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Vayeira: The Sounds of Silence

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The Abraham story begins with G-d’s command to leave “his land, his birthplace and his family” (Breisheet 12:1) to go to some unknown land that G-d will show him and ends with G-d’s command to take “his son, his special son, his son that he loves,…
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Vayeira: Choosing Avraham

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Join as we discuss why Avraham wanted Yitzchak exposed to foreign ideas.
Podcast

Parshat Shavua 5785 with weekly guest speakers (Vayera)

Sofia Freudenstein

Audio

Vayera: Avraham's Torah

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Rabbinic tradition maintains that the Torah existed even before the creation of the world, in essence serving as the architectural blueprint of creation. This is a beautiful concept that teaches that Torah is built into the fabric of the world.…
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Parshat Shavua 5784 with weekly guest speakers (Vayera)

Dr. Moshe Sokolow

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Vayeira

Rabbi Jay Kelman

A thought about compassion and empathy for the week of Parshat Vayeira 5784/2023.
Podcast

The Rosh Hashanah of Noah and the Rosh Hashanah of Avraham Avinu

Rabbi Shaul Robinson

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Israel-Rav Yehuda Amital's Remarkable Reading of the Akeida

Rabbi Alex Israel

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Mother and Son, Father and Daughter, A Journey through the Torah Readings and Haftarot of Rosh Hashanah

Dr. Tova Ganzel

Audio

Vayera: Time to Sleep

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“And Avraham awoke in the morning” (Breisheet 22:3). It is from this verse that the Sages (Pesachim 4a) derive the principle zerezim makdimim lemitzvot, that the meticulous promptly fulfil mitzvot. What makes this teaching so…
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