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The Tanakh Readings of Shavuot (Part 3) - Ezekiel's Vision of the Celestial Chariot: Principles of Prophecy

Rabbi Hayyim Angel

Audio
May 20, 2024

The Tanakh Readings of Shavuot (Part 2) - The Revelation at Sinai (Shemot Chapters 19, 20, and 24)

Rabbi Hayyim Angel

Audio
May 13, 2024

The Tanakh Readings of Shavuot (Part 1) - The Ten Commandments in Classical Commentary and Contemporary Scholarship

Rabbi Hayyim Angel

The Ten Commandments in Classical Commentary and Contemporary Scholarship
Audio
May 6, 2024

e-TiM: The Book of Ruth

Rabbi Moshe Shulman

The Book of Ruth Rabbi Moshe Shulman The book of Ruth is read on Shavuot both because of Ruth's conversion as a paradigm for receiving the Torah and the tradition that King David, her great-grandson, was born on Shavuot.  The story explores the…
Program
May 5, 2024

Acharei Mot: From Pesach to Yom Kippur

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“And G-d spoke to Moshe after the death of the two children of Aharon when they came close before G-d and they died” (Vayikra 16:1). The Torah then proceeds with the elaborate details of the special Yom Kippur service. What is most unclear is why…
Article
May 3, 2024

Parshat Shavua 5784 with weekly guest speakers (Chol Hamoed Pesach)

Sophia Stepansky

Audio
Apr 25, 2024

e-TiM: The Tanakh Readings of Shavuot

Rabbi Hayyim Angel

The Tanakh Readings of Shavuot Rabbi Hayyim Angel Mondays, 10:00am Eastern May 6The Ten Commandments in Classical Commentary and Contemporary Scholarship May 13The Revelation at Sinai (Shemot Chapters 19, 20, and 24) May 20Ezekiel's Vision of the…
Program
Apr 25, 2024

Pesach: Why Eat Matza

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“Rabban Gamliel would say: Anyone who does not say these three things on Pesaḥ has not fulfilled his obligation, and these are they: [the korban] Pesach, Matza and Marror”. He then goes on to explain that “to say” means to explain the reason that we…
Article
Apr 22, 2024

The Torah readings for Pesach The "Shalosh Regalim" in Mishpatim; KiTisa, & Re'ay

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

Audio
Apr 21, 2024

A Closer Look at the Haggadah (Part 2)

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Audio
Apr 21, 2024