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Prayer and the Prayerbook: The Siddur as a Guide to Prayerful Reflection
Rabbi David SilberOctober 10, 2021 / 1 Audio Lecture
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A Bavli Story about a Sukkah, a Savta, and Misogyny
Ms. Meira WolkenfeldOctober 10, 2021 / 1 Audio Lecture
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The Stanley Rudoff Memorial High Holidays Lecture – Satan: The Evolution of Evil
Yael LeibowitzSeptember 22, 2021 / 1 Audio Lecture
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From Selicha to Avodah: An Introduction to the Liturgical Poetry of Elul and the Yamim Noraim
Yitz LandesSeptember 2, 2021 / 3 Audio Lectures
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Forgiveness and Atonement in Jewish Tradition: Philological and Philosophical Perspectives
Rabbi Dr. Shlomo ZuckierAugust 26, 2021 / 3 Audio Lectures
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Forgiveness in Judaism and Philosophy
Rabbanit Leah Sarna, Professor Quinn WhiteAugust 26, 2021 / 3 Audio Lectures
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Admission of Guilt: Confession and Repentance
Rabbi David SilberAugust 26, 2021 / 4 Audio Lectures
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Abraham Joshua Heschel’s Jeremiah: A Prophet of Anger and Love
Dr. Dror BondiJuly 27, 2021 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Faith in a Turbulent World: Eikha’s Magnificent Design
Dr. Yael ZieglerJuly 27, 2021 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Tisha B’Av and its Liturgy: Opportunities For Reflection
Rabbi David SilberJuly 27, 2021 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Exploring Rabbi Sacks on the Universal and the Particular
Dr. Samuel LebensJuly 26, 2021 / 1 Audio Lecture
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The Early Development of Jewish Universalism: From the Bible to the Rabbinic Period
Dr. Malka Z. SimkovichJuly 26, 2021 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Does God Want Other Nations to Keep the Torah? An Aggadic History.
Rabba Wendy AmsellemJuly 1, 2021 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Poetry, Pedagogy, and Prayer: An Introduction to the Azharot
Yitz LandesMay 15, 2021 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Prelude to Sinai: The Enduring Appeal of Akdamut Millin
Dr. Laura S. LieberMay 13, 2021 / 1 Audio Lecture
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A Talmudist Writes Poetry: On Yatziv Pitgam and its World
Dr. Tzvi NovickMay 12, 2021 / 1 Audio Lecture
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International Women’s Talmud Day: Did the Patriarchs and Matriarchs Observe the Commandments?
Rabbanit Leah SarnaApril 29, 2021 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Suffering and Prosperity: A Jewish Philosophical Exploration
Dr. Aaron SegalApril 16, 2021 / 4 Audio Lectures
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Altar Ego: Isaac, Abraham, and Sarah in the Biblical Narrative
Rabbi David SilberApril 15, 2021 / 5 Audio Lectures
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Death and Afterlife in the Rabbinic and Kabbalistic Imagination
Dr. Nathaniel Berman, Rabbi David SilberApril 12, 2021 / 4 Audio Lectures
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Quandaries of Quarantine in Biblical, Talmudic and Hasidic Literature
Rabbanit Leah SarnaApril 12, 2021 / 4 Audio Lectures
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Seder Telling
Rabbanit Leah Sarna, Rabbi David Silber, Darshanit Dr. Miriam Udel, Dr. Tammy Jacobowitz, Rabbi David IngberMarch 24, 2021 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Adoption or Resistance: The Structure of the Seder and the Greco-Roman Symposium
Dr. Yair FurstenbergMarch 22, 2021 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Remembering the Korban Pesach in Masechet Pesachim and in Ancient Jewish Sources
Yedidah KorenMarch 22, 2021 / 1 Audio Lecture
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From the Sea to Sinai: Tests of the Wilderness
Rabbi Alex IsraelMarch 18, 2021 / 1 Audio Lecture
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What is “Halakhah”? The Fascinating History of an Essential Term
Rabbi Dr. Shlomo ZuckierMarch 10, 2021 / 3 Audio Lectures
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Ayeka: Searching for God in Megillat Esther
Rabbi David SilberFebruary 21, 2021 / 1 Audio Lecture
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The World of Doubt: Between Human and Divine, Between Law and Reality
Rabbanit Yael ShimoniFebruary 16, 2021 / 4 Audio Lectures
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Rabbinic Authority and Personal Autonomy in Early Rabbinic Law: Three Case Studies
Dr. Ayelet Hoffmann LibsonFebruary 4, 2021 / 3 Audio Lectures
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The Halakhic Process: A (Brief) History
Rabbi Jonathan ZiringFebruary 1, 2021 / 6 Audio Lectures
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Your Name Shall Be Great: The Abraham Narrative (Part 2)
Rabbi David SilberJanuary 31, 2021 / 7 Audio Lectures
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גפ”ת 50 – על צלי ועל מלח – מפגש עם סוגיות בכשרות
Rabbanit Yael ShimoniJanuary 26, 2021 / 1 Video Lecture
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גפ”ת 49: מה זה פשט? בין פרשנות מקומית לפרשנות רחבה
Rabbanit Hanna GodingerJanuary 26, 2021 / 1 Video Lecture
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Eating and Community: Creation and Demarcation
Rabbi Dr. Yosef BronsteinJanuary 6, 2021 / 2 Audio Lectures
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Tasting the Tanakh: On the Role of Food in Biblical Narratives
Rabbi Joe WolfsonJanuary 5, 2021 / 2 Audio Lectures
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Scarcity & Plenty: Food Policy and Distribution in Halakhah and in America
Rabbanit Leah SarnaJanuary 4, 2021 / 4 Audio Lectures
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Yom Iyyun: Food, Ethics, and Torah
Rabbi Dr. Jonathan Crane, Rabbi Aviva Richman, Rabbi David SilberJanuary 3, 2021 / 3 Audio Lectures
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The Blessing of 2021: Should One Say a Bracha when Receiving the COVID Vaccine?
Rabbi Dr. Shlomo ZuckierJanuary 1, 2021 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Who is wise? One who eats well? Maimonidean Perspectives on Health and the Good Life
Sarah ZagerDecember 29, 2020 / 2 Audio Lectures
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Sourcing Food: Plants, Animals and the Jews Who Tend Them
Rabba Amalia Haas, Rabbi Yadidya Greenberg, Michael FraadeDecember 28, 2020 / 4 Audio Lectures
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How Much Do You Bentsch? Quantitative and Qualitative Perspectives on Birkat Ha-Mazon
Rabbi Dr. Shlomo ZuckierDecember 28, 2020 / 2 Audio Lectures
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גפ”ת 43: המחלוקת הגדולה בגדרי טומאת אוכלין
Rabbanit Yael ShimoniDecember 24, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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Praying for the Welfare of our President: Perspectives from Halakhah and History
Dr. Jonathan SarnaDecember 15, 2020 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Virtual Reality and Genuine Humanity – Can They Coexist?
Rabbi Dr. Shlomo ZuckierDecember 7, 2020 / 3 Audio Lectures
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Caring for Others, the Torah, and Ourselves: Jewish Perspectives on the Ethics of Care
Sarah ZagerDecember 6, 2020 / 3 Audio Lectures
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What Can We Learn About God from the Image of God in Us?
Dr. Samuel LebensDecember 6, 2020 / 3 Audio Lectures
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בדיני נפשות הולכים לפי הרוב!? – גפ”ת 40
Rabbanit Yael ShimoniDecember 2, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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Anger and Kabbalah: Confronting Divine and Human Rage in the Zohar
Dr. Nathaniel Berman, Rabbi David SilberDecember 2, 2020 / 4 Audio Lectures
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Living and Dying with Dignity: Themes in Halakhah and Medical Decision-Making
Rabbi Daniel ReifmanDecember 1, 2020 / 4 Audio Lectures
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Mapping Gratitude
Rabbanit Leah Sarna, Adina Polen, Rabbi Dr. Ariel Evan MayseNovember 25, 2020 / 1 Audio Lecture
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לעשות מצווה שאני לא חייבת בה: טוב או רע? – גפ”ת 37
Rabbanit Hanna GodingerNovember 12, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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גפת 35: מאיפה לומדים הלכות עסקים: מהמציאות או מהפסוקים?
Rabbanit Hanna GodingerOctober 29, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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הלכה, מנהגים והאמת בפרטים הקטנים – גפת 34
Rabbanit Yael ShimoniOctober 20, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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What Does the “Divine Image” Look Like? Perspectives from Chazal
Rabbi Dr. Shlomo ZuckierOctober 18, 2020 / 4 Video Lectures
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“Your Name Shall Be Great” The Abraham Narrative
Rabbi David SilberOctober 18, 2020 / 9 Audio Lectures
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Abraham Joshua Heschel: Human Dignity as a Divine Concern
Dr. Dror BondiOctober 15, 2020 / 6 Audio Lectures
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Husbands, Wives, and Human Dignity in the Talmud
Miriam GedwiserOctober 14, 2020 / 6 Video Lectures
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הלכה: מערכת משפטית או תודעתית? – גפת 33
Rabbanit Hanna GodingerOctober 14, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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Imagining King David in the Babylonian Talmud
Rabbi David SilberOctober 13, 2020 / 9 Audio Lectures
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Kevod Hamet and Kevod Habriyot: The Honor of the Dead
Rabbanit Leah SarnaOctober 12, 2020 / 3 Video Lectures
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The Laws of Kashrut and Jewish-Gentile Relations
Dr. Shana Strauch SchickOctober 12, 2020 / 6 Video Lectures
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Simchat Torah: Concluding with Blessings and Starting Anew
Rabbi David SilberOctober 8, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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כל ישראל ערבים זה לזה: מתי זה נכון? – גפ”ת 28
Rabbanit Hanna GodingerSeptember 9, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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Ritual Re-enactments: Becoming Moshe, a Mother, and a High Priest in the Yamim Noraim Tefillah
Rabbanit Leah SarnaSeptember 8, 2020 / 2 Video Lectures
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Intention and the Mitzvot of Tishrei
Dr. Shana Strauch SchickSeptember 7, 2020 / 3 Video Lectures
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Diving In: Insights Into the Book of Jonah
Nathaniel HelfgotSeptember 2, 2020 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Three Approaches to Halakhic Process and Creativity: Rav Soloveitchik, Rav Kook and Rav Hutner
September 2, 2020 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Gog of Magog and Zechariah 14: Haftarot of Sukkot
Rachel FriedmanSeptember 2, 2020 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Introduction to Kohelet: Confronting Religious Challenges
Hayyim AngelSeptember 2, 2020 / 1 Audio Lecture
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גפ”ת 26 :מה קורה כאשר לא נכנסים לבית הכנסת?
Rabbanit Hanna GodingerAugust 27, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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“Seek Me and Live” Hasidism and the Spiritual Journey
Rabbi Dr. Ariel Evan MayseAugust 27, 2020 / 3 Video Lectures
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Can We Change Our Character? Perspectives from the Bavli to the Musar Movement
Sarah ZagerAugust 25, 2020 / 3 Video Lectures
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The Emotions of Repentance: Rav Soloveitchik, Rav Kook and the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Rabbi Dr. Yosef BronsteinAugust 24, 2020 / 4 Video Lectures
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Structure and Meaning in High Holiday Liturgy
Rabbi David SilberAugust 23, 2020 / 4 Video Lectures
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God Who Suffers With: Divine Presence Amidst Pain
Rabbi Julia Watts BelserAugust 19, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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The End of Humility -משמת רבי בטלה ענוה ויראת חטא
Rabbi Dr. Shlomo ZuckierAugust 12, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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Living with the Unknown: Sota, ‘Egla ‘Arufa, and the Berakhot uQlalot
Dr. Devora SteinmetzAugust 12, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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Talmudic Astrology: Is Israel’s Fate Determined by the Stars?
Rabbi Dr. Jeffrey RubensteinAugust 11, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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On Suffering and Metaphors: Limits and Opportunities
Dr. Tammy JacobowitzAugust 10, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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The Impossibility of Mourning: Zoharic Thoughts on the Interminability of Tisha b’Av
Dr. Nathaniel BermanAugust 7, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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Megillat Eicha followed by “A Cry in the Night, Eicha as a Lamentation”
Rabbi David SilberAugust 7, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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גזרות חכמים: מדוע לאסור את המותר? מה המחיר? ואיך מתמודדים? – גפ”ת 23
Rabbanit Yael ShimoniAugust 6, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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עדיף כתם על הבגד מאשר כתם על הנשמה – גפת 22
Rabbanit Hanna GodingerJuly 29, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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Philosophical Scissors in the Hands of the Rabbis
Dr. Samuel LebensJuly 29, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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זהירות! מדרון חלקלק! מחשבות בחינוך ילדים – גפת 21
Rabbanit Yael ShimoniJuly 22, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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“The Pain of Raising Children” Using Care Ethics to Understand Jewish Leadership
Sarah ZagerJuly 16, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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מה זה כוונה? ואיך מפסיקים להתכוון? – גפת 16
Rabbanit Hanna GodingerJune 17, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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COVID and Messianism: Does the Pandemic Mean Mashiach is Near?
Rabbi Dr. Shlomo ZuckierJune 16, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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Coronavirus Theodicy – What is God’s Role and How Should We Respond?
Rabbi Dr. Shlomo ZuckierJune 9, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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Reopen the Shuls? When Valuing Human Life and Religious Expression Conflict
Rabbi Dr. Shlomo ZuckierJune 3, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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Boaz: Personal Virtue and the Art of Politics
Rabbi David SilberMay 18, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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A Substantial Caveat To The Torah?”: Aggadot of the giving of the Torah on Shabbat 88a
Miriam GedwiserMay 17, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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This is Torah and this is it’s reward? Rabbi Akiva’s end
Miriam GedwiserMay 14, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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Shut Down the Mikveh? Halakhic Opinions and Options on Dipping Under Duress
Rabbi Dr. Shlomo ZuckierMay 12, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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Cancellations and Compensation: Jewish Business Law in the Wake of Covid-19
Rabbi Dr. Shlomo ZuckierMay 5, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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Arami Oved Avi: The Core of the Passover Seder
Rabbi David SilberMay 3, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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Of Bnei Brak, Balconies, and Barchu: The Recent Debate on Counting for a Minyan
Rabbi Dr. Shlomo ZuckierApril 27, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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Halakhic Responses to Coronavirus: Should I Have a Zoom Seder?
Rabbi Dr. Shlomo ZuckierApril 22, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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Who Gets the Ventilator? Triaging Medical Care During a Pandemic
Rabbi Dr. Shlomo ZuckierApril 22, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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Preparing Our Homes for Pesach: The history behind contemporary practice
Rabbi Daniel ReifmanApril 3, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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How many sons are there? The Four Sons from Tanakh to the Haggadah and beyond
Miriam GedwiserApril 2, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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החמץ כמאבק עם היצר הרע – האם רק דרוש חסידי
Rabbanit Hanna GodingerApril 2, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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A Personal Exodus: Egypt as a Biblical Metaphor in Biblical Texts
Rabbi David SilberMarch 25, 2020 / 1 Video Lecture
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Despair and Consolation in the Prophecies of Jeremiah
Rabbi David SilberMarch 24, 2020 / 8 Video Lectures
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Each Person A Tree: A Short History of a Tall Metaphor
Dr. Shai SecundaFebruary 18, 2020 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Rabbi David Silber: Prayers Of Yom Kippur 10-6-11
Rabbi David SilberJanuary 29, 2020 / 2 Audio Lectures
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Rabbi David Silber: Once And Future Kings
Rabbi David SilberJanuary 29, 2020 / 4 Audio Lectures
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The World in a Classroom: Teaching and Learning With Moral Urgency – Ilana Blumberg in Conversation with Devora Steinmetz
Dr. Devora SteinmetzJanuary 24, 2020 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Ve-Asita ha-Yashar ve-HaTov: Halakha and Ethics in the Talmud and Today
Rabbi Dr. Shlomo ZuckierJanuary 3, 2020 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Water Wears Away Stone: How Halakhah Shapes Us as Ethical Agents
Sarah ZagerJanuary 2, 2020 / 2 Audio Lectures
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Is it Wrong to be Ethical? Ethics, Halakhah, and Philosophy of Law
Daniel RynholdJanuary 1, 2020 / 2 Audio Lectures
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Anti-Judeanism and Anti-Judaism: The Formation of Jewish Identity and the Story of Chanukah
Dr. Malka Z. SimkovichDecember 31, 2019 / 2 Audio Lectures
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Dr. Nathaniel Berman and Rabbi David Silber: Legends of the Cave
Dr. Nathaniel Berman, Rabbi David SilberDecember 10, 2019 / 7 Audio Lectures
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Yael Leibowitz: Ezra Nehemiah – Looking Backward To Move Forward
Yael LeibowitzDecember 3, 2019 / 3 Audio Lectures
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Ariel Mayse: Cultivating Holiness
Rabbi Dr. Ariel Evan MayseDecember 2, 2019 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Dr. Nathaniel Berman and Rabbi David Silber: Brother Rival Sister Enemy
Dr. Nathaniel Berman, Rabbi David SilberNovember 29, 2019 / 5 Audio Lectures
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Rabbi David Silber: Confession And Repentance
Rabbi David SilberNovember 29, 2019 / 2 Audio Lectures
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The Reading Community: A Literary-Conceptual Study of Mishnah Megillah
Rabbi Avie WalfishNovember 11, 2019 / 2 Video Lectures
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The Reading Community: A Literary-Conceptual Study of Mishnah Megillah
Rabbi Avie WalfishNovember 11, 2019 / 8 Video Lectures
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Viduy and Selichot: Process of Effective Teshuva
Rabbi David SilberOctober 3, 2019 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Fast of Gedalia: Restoration and Reconnection
Rabbi David SilberSeptember 27, 2019 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Selichot: A Structured Additional Service
Rabbi David SilberSeptember 27, 2019 / 1 Audio Lecture
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Biblical Criticism
Rabbi Daniel ReifmanSeptember 6, 2019 / 2 Audio Lectures
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Parashat Matot: Reuven, Gad, and land on the other side of the Jordan
Rabbi David SilberAugust 8, 2019 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Parashat Masei: Journeys in the dessert and the death of Aaron
Rabbi David SilberAugust 8, 2019 / 1 Audio Lecture
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The Quest to Reestablish the Bible’s Sacred Space
Rabbi David SilberAugust 8, 2019 / 12 Audio Lectures
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“Let us Create Man” Depictions of the Human and the Divine in the Creation Stories
Dr. Orit AvneryAugust 5, 2019 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Preparing for Tisha B’Av – Studies and Reflections
Rabbi David SilberJuly 31, 2019 / 9 Audio Lectures
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“In the Beginning” Was There a Day Without a Yesterday?
Dr. Samuel LebensJuly 25, 2019 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Parashat Balak, Are the Jewish people worthy of blessings?
Rabbi David SilberJuly 19, 2019 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Where God Isn’t: Should we bring Godliness into unclean places?
Dr. Samuel LebensJuly 8, 2019 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Be Fruitful and Multiply R. Moshe Feinstein’s Innovative Approach to the Mitzvah of P’ru u-Revu
Dr. Shana Strauch SchickJune 28, 2019 / 1 Audio Lecture
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In the Margins of Catastrophe: The Prequel and Postscript to the Book of Eicha
Rabbi Joe WolfsonJune 27, 2019 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Does Civil Marriage Count? What are the Halakhic Implications for Non-Orthodox and Civil Ceremonies?
Nechama Goldman BarashJune 25, 2019 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Interpretation and Enactment: Elisha ben Avuya and the Book of Ruth
Dr. Devora SteinmetzMay 19, 2019 / 1 Audio Lecture
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How did the Pesach Seder become a Family Affair?
Dr. Sarit Kattan GribetzApril 16, 2019 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Pre-Pesach Webinar 2019
Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich, Rabbi Daniel ReifmanApril 12, 2019 / 1 Video Lecture
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Two Tales of Redemption: Purim and Pesach
Rabbi David SilberFebruary 4, 2019 / 7 Audio Lectures
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Before There Was A King –Book of Judges
Rabbi David SilberFebruary 3, 2019 / 10 Audio Lectures
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Diaspora, Gender, and Politics in the Book of Esther
Dr. Aaron KollerFebruary 2, 2019 / 3 Audio Lectures
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The Renee and Alexander Bohm Memorial Lecture
Rabbi Menachem LeibtagDecember 19, 2018 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Divine Contractions: A New Perspective on the Kabbalistic Notion of Tzimtzum
Dr. Samuel LebensAugust 8, 2018 / 1 Audio Lecture
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The Disappearance of God in Tanakh: A Question or an Answer?
Dr. Aaron KollerAugust 8, 2018 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Exodus: The Prequel (Why did Lot serve matzah to the angels?)
Rabbi Daniel ReifmanMarch 28, 2018 / 1 Video Lecture
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The Divine Human: Incarnational Thinking in Kabbalah and Hasidism
Eitan FishbaneDecember 28, 2017 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Jews and Christians in Rabbinic Sources: Jesus in the Talmud
Michal Bar-Asher SiegalDecember 28, 2017 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Jews and Christians in Rabbinic Sources: Christian Monks and the Talmud
Michal Bar-Asher SiegalDecember 28, 2017 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Confronting Christianity: Rabbinic Responses to the New Interfaith Reality
Rori Picker NeissDecember 28, 2017 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Love of Neighbor, Love of God: The Two that are One in Jewish Mystical Source
Eitan FishbaneDecember 28, 2017 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Increasing the Light: Happy Chanukah and Thank You for Your Support
Rabbi David SilberDecember 18, 2017 / 1 Video Lecture
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Dirshu Et Shalom HaIr Asher Hegleti Etchem Shama: On American Jews and American Citizenship
Rivka SchwartzNovember 14, 2017 / 1 Video Lecture
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Jewish and American Ethos During Tumultuous Times: Complementary and Conflicting Visions of Human Dignity and Worth
Bernard SteinbergNovember 14, 2017 / 1 Video Lecture
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Jack Flamholz Memorial Yom Iyun: Mushrooms and Lullabies: The Public/Private Divide in Rabbinic Sources
Sarah ZagerNovember 12, 2017 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Jack Flamholz Memorial Yom Iyun: Separation of Shul and State: Torah Study as an Alternative to Theocracy
Rabbi Dr. Jeffrey RubensteinNovember 12, 2017 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Jack Flamholz Memorial Yom Iyun: Hebrew and Jewish Identity in America
Dr. Aaron KollerNovember 12, 2017 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Jack Flamholz Memorial Yom Iyun: Jewish Philosophical Perceptions of Gentiles in (Early) Modern Europe
November 12, 2017 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Jack Flamholz Memorial Yom Iyun: Humans and Animals in Tanach
November 12, 2017 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Jack Flamholz Memorial Yom Iyun: “You didn’t build that”: On Thanksgiving
Raphael MagarikNovember 12, 2017 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Jack Flamholz Memorial Yom Iyun: The Rule of Law: Promises and Pitfalls?
Miriam GedwiserNovember 12, 2017 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Jack Flamholz Memorial Yom Iyun: Esther, Ruth, and the Insider/Outsider Jew
Shira Hecht-KollerNovember 12, 2017 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Shira Hecht-Koller: Yom Iyun: Insider Outsider Jew
Shira Hecht-KollerNovember 12, 2017 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Dr. Aaron Koller: YomIyun Hebrew And Jewish Identity
Dr. Aaron KollerNovember 12, 2017 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Halakah, Religion, and the State
Yonatan Brafman, Shlomo Pill, Adina LevineNovember 7, 2017 / 3 Audio Lectures
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Love in the High Holy Days
Elana Stein Hain, Dr. Aaron KollerSeptember 28, 2017 / 1 Video Lecture
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Holy King: Music and Meaning in the Tefillot of Rosh Hashana
Chaim Kranzler, Rabbi David SilberSeptember 18, 2017 / 1 Video Lecture
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Balancing Acts: Legal and Moral Perspectives on End-of-Life Decisions
Rabbi Daniel ReifmanJuly 13, 2017 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Separation of Church and State in the Jewish, Islamic, and American Traditions
Shlomo PillJune 16, 2017 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Purity: From Vayikra to Today
Dr. Tammy Jacobowitz, Rabbi Jon Kelsen, Dr. Aaron KollerMay 19, 2017 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Community Beit Midrash: Carmella Abraham
Elana Stein Hain, Dr. Aaron KollerApril 4, 2017 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Under the Sea: The Song of the Sea and the Creation Stories of the Ancient Near East
Stu HalpernMarch 23, 2017 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Community Beit Midrash: Rabbi Wendy Amsellem: Competing Passions
Rabba Wendy AmsellemFebruary 7, 2017 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Community Beit Midrash: Jason Rubenstein: From Divine Salvation To Ironic Survival
Elana Stein Hain, Dr. Aaron KollerFebruary 7, 2017 / 1 Audio Lecture
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“It is forbidden to light with an old candle” – Chanukah and the Oral Torah
Miriam GedwiserDecember 29, 2016 / 1 Audio Lecture
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The Jews of Diaspora in the Hasmonean Period
Dr. Malka Z. SimkovichDecember 27, 2016 / 1 Audio Lecture
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What Did Chanukah Stand For in Ancient Times?
Dr. Malka Z. SimkovichDecember 26, 2016 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Light against Darkness: The Miraculous Survival of the Holiday of Chanukah
Dr. Shai SecundaDecember 13, 2016 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Drisha veChakira Podcasts
Dr. Devora Steinmetz, Tsvi Blanchard, Dr. Samuel LebensDecember 13, 2016 / 4 Audio Lectures
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Values Lived: Tzeniut in Our Personal and Communal Spheres
Rabbi David SilberNovember 15, 2016 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Walking Humbly: Personal Decisions
Drisha Faculty, Shira Hecht-Koller, Rabbi Jon KelsenNovember 8, 2016 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Was the Golden Calf so Bad? Literary and Kabbalistic Perspectives on Avodah Zarah [Alien Worship] in the Tanakh
Drisha FacultyNovember 7, 2016 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Tzeniut: Can We Talk About It?
Tova Hartman, Shira Hecht-Koller, Rabbi Jon Kelsen, Rabbi David SilberNovember 1, 2016 / 3 Video Lectures
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A New Theory of Atonment: Marty McFly, the Scapegoat, the Chicken, and the Bread Crumbs
Dr. Samuel LebensSeptember 26, 2016 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Countdown to the Yamim Noraim: Yom Kippur
Rabbi David SilberSeptember 23, 2016 / 6 Audio Lectures
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Countdown to the Yamim Noraim: Rosh Hashanah
Rabbi David SilberSeptember 23, 2016 / 6 Audio Lectures
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Countdown to the Yamim Noraim: Selichot
Rabbi David SilberSeptember 23, 2016 / 2 Audio Lectures
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Everyone Believes: Rosh Hashana and the Renewal of Faith
Dr. Samuel LebensSeptember 16, 2016 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Commandment and Autonomy in the Story of Akeidat Yitzchak
Rabbi David SilberSeptember 8, 2016 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Zichronot: Memory, Judgement and Covenant, Understanding the Central Prayer of Rosh Hashana
Rabbi David SilberSeptember 7, 2016 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Imagining a Different World: The Prayer of Chana
Rabbi David SilberSeptember 6, 2016 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Strangers in a Strange Land: Immigrants and Refugees in the Book of Genesis
Tsvi BlanchardJune 30, 2016 / 11 Audio Lectures
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Legends of the Cave: Biblical, Rabbinic, and Kabbalistic Quests for Ancestral, Mystical, and Messianic Truth in the Dark
Dr. Nathaniel Berman, Rabbi David SilberJune 30, 2016 / 8 Audio Lectures
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Intensity and Embrace: The Mystical Life in the Sfat Emet & the School of Ger
Rabbi Dr. Ariel Evan MayseJune 23, 2016 / 1 Audio Lecture
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The Founding of Polish Chassidut: Rav Elimelech of Lizhensk
Zeev KitsisJune 16, 2016 / 1 Video Lecture
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A Yearning for Unity: The Fulcrum of Chabad Chassidut
Rabbi Shlomo YaffeJune 9, 2016 / 1 Audio Lecture
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Great Chassiduc Schools and Masters
Rabbi Dr. Ariel Evan Mayse, Zeev Kitsis, Rabbi Shlomo YaffeJune 8, 2016 / 3 Video Lectures
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