Yom Ha'atzmaut

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Yom Ha'atzmaut: A 74 Piece Orchestra

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Four, seven, ten, eighteen, forty, seventy, for Jews around the world have an immediate and reflective association(s). The four questions, seven days of the week, the "10 commandments”, 18 symbolizing life, 40 days Moshe spent on Mount Sinai, the 70…
Article
May 5, 2022

Yom Haatzmaut: Yechezkel’s Dry Bones and Yirmiyahu’s New Covenant: Modern Messages of Independence

Rabbi Allen Schwartz

Audio
May 5, 2022

e-TiM: Yom Haatzmaut: Yechezkel’s Dry Bones and Yirmiyahu’s New Covenant: Modern Messages of Independence

Rabbi Allen Schwartz

Yechezkel’s Dry Bones and Yirmiyahu’s New Covenant: Modern Messages of Independence Participants should have the texts of Yechezkel 37 and Yirmiyahu 31.  
Program
May 2, 2022

Yom Haatzmaut: Stuck in Traffic

Rabbi Jay Kelman

A few years ago while on a visit to Israel, my good friend Michael Levenstein z”l, in whose memory this devar Torah is dedicated, was giving my wife and me a lift back to our hotel. While we were stuck in a traffic jam in Jerusalem, Michael, noting…
Article
Apr 15, 2021

Yom Haatzmaut -Kedushat Ha'Aretz and the Shmita Year (In Hebrew)

Rabbi Shlomo Vilk

Audio
Apr 15, 2021

Yom Haatzmaut - Kedushat Ha'Aretz and the Shmita Year (In Hebrew)

Rabbi Shlomo Vilk

קדושת הארץ, לקראת שנת שמיטה In honour of Yom Haatzmaut, this class in Hebrew will explore the Kedusha of the Land of Israel and how that connects with the upcoming Shmittah Year.
Program
Apr 13, 2021

Ordinary Israelis and Extraordinary History

Rabbi Lee Buckman

Audio
Apr 30, 2020

Yom Haatzmaut: Thoughts at Seventy-two

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“Shimon ben Azzai said: I have received a tradition from the seventy-two elders on the day when they appointed Rabbi Elazar ben Azariah head of the academy, that all sacrifices which are eaten, though slaughtered shelo lishma,…
Article
Apr 29, 2020

e-TiM: Ordinary Israelis and Extraordinary History

Rabbi Lee Buckman

Join Rabbi Lee Buckman online from Israel for a special Yom Ha'atzmaut program at 12 noon, EST.
Program
Apr 27, 2020

Yom Haatzmaut: Thoughts at Seventy-One

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The period of sefirat haomer has undergone great transformation over the ages. In the Torah itself, it links the korban haomer brought on the second day of Pesach with the korban shtei halechem brought on Shavuot, …
Article
May 9, 2019