier

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High Holidays 5782: ”Forgiveness in Judaism and Philosophy” (2/3) with Prof. Quinn White and Rabbanit Leah Sarna

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High Holidays 5782: ”Admission of Guilt: Confession and Repentance” (2/4) with Rabbi David Silber

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High Holidays 5782: ”From Selicha to Avodah: An Introduction to the Liturgical Poetry of Elul & the Yamim Noraim” (1/3) with Yitz Landes

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High Holidays 5782: ”Forgiveness & Atonement in Jewish Tradition: Philological and Philosophical Perspectives” (1/3) with Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Zuckier

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High Holidays 5782: ”Forgiveness in Judaism and Philosophy” (1/3) with Prof. Quinn White and Rabbanit Leah Sarna

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High Holidays 5782: ”Admission of Guilt: Confession and Repentance” (1/4) with Rabbi David Silber

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Tisha B’Av 5781: ”Faith in a Turbulent World: Eikha’s Magnificent Design” with Dr. Yael Zeigler

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Tisha B’Av 5781: ”Tisha B’Av and its Liturgy: Opportunities For Reflection” with Rabbi David Silber

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Shavuot 5781: ”Poetry, Pedagogy, and Prayer: An Introduction to the Azharot” with Yitz Landes

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Shavuot 5781: ”Prelude to Sinai: The Enduring Appeal of Akdamut Millin” with Dr. Laura S. Lieber

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Shavuot 5781: ”A Talmudist Writes Poetry: On Yatziv Pitgam and its World” with Dr. Tzvi Novick

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Pesach 5781: ”Seder Telling” with Rabbanit Leah Sarna, Rabbi David Silber, Dr. Tammy Jacobowitz, Darshanit Dr. Miriam Udel, and Rabbi David Ingber

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Pesach 5781: ”Adoption or Resistance: The Structure of the Seder and the Greco-Roman Symposium” with Dr. Yair Furstenberg

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Pesach 5781: ”Remembering the Korban Pesach in Masechet Pesachim and in Ancient Jewish Sources” with Dr. Yedidah Koren

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Purim 5781: ”Ayeka: Searching for God in Megillat Esther” with Rabbi David Silber

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Purim 5781: ”The Hand in the Hiddenness” with Rabbanit Leah Sarna

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Thanksgiving 5781: ”Mapping Gratitude” with Adina Polen and Rabbi Ariel Evan Mayse

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Simchat Torah 5781: ”Simchat Torah: Concluding with Blessings and Starting Anew” with Rabbi David Silber

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High Holidays 5781: ”Intention and the Mitzvot of Tishrei” (3/3) with Dr. Shana Strauch Schick

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Yom Kippur 5781: ”The Kapparah of Yom Kippur” (5/5) with Rabbi Dr Shlomo Zuckier

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High Holidays 5781: ”Ritual Re-enactments: Becoming Moshe, a Mother, and a High Priest in the Yamim Noraim Tefillah” (3/3) with Rabbanit Leah Sarna

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Yom Kippur 5781: ”The Kapparah of Yom Kippur” (4/5) with Rabbi Dr Shlomo Zuckier

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High Holidays 5781: ”Intention and the Mitzvot of Tishrei” (2/3) with Dr. Shana Strauch Schick

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High Holidays 5781: ”Ritual Re-enactments: Becoming Moshe, a Mother, and a High Priest in the Yamim Noraim Tefillah” (2/3) with Rabbanit Leah Sarna

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High Holidays 5781: ”Structure and Meaning in High Holiday Liturgy” (4/4) with Rabbi David Silber

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Yom Kippur 5781: ”The Kapparah of Yom Kippur” (3/5) with Rabbi Dr Shlomo Zuckier

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Rosh HaShanah 5781: ”How to Blow the Shofar, A ”Toot”orial” (2/2) with Rabbi Moshe Silver

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High Holidays 5781: ”Intention and the Mitzvot of Tishrei” (1/3) with Dr. Shana Strauch Schick

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High Holidays 5781: ”Ritual Re-enactments: Becoming Moshe, a Mother, and a High Priest in the Yamim Noraim Tefillah” (1/2) with Rabbanit Leah Sarna

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High Holidays 5781: ”Structure and Meaning in High Holiday Liturgy” (3/4) with Rabbi David Silber

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High Holidays 5781: ”The Emotions of Repentance: Rav Soloveitchik, Rav Kook and the Lubavitcher Rebbe” (3/3) with Rabbi Dr. Yosef Bronstein

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Yom Kippur 5781: ”The Kapparah of Yom Kippur” (2/5) with Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Zuckier

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Rosh HaShanah 5781: ”How to Blow the Shofar, A ”Toot”orial” (1/2) with Rabbi Moshe Silver

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High Holidays 5781: ”Structure and Meaning in High Holiday Liturgy” (2/4) with Rabbi David Silber

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High Holidays 5781: ”The Emotions of Repentance: Rav Soloveitchik, Rav Kook and the Lubavitcher Rebbe” (2/3) with Rabbi Dr. Yosef Bronstein

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Yom Kippur 5781: ”The Kapparah of Yom Kippur” (1/5) with Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Zuckier

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High Holidays 5781: ”Structure and Meaning in High Holiday Liturgy” (1/4) with Rabbi David Silber

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High Holidays 5781: ”The Emotions of Repentance: Rav Soloveitchik, Rav Kook and the Lubavitcher Rebbe” (1/3) with Rabbi Dr. Yosef Bronstein

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Tisha B’Av 5780: ”On Suffering and Metaphors: Limits and Opportunities” with Dr. Tammy Jacobowitz

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Tisha B’Av 5780: ”The Impossibility of Mourning: Zoharic Thoughts on the Interminability of Tisha b’Av” with Dr. Nathaniel Berman

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Tisha B’Av 5780: ”’Megillat Eicha” followed by ”A Cry in the Night, Eicha as a Lamentation’” with Drisha Kollel Fellows and Rabbi David Silber

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Tisha B’Av 5780: ”God who Suffers With: Diving Presence Amidst Pain” with Rabbi Julia Watts Belser

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Tisha B’Av 5780: ”Kinot” with Rabbi Daniel Reifman and Rabbanit Aliza Sperling

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Shavuot 5780: ”Revelation Revealed” (2/2) with Dr. Sam Lebens

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Shavuot 5780: ”Revelation Revealed” (1/2) with Dr. Sam Lebens

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Shavuot 5780: ”Megillat Ruth, A Tale of Three Heroes: Boaz — Personal Virtue and the Art of Politics” with Rabbi David Silber

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Shavuot 5780: ”Megillat Ruth, A Tale of Three Heroes: Naomi — With Age Comes Wisdom” with Rabbi David Silber

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Shavuot 5780: ”Megillat Ruth, A Tale of Three Heroes: Ruth —Lessons Learned from the Outsider” with Rabbi David Silber

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Sefirat HaOmer 5780: ”The Rock-Headed Rabbi: Rabbi Akiva’s beginnings, Stories of Rabbi Akiva” with Miriam Gedwiser

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Pesach 5780: ”A Personal Exodus: Egypt as a Biblical Metapor in Biblical Texts - Personal Struggle” with Rabbi David Silber

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Pesach 5780: ”Arami Oved Avi: The Core of the Passover Seder” with Rabbi David Silber

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Pesach 5780: ”Thoughts on the Korban Peseach” with Rabbi David Silber

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Pseach 5780: ”Preparing Our Homes for Pesach: The History Behind Contemporary Practice” with Rabbi Daniel Reifman

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Pesach 5780: ”החמץ כמאבק עם היצר הרע - האם רק דרוש חסידי” with הרבנית חנה גודינגר דרייפוס

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Pesach 5780: ”מצה וארבע כוסות שני מישורים של חירות” [Hebrew] with הרב חיים וידל

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Pesach 5780: ”Mitzvot of Pesach” with Dr. Shana Strauch Schick

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Rosh Chodesh Nissan 5780: ”Rosh Chodesh Nisan Message” with Rabbi David Silber

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Purim/Pesach 5780: ”Between Purim and Passover” with Rabbi David Silber

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Purim 5780: ”Thoughts on Megillat Esther” with Rabbi David Silber

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Purim 5780: ”Megillat Esther, Purposeful Ambiguity” with Rabbi David Silber

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Purim 5780: ”Parashat Zachor: Remembering Amalek” with Rabbi David Silber

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Purim 5780: ”The Evolution of Purim” with Rabbi David Silber

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Purim 5780: ”The Partnership of Mordechai and Esther” with Rabbi David Silber

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Purim 5780: ”Parashat Shekalim: Re-framing Purim” with Rabbi David Silber

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Chanukkah 5780: ”Anti-Judeanism and Anti-Judaism: The Formation of Jewish Identity and the Story of Chanukah” with Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich

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Yom Kippur 5780: ”Viduy and Selichot: Process of Effective Teshuva” with Rabbi David Silber

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Yom Kippur 5780: ”Viduy: Sacrifice and Atonement” with Rabbi David Silber

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Yom Kippur 5780: ”Viduy as a Path to Teshuva” with Rabbi David Silber

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Yom Kippur 5780: ”Viduy of Ne’ilah” with Rabbi David Silber

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High Holidays 5780: ”Selichot: A Structured Additional Service” with Rabbi David Silber

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Tzom Gedalia 5780: ”Fast of Gedalia: Restoration and Reconnection” with Rabbi David Silber

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Rosh HaShanah 5780: ”Dimensions of the Shofar” with Rabbi David Silber

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Yom Kippur 5780: ”Tefillot of Yom Kippur” (2/2) with Rabbi David Silber

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Yom Kippur 5780: ”Tefillot of Yom Kippur” (1/2) with Rabbi David Silber

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Rosh HaShanah 5780: ”Tefillot of Rosh Hashana” (2/2) with Rabbi David Silber

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Rosh HaShanah 5780: ”Tefillot of Rosh Hashana” (1/2) with Rabbi David Silber

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Tisha B’Av 5779: ”Megillat Eicha” (5/5) with Rabbi David Silber

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Tisha B’Av 5779: ”Megillat Eicha” (4/5) with Rabbi David Silber

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Tisha B’Av 5779: ”Megillat Eicha” (3/5) with Rabbi David Silber

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Tisha B’Av 5779: ”Megillat Eicha” (2/5) with Rabbi David Silber

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Tisha B’Av 5779: ”Megillat Eicha” (1/5) with Rabbi David Silber

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Tisha B’Av 5779: ”Preparing for Tisha B’Av – Studies and Reflections” (7/7) with Rabbi David Silber

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Tisha B’Av 5779: ”Preparing for Tisha B’Av – Studies and Reflections (3/7)” with Rabbi David Silber

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Tisha B’Av 5779: ”Preparing for Tisha B’Av – Studies and Reflections” (6/7) with Rabbi David Silber

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Tisha B’Av 5779: ”Preparing for Tisha B’Av – Studies and Reflections” (5/7) with Rabbi David Silber

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Tisha B’av 5779: ”Preparing for Tisha B’Av – Studies and Reflections” (4/7) with Rabbi David Silber

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Tisha B’av 5779: ”Preparing for Tisha B’Av – Studies and Reflections” (2/7) with Rabbi David Silber

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Tisha B’Av 5779: ”Preparing for Tisha B’Av – Studies and Reflections” (1/7) with Rabbi David Silber

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Tisha B’Av 5779: ”In the Margins of Catastrophe: The Prequel and Postscript to the Book of Eicha” with Rabbi Joe Wolfson

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Shavuot 5779: ”Interpretation and Enactment: Elisha ben Avuya and the Book of Ruth” with Dr. Devora Steinmetz

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Sefirat HaOmer 5779: ”On the Omer” (2/2) with Rabbi David Silber

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Sefirat HaOmer 5779: ”On the Omer” (1/2) with Rabbi David Silber

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Pesach 5777: ”Dayenu: The Core Story of the Haggadah” with Rabbi Elie Kaunfer

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Pesach 5777: ”Song of Redeption: Moses and the Broken Hallelujah” with Carmella Abraham

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Pesach 5777: ”Why was Israel Redeemed? Ezekiel 16 and the Passover story” with Rabbi Dr. Jon Kelsen

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Purim/Pesach 5777: ”Why Pesach Starts the Year and Purim Ends It” with Rabbi Yonah Berman

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Purim/Pesach 5779: ”Two Tales of Redemption: Purim and Pesach” (7/7) with Rabbi David Silber

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Purim/Pesach 5779: ”Two Tales of Redemption: Purim and Pesach” (6/7) with Rabbi David Silber

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Purim/Pesach 5779: ”Two Tales of Redemption: Purim and Pesach” (5/7) with Dr. Devora Steinmetz

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Purim/Pesach 5779: ”Two Tales of Redemption: Purim and Pesach” (4/7) with Rabbi David Silber

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Purim/Pesach 5779: ”Two Tales of Redemption: Purim and Pesach” (3/7) with Rabbi David Silber

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Purim/Pesach 5779: ”Two Tales of Redemption: Purim and Pesach” (2/7) with Rabbi David Silber

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Purim/Pesach 5779: ”Two Tales of Redemption: Purim and Pesach” (1/7) with Rabbi David Silber

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Purim 5779: ”Diaspora, Gender, and Politics in the Book of Esther” (3/3) with Dr. Aaron Koller

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Purim 5779: ”Diaspora, Gender, and Politics in the Book of Esther” (2/3) with Dr. Aaron Koller

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Purim 5779: ”Diaspora, Gender, and Politics in the Book of Esther” (1/3) with Dr. Aaron Koller

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Chanukkah/Purim 5777: ”Text and Temple” with Rabbi David Silber

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Chanukkah/Purim 5777: ”Megillah and Hallel” with Rabbi David Silber

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Chanukkah 5777: ”“It is forbidden to light with an old candle” – Chanukah and the Oral Torah” with Miriam Gedwiser

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Chanukkah 5777: ”What Did Chanukkah Stand For in Ancient Times?” with Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich

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Chanukkah 5777: ”Maccabees and Martyrdom” with Dr. Aaron Koller

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Chanukkah 5777: ”The Jews of Diaspora in the Hasmonean Period” with Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich

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Chanukkah 5777: ”Darkness Envelops Me” with Dr. Devora Steinmetz

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Chanukkah 5777: ”Chanukkah and Sukkot” with Rabbi David Silber

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High Holidays 5777: ”Countdown to the Yamim Noraim: Yom Kippur — 13 Middot” (6/6) with Rabbi David Silber

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High Holidays 5777: ”Countdown to the Yamim Noraim: Yom Kippur— Neilah” (5/6) with Rabbi David SIlber

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High Holidays 5777: ”Countdown to the Yamim Noraim: Yom Kippur — Avodah” (4/6) with Rabbi David Silber

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High Holidays 5777: ”Countdown to the Yamim Noraim: Yom Kippur — Torah Reading” (3/6) with Rabbi David Silber

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High Holidays 5777: ”Countdown to the Yamim Noraim: Yom Kippur— Mussaf” (2/6) with Rabbi David Silber

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High Holidays 5777: ”Countdown to the Yamim Noraim: Yom Kippur— Kol Nidrei” (1/6) with Rabbi David Silber

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High Hollidays 5777: ”Countdown to the Yamim Noraim: Rosh Hashanah — Akeidat Yitzchak” (6/6) with Rabbi David Silber

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High Holidays 5777: ”Countdown to the Yamim Noraim: Rosh Hashanah— Shofar” (5/6) with Rabbi David Silber

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High Holidays 5777: ”Countdown to the Yamim Noraim: Rosh Hashanah— Blessings of the Shofarot” (4/6) with Rabbi David Silber

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High Holidays 5777: ”Countdown to the Yamim Noraim: Rosh Hashanah— Zichronot” (3/6) with Rabbi David Silber

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High Holidays 5777: ”Countdown to the Yamim Noraim: Rosh Hashanah— Malchuyot and Zichronot” (2/6) with Rabbi David Silber

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High Holidays 5777: ”Countdown to the Yamim Noraim: Rosh Hashanah — Malchuyot” (1/6) with Rabbi David Silber

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High Holidays 5777: ”Countdown to the Yamim Noraim: Selichot” (2/2) with Rabbi David Silber

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High Holidays 5777: ”Countdown to the Yamim Noraim: Selichot” (1/2) with Rabbi David Silber

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Yom Kippur 5777: ”Fasting and Animal-Sacrifice” with Rabbi Dr. Sam Lebens

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Rosh HaShanah 5777: ”Zichronot: Memory, Judgement and Covenant, Understanding the Central Prayer of Rosh Hashana” with Rabbi David Silber

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Rosh HaShanah 5777: ”Imagining a Different World: The Prayer of Chana” with Rabbi David Silber

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Shavuot 5776: ”Thoughts on Shavuot” with Rabbi Dr. Sam Lebens

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Pesach 5776: ”Go Forth and Learn: Thoughts on the Haggadah” (2/2) with Rabbi David Silber

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Pesach 5776: ”Go Forth and Learn: Thoughts on the Haggadah” (1/2) with Rabbi David Silber

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Yom Kippur 5776: ”Themes of Yom Kippur as Reflected in Our Liturgy” with Rabbi David Silber

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High Holidays 5776: ”Teshuva and Personal Identity” with Rabbi Dr. Sam Lebens

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Rosh HaShanah 5776: ”What’s God Doing on Rosh Hashana” with Rabbi Dr. Sam Lebens

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Rosh HaShanah 5776: ”Themes of Rosh Hashana as Reflected in Our Liturgy” (2/2) with Rabbi David Silber

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Rosh HaShanah 5776: ”Sister Wives? Sarah, Hagar, and the Day of Judgment” with Miriam Gedwiser

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Rosh HaShanah 5776: ”You Can’t Fix What Isn’t Broken: The Indispensable Errors of Religious and Spiritual Growth” with Dr. Rabbi Tsvi Blanchard

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Rosh HaShanah 5776: ”Themes of Rosh Hashana as Reflected in Our Liturgy” (1/2) with Rabbi David Silber

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Rosh HaShanah 5776: ”Thoughts on Rosh HaShana” with Rabbi David Silber

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Tisha B’Av 5775: ”Silence and Speech in the Presence of Suffering” with Raphael Magarik

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Pesach 5775: ”The Passover Seder” with Rabbi David Silber

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Pesach 5775: ”Songs of My Beloved: A Musical Celebration of Shir HaShirim” with Rabbi Rolando Matalon

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Pesach 5775: ”Thoughts on Passover”with Rabbi David Silber

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Pesach 5775: ”Thoughts on the Haggadah” with Rabbi David Silber

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Purim 5775: ”Thoughts on Megillat Esther” with Rabba Wendy Amsellem

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Purim 5775: ”Sacred or Profane: Practices of Purim” (3/3) with Miriam Gedwiser

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Purim 5775: ”Sacred or Profane: Practices of Purim” (2/3) with Miriam Gedwiser

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Purim 5775: ”Sacred or Profane: Practices of Purim” (1/3) with Miriam Gedwiser

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Chanukkah 5775: ”Dreaming of Light” with Rute Yair-Nussbaum

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Chanukkah 5775: ”Homeward Bound” with Rute Yair-Nussbaum

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Sukkot 5775: ”Thoughts on Sukkot” with Rabbi David Silber

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High Holidays 5775: ”Piyyutim of the High Holidays” (3/3) with Miriam Gedwiser

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Yom Kippur 5775: ”Understanding the Body And Soul: Asceticism Of Yom Kippur” (3/3) with Rabbi Dr. Jon Kelsen

249

High Holidays 5775: ”Confession and Repentance” (3/3) with Rabbi David Silber

250

Yom Kippur 5775: ”Day of Atonement: Atonement for What?” with Dr. Shmuel Wygoda

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Rosh HaShanah 5775: ”Thoughts on Rosh HaShanah” with Rabbi David Silber

252

High Holidays 5775: ”Drisha & Maharat Yom Iyun on the Yamim Noraim - Afternoon”

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High Holidays 5775: ”Drisha & Maharat Yom Iyun on the Yamim Noraim - Morning”

254

Rosh HaShanah 5775: ”Torah Readings Of Rosh HaShana” (3/3) with Rabba Wendy Amsellem

255

High Holidays 5775: ”Confession and Repentance” (2/3) with Rabbi David Silber

256

Yom Kippur 5775: ”Body And Soul: Understanding the Asceticism Of Yom Kippur” (2/3) with Rabbi Dr . Jon Kelsen

257

High Holidays 5775: ”Piyyutim of the High Holidays” (2/3) with Miriam Gedwiser

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Rosh HaShanah 5775: ”Torah Readings Of Rosh HaShana” (2/3) with Rabba Wendy Amsellem

259

Yom Kippur 5775: ”Body and Soul: Understanding the Asceticism of Yom Kippur” (1/3) with Rabbi Dr. Jon Kelsen

260

High Holidays 5775: ”Confession and Repentance” (1/3) with Rabbi David Silber

261

High Holidays 5775: ”Piyyutim of the High Holidays” (1/3) with Miriam Gedwiser

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Rosh HaShanah 5775: ”Torah Readings Of Rosh HaShana” (1/3) with Rabba Wendy Amsellem

263

Pesach 5774: ”Passover Haggadah: Midrashic Reflections” with Dr. David Arnow

264

Pesach 5774: ”Thoughts on Passover” with Rabbi David Silber

265

Purim 5774: ”On Ta’anit Esther and Purim” with Rabbi David Silber

266

Parashat Zachor 5774: ”Thoughts on Parashat Zachor” with Rachel Friedman

267

Sukkot 5774: ”Thoughts on Sukkot” with Rabbi David Silber

268

Sukkot 5774: ”Gog of Magog and Zechariah 14: Haftarot of Sukkot” with Rachel Friedman

269

Yoom Kippur 5774: ”Prayers of Yom Kippur: Me’erev ad erev” with Rabbbi David Silber

270

Yom Kippur 5774: ”Thoughts on Yom Kippur” with Rabbi David Silber

271

Yom Kippur 5774: ”Kol Nidre: An Analysis of Its True Significance” with Rabbi David Silber

272

High Holidays 5774: ”Confronting Personal Failure Towards Teshuvah” with Rabbi Daniel Fridman

273

Rosh HaShanah 5774: ”Thoughts on Rosh HaShana” with Rabbi David Silber

274

Shavuot 5773: ”Thoughts on Shavuot” with Rabbi David Silber

275

Pesach 5773: ”Thoughts on Passover” with Rachel Friedman

276

Pesach 5773: ”Thoughts on the Passover Haggadah” with Rabbi David Silber

277

Purim 5773: ”Thoughts on Megillat Esther” with Rabbi David Silber

278

Purim 5773: ”Esther, Queen of Persia or Jewish Queen?” (4/4) with Dr. Aaron Koller

279

Purim 5773: ”Esther, Queen of Persia or Jewish Queen?” (3/4) with Dr. Aaron Koller

280

Purim 5773: ”Esther, Queen of Persia or Jewish Queen?” (2/4) with Dr. Aaron Koller

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Purim 5773: ”Esther, Queen of Persia or Jewish Queen?” (1/4) with Dr. Aaron Koller

282

High Holidays 5773: ”The Surprising Origin of Tashlikh: A Journey into History, Halakhah and Minhag” with Rabbi Nati Helfgot

283

Sukkot 5773: ”Themes of Sukkot” with Rabbi David Silber

284

Yom Kippur 5773: ”Thoughts on Yom Kippur” with Rabbi David Silber

285

Rosh HaShanah 5773: ”Themes of Rosh Hashana” with Rabbi David Silber

286

High Holidays 5773: ””To pray with transgressors”: Sin and Repentance in Medieval Ashkenaz” with Dr. Rachel Furst

287

Shavuot 5772: ”Thoughts on Megillat Ruth” with Rabba Wendy Amsellem

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Pesach 5772: ”A Passover Message” with Rabbi David Silber

289

Pesach 5772: ”Thoughts on the Passover Haggadah” with Rabbi David Silber

290

Chanukkah 5772: ”Chanukkah: The Fire of Renewal and Hope” with Rabbi David Silber

291

Sukkot 5772: ”Major Themes of Sukkot” with Rabbi David Silber

292

Yom Kippur 5772: ”Prayers of Yom Kippur” with Rabi David Silber

293

Yom Kippur 5772: ””The whole world is inside and I am outside”: Midrashic Reflections on Erev Yom Kippur” with Dyonna Ginsburg

294

High Holidays 5772: ”Understanding the Mitzvah of Shofar in Tanakh and Halakhah” with Rabbi Nati Helfgot

295

Yom Kippur 5772: ”Prayers of Yom Kippur” with Rabbi David Silber

296

Yom Kippur 5772: ”Major Themes of Yom Kippur” with Rabbi David Silber

297

Rosh HaShanah 5772: ”Prayers of Rosh Hashana” with Rabbi David Silber

298

Rosh HaShanah 5772: ”Making Sense Out of Musaf: Using Tanakh to Explain Our Rosh Hashana Makhzor” with Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

299

Rosh HaShanah 5772: ”Major Themes of Rosh Hashanah” with Rabbi David Silber

300

Pesach 5770: ”Songs of the Seder” with Dr. David Arnow

301

Purim 5770: ”The Mirror Has Two Faces: Images of Vashti and Esther in Megillat Esther” with Rabba Wendy Amsellem

302

High Holidays 5770: ”Yehuda and David: Two Models of Teshuva” with Rabbi Zvi Grumet

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High Holidays 5770: ”Prayer as a ”Transformative” Experience: From Daily Kriyat Shema to Yom Kippur Neilah” with Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

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Purim 5769: ”Megillat Esther - a Story of Survival or Revival?: A Prophetic Perspective” with Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

305

Yom Kippur 5769: ”Yom Kippur and the Divine Attribute of Mercy” with Rabbi David Silber

306

Rosh HaShanah 5769: ”The Binding of Isaac (2/2) : Abraham’s Discovery of the Sacred Place” with Rabbi David Silber

307

Rosh HaShanah 5769: ”The Binding of Isaac (1/2) : The Binding of Isaac and the Banishment of Ishmael” with Rabbi David Silber

308

Rosh HaShanah 5769: ”The Torah and Haftarah of Rosh Hashana: The Redemption of Sarah” with Rabbi David Silber

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Rosh HaShanah 5769: ”The Torah and Haftarah of Rosh Hashana : Hannah’s Prayer” with Rabbi David Silber

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High Holidays 5769: ”Can Sacrifice Atone a Sin: The Biblical Connection Between ”Rite” and ”Wrongs”” with Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

311

Pesach 5768: ”Mystery of the Afikoman” with Rabbi Dr. Adam Mintz

312

Chanukkah 5768: ”On Chanukkah” with Rabbi Nati Helfgot

313

Rosh HaShanah 5768: ”Centrality of Aleinu on Rosh Hashana: A Biblical Perspective on the Concept of Malchiot in Musaf” with Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

314

Rosh HaShanah 5768: ”Binding of Isaac: Reading for Rosh Hashana” with Rabbi David Silber

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Pesach 5767: ”Israel Unbound: The Legacy of Slavery” with Rabba Wendy Amsellem