Jewish Holidays

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Re-experiencing the Rav's Chanukah (Part 2) - Mixing Meat & Milk with the Chanukah Candles

Rabbi Dr. Aaron Adler

Audio
Nov 23, 2021

Bazak-נס פך השמן של אליהו, של אלישע, ושל המכבים

Rabbi Amnon Bazak

Audio
Nov 22, 2021

Re-experiencing the Rav's Chanukah (Part 1) - Separating the Story of Chanukah with the Miracle

Rabbi Dr. Aaron Adler

Audio
Nov 16, 2021

e-TiM: נס פך השמן של אליהו, של אלישע, ושל המכבים

Rabbi Amnon Bazak

This special shiur will take place Monday, November 22 at 1:00pm Eastern (8:00pm in Israel) and will be given in Hebrew.
Program
Nov 4, 2021

e-TiM: Re-experiencing the Rav's Chanukah

Rabbi Dr. Aaron Adler

After our successful series: "Re-experiencing the Rav's Rosh Hashanah", and "Re-experiencing the Rav's Pesach" Rabbi Dr. Aaron Adler, a close student and personal shamash of Rav Soloveitchick will explore the Rav's thoughts on Chanukah. November 16…
Program
Oct 5, 2021

Shemini Atzeret: Three is Not a Crowd

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Unlike our other holidays, the holiday of Sukkot does not celebrate a particular historical event at a particular moment in time. Rather it commemorates and celebrates the long journey from Egypt to the land of Israel. We sit in the sukkah lema’an,…
Article
Sep 27, 2021

Shabbat Chol HaMoed: A Long Journey

Rabbi Jay Kelman

It is hard to imagine a more impactful ritual than that of our weekly Torah reading. While its origins date to Moshe Rabbeinu—acting in his capacity as a rabbinic sage, not as prophet delivering G-d's message—and Ezra the scribe, it was not until…
Article
Sep 24, 2021

Sukkot: The Season of Joy

Rabbi Jay Kelman

"On the first day, you must take for yourself a fruit of the citron tree, an opened palm frond, myrtle branches, and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before G-d for seven days" (Vayikra 23:40).  While there is also a mitzvah to rejoice on…
Article
Sep 20, 2021

Yom Kippur: Far and Near

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“With the approval of Hamakom, the Omnipresent, and with the approval of the congregation, in the convocation of the court above, and in the convocation of the court below, we sanction prayer with the transgressors.”  The night of the “Shabbat of…
Article
Sep 15, 2021

תשובה בעבירות שבין אדם לחברו

Rav Benaya Mitzner

Audio
Sep 13, 2021