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“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 and 5 more
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…
One does not have to look very hard to find sources within our tradition that allow, encourage, or even demand that we “hate” others. While the mitzvah to love our neighbour as ourselves is, according to Rabbi Akiva, the fundamental principle of…
Shulie Mishkin, Rabbi Alex Israel, Rabbi Gedalyah Berger and 5 more
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11:00amFor These I Weep: Stories from Jewish History Through the Prism of the Kinot
Shulie Mishkin
12:00pmThe Tragic Death of Martha, Daughter of Boethus: Text and Subtext
Rabbi Alex Israel…
Judaism places great emphasis on the proper greeting of people. The Talmudic term for a greeting, a sheilat shalom, invokes a reference to G-d, peace being one of the attributes of G-d. It is thus forbidden to greet people in the bathhouse or…
Shulie Mishkin, Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz and 5 more
Truly understand and feel the losses of Tisha B'Av and sharpen our ability to focus on the mourning required on this day.
11:00am
The Final Days of First Temple Jerusalem
Shulie Mishkin
12:00pm
Re-examining Tisha B'Av in Light of its Torah Reading…
If someone gives you ten answers to a question, the one thing you can be assured of is that none of the answers is a very a good one. If one has a good answer to a question, one has no need for an additional answer, which may actually serve to…
“Aharon the priest ascended Hor Hahar and died there in the fortieth year... in the fifth month on the first of the month” (Bamidbar 33:38). It is on rare occasions that the Torah actually dates events recorded therein. Even the giving…