Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchR. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Nitzavim-VaYelekh: How Do We Return?
How are we meant to begin the process of teshuvah, returning to God? Is this something we initiate, or does God help us to begin? Or perhaps it is …
2 years, 11 months ago
R. Elie Kaunfer: Introduction to Malkhuyot
In a newly released video and audio series (originally recorded in 2020), Rabbi Elie Kaunfer introduces aspects of the High Holiday Mahzor as we prep…
2 years, 11 months ago
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Ki Tavo: The Power of “Amen”
In Parahsat Ki Tavo, the word “amen” appears 12 times in 12 consecutive verses (Deuteronomy 27:15-26). It is also a word that features prominently i…
2 years, 11 months ago
Sustenance - A Talmudic and Culinary Exploration of Women in Judaism
In what way is the Talmud like a recipe book? In this panel event that brought together an incredible slice of the New York Jewish community, Hadar’s…
3 years ago
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Ki Teitzei: Are Gerim Treated Differently in Prayer?
Jewish identity is irreducibly made up of both religious and ethnic components. One of the situations where this complexity comes to the fore is for…
3 years ago
R. Avital Hochstein: Seeing as a Path to a Life of Ethics and Hesed
Putting together a lot of her teaching over the years, Rabbi Avital Hochstein explores the verb “to see” in the Torah. How can seeing someone else cr…
3 years ago
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Shoftim: Praying for Peace
At the end of the Amidah, we ask for God to “שים שלום - grant peace.” But the word “שלום - peace” has multiple meanings, and it is not clear exactly…
3 years ago
Saying What We Don't Mean: The Tisch with Dena Weiss #15
One of the most quintessential human emotions is regret. Regret is so intimately tied with my sense of human frailty and fallibility that it’s always…
3 years ago
Bringing Your Tears: The Tisch with Dena Weiss #14
God, understandably, demands the first and the best. In the Torah, this mostly is about agricultural produce. But the Degel Mahaneh Efrayim extends t…
3 years ago
R. Elie Kaunfer on Parashat Re'eih: Calling God “Our Father” in Prayer
In many prayers, we call God “אבינו - our Father.” What biblical allusions are we drawing on when we say this, and what are we trying to express whe…
3 years ago