Jewish Holidays

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The Untold, Unabridged, Unbelievable Story of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza (Tisha B'Av 2013)

Rabbi Stewart Weiss

Torah in Motion sponsors programming for Tisha B'Av annually. Our program enables one to truly understand and feel the losses that we experienced, and sharpens our ability to focus on the mourning required on this day. A text-based analysis of…
Audio
Aug 7, 2013

Some Thoughts About Tolerance (Tisha B'Av 2013)

Rabbi Michael Skobac

Torah in Motion sponsors programming for Tisha B'Av annually. Our program enables one to truly understand and feel the losses that we experienced, and sharpens our ability to focus on the mourning required on this day. How do we live in unity…
Audio
Aug 7, 2013

On the Eve of Destruction: Jeremiah, Zefania, and Hulda

Dr. Bryna J. Levy

Dr. Bryna J. Levy presents a text-based study of the prophecies of the Churban to prepare for Tisha B'Av. 
Audio
Jul 30, 2013

Rupture and Repentance: Joseph and His Brothers

Dr. Bryna J. Levy

This special Rosh Chodesh Elul women's program is jointly sponsored by Torah in Motion and Shaarei Tefillah Congregation.  To see our flyer, click here.
Program
Jul 30, 2013

Tisha B'Av: Greetings

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“Everything is dependent on mazal, even the sefer Torah in the ark”. Certain mitzvoth just luck out, being widely observed across the Jewish world; whereas other, often much more important, mitzvoth are somehow neglected. Just compare…
Article
Jul 15, 2013

Shavuot: Whose Torah Is It?

Rabbi Jay Kelman

The holiday of Shavuot is, outside of the observant Jewish community, a much-neglected holiday. It lasts only one day (two in the Diaspora), comes just as the summer is arriving and, unlike our other holidays, has no rituals associated with it--no…
Article
May 14, 2013

Some Thoughts on Yom Yerushalayim

Rabbi Jay Kelman

"There are ten [levels of] holiness; the land of Israel is holier than all other countries, and what is its holiness? That we bring from it the omer offering, the bikkurim [fruit] and the two loaves of bread" (Mishnah Kelim 1:6). The omer allows a…
Article
May 9, 2013

Yom Ha'atzmaut: From Yom HaZikaron to Yom Ha'atzmaut

Rabbi Jay Kelman

This d'var Torah is dedicated in honour of the participants in Chidon HaTanach, the 50th International Bible Contest taking place on Yom Ha'atzmaut in Jerusalem. Hatzlacha Rabba to all! "Two verses that contradict each other, until the third verse…
Article
Apr 15, 2013

Pesach: Shaping Tomorrow

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Adam and Eve, Noach and his anonymous wife, Abraham and Sarah (and Hagar), Yitzchak and Rivka, Yaakov and his multiple wives, Moshe and Tziporah, all had one thing in common: they all had great difficulty raising children. Many--in some cases, most…
Article
Mar 24, 2013

אסתר צריכה עזרא, ועזרא צריך אסתר Esther tzricha Ezra v'Ezra tzarich Esther (The People and the Book 2013)

Rabbi Bar-on Dasberg

Audio
Feb 18, 2013