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Yoma 66a: Barbers in the Temple

"Everybody is eligible to walk it, but the kohanim made a permanent rule not to let…

Yoma 66: Between the Lines

One of great and tragic figures in our Talmudic corpus is that of Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrkanus.…

Yoma 62: Luck of the Draw

For years, one of the most anticipated dates on the Jewish calendar was Rabbi Soloveitchik’s…

Beshalach: Up in Arms

This week's devar Torah is dedicated in honour of the upcoming wedding of Miriam Libman and…

Yoma 54: Love in the Temple

The relationship between G-d and the Jewish people is often compared to that of a husband and wife…

Yoma 53: Please Shorten Your Prayers

Mashechet Yoma delineates the special Temple service performed on Yom Kippur in great detail--and…

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We are offering a free download of the mp3 recording of our recent program, The Agunah Crisis: New…

Yoma 52: There's No Way to Know

Great literature lends itself to multiple, even contradictory, interpretations. And the Bible is--…

Bo: All Together Now

This d’var Torah is sponsored by Claire and Howard Glowinsky l'ilui nishmas Chanah bas…

Yoma 48: Try a Little Harder

One of the major debates in Jewish law is whether mitzvoth require kavanah, intent to fulfill the…

Yoma 47: Raising Great Children

There is nothing more challenging and important, for a parent and for a community, than raising…

Powerless in Toronto

It’s always important to remind ourselves to be thankful for those things we take for granted…

Yoma 38: What a Loser

"And [we remember] these for degradation: those of Beit Garmu didnot want to teach on the…

Yoma 37: Winning the Lottery

One of the central features of the Yom Kippur service was that involving the two goats: one…

Shemot: The Ineffable Name

"And he saw an Egyptian man hitting a Hebrew of his brothers" (2:11). To the slave in…

Yoma 36: What Sin Comes First?

The kohen gadol performed vidui, confession, three times on Yom Kippur. The first…

Yoma 35: Not Such a Good Excuse

One of the most difficult things for we humans to do is to admit that we are wrong. Even when we…