Jewish Holidays

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G-d's 13 Midot ha'Rachamim (Attributes of Mercy) - A "Magic Formula" or the "Essence of Prayer"?

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

Audio
Sep 17, 2011

Introductions and Explanations of Selected Kinnot

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Audio
Aug 9, 2011

Does God Keep His Promise

Dr. Elliott Malamet

Audio
Aug 9, 2011

Reactions To The Destruction of the First and Second Temples

Dr. Anna Urowitz-Freudenstein

Audio
Aug 9, 2011

What's So Funny About Tish B'av

Dr. Menachem Feuer

Audio
Aug 9, 2011

Shacharit Followed by introduction and Explanations of Selected Kinnot - Tisha B'av

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Audio
Aug 9, 2011

Are We Crying for the Rite Reasons

Rabbi Aaron Greenberg

Audio
Aug 9, 2011

Pesach: Sunrise in Bnei Brak

Rabbi Jay Kelman

“It happened that Rabbi Eliezer, Rabbi Yehoshua, Rabbi Elazar ben Azariah, Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Tarfon were reclining in B’nei Brak discussing the Exodus all night until their students arrived and said to them, ‘Rabbis, the time…
Article
May 10, 2011

Shabbat Chol Hamoed: Worshipping Idols

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
Apr 23, 2011

Chanukah: Down Memory Lane

Rabbi Jay Kelman

We tend to assume that, with the recital of the shir shel yom, the daily psalm—or Aleinu if you daven nusach sefarad, Shacharit is over. Yet a quick glance at the siddur demonstrates that this is not necessarily so. While not widely…
Article
Dec 2, 2010