Modern History

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Keeping Mitzvot on Zoom

Rabbi Aviad Tabory

Keeping Mitzvot on Zoom
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Scholar in Residence: Rabbi Aviad Tabory

Rabbi Aviad Tabory

Rav Tabory will give the devar Torah before laining, as well as the shiur after kiddush (approx 11:15pm) on the topic: Our Hero in Damascus: Spying for Israel in Halacha  and he will speak at seudah shlisheet on the topic: From Father to…
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Scholar in Residence: Yair Rosenberg

Yair Rosenberg

Please join us as we welcome Yair Rosenberg. After kiddush (approx 11:20am) Einstein and the Rabbi: The Untold Story of the Physicist's 20-Year Friendship with Rabbi Chaim Tchernowitz, and Their Conversations About the…
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Scholars in Residence: Dr. Zev Eleff, Dr. Leslie Klein, Dr. Marc Shapiro

Dr. Marc Shapiro, Dr. Leslie Klein, Rabbi Dr. Zev Eleff

We look forward to welcoming Rabbi Dr. Zev Eleff, Dr. Leslie Klein and Dr. Marc Shapiro March 29-31.  Please join us for the many learning oppurtunites over Shabbat and Sunday. At Clanton Park Synagogue Shabbat morning derasha Rav Kook As A…
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The History of Orthodoxy

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Join Rabbi Jay Kelman for his weekly Shabbat shiur at the Or Chaim Minyan, 159 Almore Ave. Toronto, one hour before mincha. This shabbat October 20, the shiur will be at 4:55pm on the topic Who Shall we Appoint to the Sanhedrin? If…
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Rabbi Joseph and Ruth Kelman Memorial Lectures with Dr. Tova Ganzel

Dr. Tova Ganzel

Sunday, June 25, 2017: Zichron Yisroel Congregation of Associated Hebrew Schools, 300 Atkinson Avenue, Thornhill 9:30 am: The Evolving Role of the Rabbinate Through the Generations Dr. Tova Ganzel is the Director of the Midrasha in…
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Renewing Our Spirit 2016 Livestream

Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, Rabbi Dr. Haskel Lookstein, Rabbi Dr. Adam S Ferziger and 1 more

If you can't join us in person for our 15th annual conference, register now to view our Saturday night panel via livestream. You will receive your login instructions under separate cover.
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Or Chaim Minyan Scholar in Residence -Sarah Gordon

Sarah Gordon

Friday night Oneg Shabbat (This session will take plance in a private home, please be in touch for details): Leadership vs Followship: Are Both Needed? Comparing Miriam and Moshe to Devorah and Barak Shabbat morning After kiddush 11:20am…
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May G-d Comfort...

Rabbi Jay Kelman

For most of the world, the year 1492 marks the anniversary of Christopher Columbus' voyage to America. Yet for Jews, the year 1492 is a year of tragedy, a date in Jewish history etched in infamy. It marked the end of perhaps the greatest…
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Powerless in Toronto

Rabbi Jay Kelman

It’s always important to remind ourselves to be thankful for those things we take for granted—like having electricity. As many of you know firsthand, and many others have undoubtedly heard, we Torontonians are slowly recovering from an…
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