Teshuva

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e-TiM: Art, Ethics, & Incantations: New Perspectives on the Yamim Noraim

Rabbi Dr. Gil S. Perl

This series has been sponsored by Sharon and Marty Goldberg in honour of the upcoming marriage of their daughter, Tamar, to Benjamin Miller on August 29th IY"H. With great love and respect for Tamar and Benjamin. Thursday, August 19 Caravaggio,…
Program
Aug 4, 2021

e-TiM: Teshuva, Transgression and Transformation - A Journey through Tanach

Jennifer Raskas, Dr. Rebecca Winter Gottlieb

In this 4-part series, we will explore literary models Teshuva by drawing on classic stories from the Tanach. We will use ideas from Hilchot Teshuva to better understand specific Tanach characters and their stories, which led them toward self-…
Program
Aug 4, 2021

e-TiM: Orot HaTeshuva-The Lights of Improvement in the Thought of Rav Kook

Rabbi Ari Chwat-Shvat

Innovative but clearly based upon classic sources, Rav Kook revamps our view of Teshuva to be positive and motivating, not depressing. The common misconception is based upon the mistranslation "Repentance from sin", instead of "Return from mistakes…
Program
Aug 3, 2021

e-TiM: Repentance in Modern Jewish Thought

Dr. Daniel Rynhold

The concept of repentance was much derided in the modern era by thinkers such as Spinoza and Nietzsche. Ironically though, a number of significant twentieth Century Jewish thinkers appear to agree with major elements of that critique. In this course…
Program
Jul 30, 2021

Yom Kippur: The Sounds of Teshuva - Yom Kippur: The Sounds of Teshuva

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Audio
Sep 25, 2020

Teshuva in the Teachings of Rav Kook-Part 3

Dr. Yehudah Mirsky

Audio
Sep 24, 2020

Teshuva in the Teachings of Rav Kook-Part 2

Dr. Yehudah Mirsky

Audio
Sep 17, 2020

Teshuva in the Teachings of Rav Kook (Part 1)

Dr. Yehudah Mirsky

Audio
Sep 9, 2020

Teshuva in the Teachings of Rav Kook

Dr. Yehudah Mirsky

One of the marks of great religious thinkers is their infusing familiar concepts with new meaning. Among the many ideas which Rav Kook revolutionized was repentance, teshuvah. Drawing on the Kabbalah, philosophy, his sense of the times and his own…
Program
Aug 24, 2020

Lifnei Hashem Titaharu: Tevila and Teshuva for Women

Yoetzet Halacha Laurie Novick

Laurie Novick, Director and Head Writer of Deracheha: Women and Mitzvot, taught as a Ramit of Shana BaAretz at Nishmat and worked as a Yoetzet Halacha for close to 20 years. Laurie is a member of a pilot cohort of Yoatzot Halacha who have received…
Program
Sep 10, 2019