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e-TiM: The High Holiday Torah Readings

Dates

August 16, 2026 August 30, 2026

Time

Sundays 11:15 AM 12:15 PM Eastern

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Sunday August 16, 2026

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The High Holiday Torah Readings

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

August 16: 
Breishit, Vayikra, or Bamidbar: What is the Best Book to Read From on Rosh Ha’Shana?

August 23: 
How Bereishit Chapters 21–22 Relate to Rosh Ha’shana: Between "Drash” to “Peshat”

August 30: 
Vayikra Chapter 16: Why the Date of Yom Kippur is Only a "Post-Script"

Topics:

Tanach, Parsha, Neviim

Upcoming classes

The High Holiday Torah Readings (Part 1): Breishit, Vayikra, or Bamidbar: What is the Best Book to Read From on Rosh Ha’Shana?

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

The High Holiday Torah Readings (Part 2): How Bereishit Chapters 21–22 Relate to Rosh Ha’shana: Between "Drash” to “Peshat”

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

The High Holiday Torah Readings (Part 3): Vayikra Chapter 16: Why the Date of Yom Kippur is Only a "Post-Script"

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

Meet the speaker

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, an internationally acclaimed bible scholar and pioneer of Jewish Education on the internet, is well known in the Jewish community for his essays on the weekly Bible portion.  His vibrant thematic-analytical approach blends the methods of modern academic scholarship with traditional Jewish approaches to the Biblical text. He is best known for his ability to teach students how to study rather than simply read Biblical passages. As his essays focus on meta-themes in the Bible, his readership…

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