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Back to SearchR. Dena Weiss: Language As a Lens Part 2
Explore the role that language plays in our personal, religious, and spiritual lives, by challenging assumptions about core areas of speech like pray…
21 hours ago
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Ki Teitzei: Three Contemporary Readings of the Rebellious Son
One of the most emotionally charged and provocative legal passages is found in our parashah: the case of the rebellious son.
5 days, 21 hours ago
R. Dena Weiss: Language As a Lens Part 1
Explore the role that language plays in our personal, religious, and spiritual lives, by challenging assumptions about core areas of speech like pray…
1 week ago
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Shoftim: The Torah of Military Service
The preoccupation with the question of who goes to war is not new. It is a question that meets us, Israeli society, in our day-to-day lives. There is…
1 week, 5 days ago
R. Elazar Symon on Rosh Hodesh Elul: A Different Kind of Comfort
The month of Elul marks the beginning of a process that leads us toward the Yamim Noraim, the days of awe. Yet in another sense, even at the beginnin…
2 weeks ago
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Re'eih: The Dangers of Incitement
In Parashat Re’eih, the Torah warns against a uniquely insidious threat: the mesit or inciter. In Hebrew, this act of enticing or manipulating anoth…
2 weeks, 5 days ago
R. Tali Adler: What Are You Doing Here, Elijah?
This class explores the powerful stories of the prophet Elijah, asking what they reveal about prophecy, leadership, and religious zeal. As Elijah per…
3 weeks ago
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Eikev: Memory and the Divine-Human Partnership
Two intertwined themes are explored in Parashat Eikev: memory and human agency. What is the connection between these ideas? And how do they work to…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
R. Shai Held: Hope After Hope Is Lost
How might we maintain hope during a time when it seems to many of us that all hope is gone? One biblical idea is that, although God is frequently dis…
4 weeks ago
R. Avital Hochstein on Parashat Va'Ethanan: Law After War
Our parashah describes a deeply charged moment—a moment where the Israelites are at risk of forgetting the Holy Blessed One. Surprisingly, this dang…
1 month ago