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The Mystical Program of the Kabbalists in Zefat (Renewing Our Spirit 2013)

Joel Hecker

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Rabbi Natan Slifkin To Appear as Scholar in Residence in Toronto

Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkin

Rabbi Natan Slifkin, the "Zoo Rabbi," will be serving as Scholar in Residence for a joint Shabbaton with Torah in Motion and Zichron Yisroel Congregation of Associated Hebrew Schools on May 18, 2013. Rabbi Slifkin will continue his appearance on…
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Arguing With the Divine: Belief in God in the Face of Injustice (Renewing Our Spirit 2012)

Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo

Arguing With the Divine: Belief in God in the Face of Injustice (Renewing Our Spirit 2012)
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Spinoza, the Kotzker Rebbe, and Me (Renewing Our Spirit 2012)

Rabbi Nathan Lopes Cardozo

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The Seven Pillars of an Ideal Jewish Society

Rabbi Mordechai Bar-Or

Mordechai Bar-Or attended Yeshivat har Etzion, and was ordained by Chief Rabbi Goren in 1984. Mr. Bar-Or received the Avi Chai prize for his work in establishing and directing Elul, the first Beit Midrash for secular and religious Israelis to study…
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Philosophy Versus Personality: Moderate Elements in the Messianic Lore of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson

Professor Dov Schwartz

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Philosophy Versus Personality: Moderate Elements in the Messianic Lore of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson

Professor Dov Schwartz

Co-sponsored by the Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies at York University.
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New Paths for Ba'alei Teshuva: Part One

This series of blog posts seeks to discuss, if only preliminarily, the journey of ba’alei teshuvah (loosely defined as those who were not raised in a home of halakhic observance but chose this way of life at some point) and their place within…
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The Hertz Chumash United Us

Rabbi Jay Kelman

During shul this past week, I was reading the notes of the Hertz Chumash, as I often do. This likely puts me in small company as the Hertz Chumash has gone the way—pardon the expression—of the dodo bird. It so happens the shul at which I daven has a…
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Rabbi Meir Soloveichik Presents the Rabbi Joseph and Ruth Kelman z"l Memorial Lectures

Rabbi Meir Soloveichik

Rabbi Joseph Kelman, prominent Toronto rabbi and educator, was the scion of a long line of distinguished rabbis. He was married to Ruth Kelman (nee Friedman) for 45 years, and together, they worked tirelessly for the benefit of Clal Yisrael.…
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