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Moral Licensing: The Tisch with Dena Weiss #19
R. David Kasher on Parashat Lekh Lekha: Reading the Signs
Impulsive Decisions: The Tisch with Dena Weiss #18
Being Self-Ignited: The Tisch with Dena Weiss #17
R. David Kasher on Parashat Noah: Naming Noah
The Joy of Belonging: The Tisch with Dena Weiss #16
R. David Kasher on Parashat Bereishit: The Grammar of God
R. Avi Strausberg on Simhat Torah: Becoming Torah
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat VeZot HaBerakhah: Blessing - A Purifying Pool of Water
R. Avi Strausberg: Holding God Holding Us
R. Avi Killip: Forgiveness, Intimacy, and the Eternal Search
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Ha'azinu: Praying for Resurrection, Literally and Figuratively
R. Jamie Weisbach: Eating as if You’re Fasting
R. Tali Adler: Sacrifice - What It Is, What It Could Be, Why It Matters
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Nitzavim-VaYelekh: How Do We Return?
R. Elie Kaunfer: Introduction to Malkhuyot
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Ki Tavo: The Power of “Amen”
Sustenance - A Talmudic and Culinary Exploration of Women in Judaism
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Ki Teitzei: Are Gerim Treated Differently in Prayer?
R. Avital Hochstein: Seeing as a Path to a Life of Ethics and Hesed
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Shoftim: Praying for Peace
Saying What We Don't Mean: The Tisch with Dena Weiss #15
Bringing Your Tears: The Tisch with Dena Weiss #14
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Re'eih: Calling God “Our Father” in Prayer
A God By Many Names: The Tisch with Dena Weiss #13
Your Better Half: The Tisch with Dena Weiss #12
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Eikev: The Meaning(s) of “Great, Mighty, and Awesome”
Spiritually Welcoming: The Tisch with Dena Weiss #11
R. Avi Killip on Tisha B'Av: How We Choose to (Re)Build
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Devarim: Praying for our Religious Leaders
R. Miriam-Simma Walfish: Hunger in the Streets of Jerusalem
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Mattot-Mas'ei: Why Praise God in Prayer?
R. Tali Adler: The Hidden Destruction of Shiloh
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Pinhas: Fixed and Spontaneous Words of Prayer
R. Avi Killip on 17 Tammuz: When Longing is the Relationship
R. Elie Kaunfer on Hukkat-Balak: Praying to God as a King
R. Shai Held: The Radical Social and Theological Vision of Deutoronomy
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Korah: Striving to be Holy
R. Micha'el Rosenberg: Righteous Anger, Useful Anger
Let it Move You: The Tisch with Dena Weiss #10
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Shelah: Speaking Directly to a God Who Sees Us
Judging with the Whole Picture: The Tisch with Dena Weiss #9
Does God Perform Miracles? The Tisch with Dena Weiss #8
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat BeHa'alotkha: Praying for Healing—Urgently
Me of Little Faith: The Tisch with Dena Weiss #7
Love is Hard: The Tisch with Dena Weiss #6
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Naso: The End of the Amidah: A Blessing from God
R. Avi Killip on Shavuot: The Beauty of Every Word
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Bemidbar: Moderating Enthusiasm for God
R. Avi Strausberg: All the Torah I Never Learned
R. Elie Kaunfer on BeHar-BeChukkotai: Praying for Freedom
R. Ethan Tucker: When an Angel is Not an Angel
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Emor: "You Are Holy": Relationship After Disappointment
R. Avi Killip on Pesah Sheini: A Ritual Made for All
R. Elie Kaunfer on Acharei Mot-Kedoshim: When God Feels Distant: The Response of the Kaddish
R. Avital Hochstein on Yom Ha-Atzma'ut: Sanctity and Land
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Tazria-Metzora: Praying for the Healing of Others
R. Avi Killip on Yom HaShoah: Legacy
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Shemini: Stoicism and Grief
R. Avi Killip: Hameitz and Uncovered Pits
Feeling the Way You Should Feel: The Tisch with Dena Weiss #5
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Tzav: The Eternal Nature of Gratitude
On Being Essential: The Tisch with Dena Weiss #4
With All of Your Might: The Tisch with Dena Weiss #3
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Vayikra: Repetition in Prayer: Constancy, Urgency, and Love
Be Careful What You Wish For: The Tisch with Dena Weiss #2
Broken Tablets, Broken Hearts: The Tisch with Dena Weiss #1
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei: "Moshe Rejoiced": Shabbat, Prayer, and Intimacy with God
The Tisch with Dena Weiss: A Taste of Hasidut
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Ki Tissa: Praying for Knowledge of God’s Essence
R. Avi Killip: Love and Hiddenness
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Tetzaveh: The Intimacy of Wearing God’s Name
R. Shai Held: (Where) is God in the Book of Esther?
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Terumah: The Particular Holiness of a Place
R. Nadav Berger: The Possibility of Intimacy with God and the Commandments
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Mishpatim: The Moral Dimension of Opening Our Eyes in the Morning
R. Avi Killip: Praying When the World is At Stake
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Yitro: Struggling to Pray with Intention
R. Avi Killip: The Gestation of a Tree
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Beshallach: Praying for Your Sake
R. Tali Adler and Joey Weisenberg: Elevating God and Us
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Bo: Praying For—or Against—Our Enemies
R. Elie Kaunfer: Hannah as Rebellious Worshiper
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Va'Era: Eighty Years of Prayer
R. Avi Killip: "Anti-Idolatry" - Talmudic Wisdom on Fighting Racism
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Shemot: Rethinking the Amidah
Dena Weiss: How to Have Difficult Conversations, Part 3
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat VaYechi: Waiting for God
Dena Weiss: How to Have Difficult Conversations, Part 2
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat VaYigash: Prayer is About Coming Closer
Dena Weiss: How to Have Difficult Conversations, Part 1
Yael Jaffe: I Know of Nothing But Miracles, Part 2
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Mikeitz: Facing the Truth
R. Avi Killip: I Know of Nothing But Miracles, Part 1
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat VaYeishev: The Meaning of Judaism
R. Avi Strausberg: The Before and After - The Sudden Deaths of Nadav and Avihu
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat VaYishlach: Dressing for Prayer
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat VaYeitzei: The Meaning of God's Holiest Name
R. Aviva Richman: Living in God's Shadow
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Toldot: Blessing God