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Back to SearchR. Aviva Richman: Kingship in the Machzor
Rabbi Aviva Richman examines the idea of God as King in the Musaf Amidah for Rosh Hashana. This lecture was originally recorded in Elul 2021.
3 years, 11 months ago
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Shoftim: Torah Fueled by Our Questions
Parashat Shoftim deals with the structures and nature of leadership. Early in the parashah, one passage explains that someone who has a hard question…
3 years, 11 months ago
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Re'eh: Eat, Crave, Love
Parashat Re’eh speaks of “desire” multiple times. From a religious perspective, we often think of desire in terms of how we may control it, or even c…
4 years ago
R. Yitz Greenberg: Recreating Ourselves Through Teshuvah
In Halakhic Man, Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik suggests that teshuvah - usually translated as “repentance” - is not to be narrowly defined as turning fro…
4 years ago
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Eikev: Being Like God
Note: this Devar Torah relates to difficult subject matter, including loss and pregnancy loss.In Parashat Eikev, we are instructed to “walk in all of…
4 years ago
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Va'Ethanan: On Prayer and the Possible
In Parashat Va'Ethanan, Moshe beseeches God. He doesn’t get his request. Interestingly, the sages peg this moment of prayer as the entryway to explor…
4 years ago
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Devarim: Moshe's Second Song
In Parashat Devarim, Moshe gives an account of Torah, reframing the journey in the desert for the next generation that will enter the land. Some comm…
4 years ago
R. Aviva Richman: Words That Make Or Break Our World
Proverbs teaches that "life and death are in the hands of the tongue." Rabbi Aviva Richman explores the power of words and how we can use speech to h…
4 years ago
R. Aviva Richman on Parashat Mattot-Masei: Moshe's Second Song
In Parashat Masei, Moshe receives detailed instructions about setting up cities of refuge. Unlike other mitzvot introduced as being relevant to when …
4 years, 1 month ago
R. Yitz Greenberg: The Triumph of Life, Part 3
In the final part of this lecture series, Rabbi Yitz Greenberg speaks with Rabbi Tali Adler about how we can maximize the potential for life in our e…
4 years, 1 month ago