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Vaera ~ Does the heart of Pharaoh stand a chance?
37
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January 19, 2025
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Pharaoh
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Vaera
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Hardening of the Heart
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The Hardening of Pharaoh's Heart
Shemot ~ the scene at the inn ~ the Zohar weighs in
48
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January 13, 2025
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Tzipporah
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Brit Milah
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Bris
,
Moshe
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Circumcision
,
Shemot
Vayechi ~ Yaakov did not die
37
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January 6, 2025
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Yaakov
,
Vayechi
Vayigash ~ Yaakov's reactions to awareness
54
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December 23, 2020
Miketz and Chanukah: the fruits of humility
267
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December 22, 2024
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Miketz
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Humility
,
Hanukkah
,
Joseph
,
Yosef
,
Anavah
,
Chanukah
Chanukah and Vayeshev ~ Holiness and Light
104
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December 15, 2024
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Chanukkah
,
Vayeshev
Vayishlach ~ Love for others
145
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December 8, 2024
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Facing the Other
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Yaakov; Esav
Vayetze - Seeing is making
191
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December 1, 2024
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Yaakov and Lavan
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Rods
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Vayetze
,
Sheep at the Trough
Toldot ~ the tzadik and the 100 gates
100
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November 24, 2024
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Toldot
,
Wells
Chayey Sarah ~ How do you solve a problem like Keturah?
179
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November 17, 2024
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Keturah
Vayera ~ Laughter, really?
163
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November 10, 2024
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Playing
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Ishmael
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Vayera
,
Isaac
,
Expulsion
Lech Lecha ~ complaints and their fixing
164
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November 3, 2024
Noach ~ self-criticism and the tzadik
95
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October 27, 2024
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Ark
,
Noach
,
Prayer
,
Dove
,
Crow
Legitimacy and Deterrence in Jewish sources
43
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October 9, 2024
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Legitimacy
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Fear
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Deterrence
,
Love
Short Shiva
79
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January 23, 2019
Akedat Yitzchak ~ Exploring the Binding of Isaac ~ Session 7/10 ~ The Zohar weighs in
2441
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December 6, 2020
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Akedat Yitzchak
Shoftim ~ Being there
44
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September 2, 2024
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Haggadah
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Tamim
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Wholeness
,
Temimut
,
Parashat Shoftim
,
Abraham
,
Tam
Re'eh ~ The egg and its mother's milk
244
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August 25, 2024
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Kashrut
,
Basar Bechalav
,
Re'eh
Ekev ~ God, is that You?
255
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August 18, 2024
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Theology
,
Ekev
Vaetchanan - Moshe, death and five stages
235
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August 11, 2024
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Haazinu
,
Moses' Death
,
5 Stages
,
Five Stages
,
V'Zot HaBerachah
,
Moses and Joshua
,
Vaetchanan
Pirkei Avot Musings ~ Chapter 5
201
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June 6, 2024
Behaalotcha ~ people complaining, siblings complaining
121
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June 17, 2024
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Prayer
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Angels
,
Complaints
,
Complaints in the Desert
,
Behaalotcha
Behaalotcha ~ Beauty is a dream inserting itself in family dynamics
234
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June 18, 2024
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Behaalotcha
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Beauty
,
Dream
,
Family
,
Dymanics
Tikkun Leil Shavuot 5784 I ~ All is in God's hands?
82
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June 5, 2024
Jewish Ethics with R. Louis Jacobs z"l
200
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June 2, 2024
Tattoos? Burials?
116
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June 9, 2024
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Tattoos
,
Parashat Kedoshim
Pirkei Avot Musings ~ Chapter 4
664
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May 5, 2024
Bamidbar ~ finding the Presence
71
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June 3, 2024
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Bamidbar
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Banners
,
Flags
,
Being a Desert
Bechukotai ~ calm down with punishments
141
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May 26, 2024
Omer and Lag BaOmer
174
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May 20, 2024
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Meron
,
Bows
,
Rabbi Akiva
,
Fires
,
Bar Kochba
,
Lag BaOmer
,
Omer
,
Bonfires
,
Shimon Bar Yochai
,
Arrows
,
Zohar
,
Counting the Omer
,
Plague
,
Archery
Emor ~ Perfection and the Image of God
1559
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May 12, 2017
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Emor
,
Perfection
Kedoshim: your small holiness
325
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May 5, 2024
Pirkei Avot Musings ~ Chapter 3
856
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April 14, 2024
Pirkei Avot Musings ~ Chapter Two
528
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March 15, 2024
Zachor: the many faces of Amalek
178
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March 17, 2024
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Evil
,
Timna
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Parashat Zachor
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King Saul
,
Amalek
,
Haman
Pirkei Avot Musings ~ Chapter One
901
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February 23, 2024
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Learning
,
Pirkei Avot
Ki Tisa ~ what were they thinking? The Zohar and the drama of the Golden Calf
594
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February 25, 2024
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Golden Calf
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Zohar
,
Aaron and the Golden Calf
,
Parashat Ki Tisa
Terumah ~ of dolphin, giraffe, badger and other skins
388
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February 18, 2024
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Terumah
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Parashat Terumah
,
Dolphin Skins
,
Tachash
Shemini ~ Nadav and Avihu, sinners/saints
172
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April 5, 2021
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Renewal
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Shemini
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Omer
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Aharon's Silence
,
Middot
,
Nadav and Avihu
Terumah ~ the project of belonging to the Jewish people
334
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February 10, 2024
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Shechinah
,
Mishkan
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Terumah
,
Havayah
,
Shekhinah
Mishpatim ~ Levels of the Self, levels of the Soul
324
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February 3, 2024
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Mishpatim
,
Soul
,
Servant and Slave
Yitro ~ Ten Sayings and the problem of literal readings
226
Views
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January 27, 2024
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Literal Meaning
,
Aseret Hadibrot
,
Parashat Yitro
Beshalach ~ All of Pharaoh's heart
475
Views
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January 13, 2021
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Parashat Beshalach
,
Albo
,
Maimonides
,
Teshuvah
,
Theology
,
Saadia Gaon
,
Philosophy
Bo ~ 4 ways of understanding the 10 plagues
681
Views
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January 2, 2022
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Passover
,
Egyptian Gods
,
Bo
,
Pesach
,
Ten Plagues
Parashat Bo ~ Come to Pharaoh ~ God and evil
882
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January 15, 2024
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Exile
,
Parashat Bo
,
Bo
,
Evil
Vaera ~ Love and Limits
68
Views
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January 8, 2024
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Love
,
Divine Names
,
Parashat Vaera
,
Limits
Understanding Gematria and its methods, with examples from sources
6579
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December 26, 2023
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Gematria
Shemot ~ What's in a name?
246
Views
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December 31, 2023
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Shemot
,
Divine Names
,
Names
Vayechi ~ Life, death and prayer
169
Views
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December 20, 2023
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Prayer
,
Tefilah
,
Devekut
,
Parashat Vayechi
Vayigash ~ God's fear and our fears
306
Views
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December 17, 2023
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Emotions
,
God and Emotions
,
Theology
,
Parashat Vayigash
Inner and outer lights of Chanukah
358
Views
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November 28, 2021
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Chanukkah
Being a Light in Chanukah
371
Views
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December 10, 2023
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Chanukkah
Vayeshev ~ settling the "land" and making God One
215
Views
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December 3, 2023
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Settling the Land of Israel
,
Parashat Vayeshev
,
Yaakov
Vayishlach: us and them, and the tzadik
305
Views
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November 19, 2023
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Parashat Vayishlach
,
Yaakov
,
Tzadik
,
Tzaddik
,
Esav
,
Enemies
Chayey Sarah ~ A life and its beauty
297
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November 5, 2023
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Humility
,
Contentment
,
Tzadik
,
Parashat Chayei Sarah
,
Awareness
,
Self-Love
Vayera ~ Seeing God and seeing the world
89
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October 29, 2023
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Fixing the World
,
Tzimtzum
,
Abraham and the Angels
,
Parashat Vayera
,
Circumcision
Lech Lecha ~ Who we want to be ~ Noam Elimelech
298
Views
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October 22, 2023
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Lech Lcha
,
Parashat Lech Lecha
,
Serving God
,
Abram
Noach ~ What does it mean to be righteous? ~ Noam Elimelech
482
Views
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October 17, 2023
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Noach
,
Tzaddik
,
Righteousness
Bereshit ~ Not what you think at all: Creation and the Noam Elimelech
333
Views
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October 2, 2023
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Raising Sparks
,
Tzaddik
,
Noam Elimelech
,
Bereshit
Swimming in the Talmud ~ Sukkot
510
Views
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August 22, 2023
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Lulav Gazul
,
Arbaat Haminim
,
Shalosh Regalim
,
Mitzvot Through Averot
,
4 Species
,
Stolen Lulav
,
Sukkot
Swimming in the Talmud ~ Yom Kippur
389
Views
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August 16, 2023
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Yom Kippur
,
5 Afflictions
High Holidays Prayer Workshop
231
Views
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August 25, 2023
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Shofar
,
Innui Nefesh
,
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Prayers
,
Self-Denial
,
Yom Kippur
,
Rosh Hashanah
Swimming in the Talmud ~ Rosh Hashanah
829
Views
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August 16, 2023
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Mishnah
,
Shofar
,
Rosh Hashanah
,
Talmud
Shoftim ~ waking up
474
Views
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August 9, 2023
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Tzedek
,
Judging Others
,
Shoftim
,
Judging
,
Rosh Hashanah
Preparing for transformation ~ Conversations about being human: yetzer hara II ~ rabbis deal with it
341
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July 31, 2023
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Yetzer Hara
Preparing for transformation ~ Conversations about being human: yetzer hara I
427
Views
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July 30, 2023
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Yetzer Hara
,
Responsibility
,
The Evil Impulse
Parashat Pinchas ~ Who is Yehoshua?
224
Views
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July 5, 2023
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Joshua
,
Moses and Yehoshua
Jewish Supernatural ~ Ghosts
589
Views
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July 2, 2023
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Jewish Supernatural
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Dead
,
Ghosts
,
Afterlife
Korach ~ two rebellions and one redemption
699
Views
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June 7, 2021
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Parashat Korach
,
Jealousy
Jewish Supernatural IV ~ Amulets through the ages
1591
Views
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April 28, 2023
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Jewish Supernatural
Jewish Supernatural V - NDE and other worlds
836
Views
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May 21, 2023
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Jewish Supernatural
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Olam Haba
,
NDE
,
World to Come
,
Near Death Experience
Vayechi ~ the liminal moment of dying
246
Views
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December 29, 2022
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NDE
,
Day of Dying
,
Death
,
Vayechi
,
NDEs
,
Israel vs Jacob
At the edge ~ What matters at the end of life (Tikkun Leil Shavuot)
419
Views
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May 21, 2023
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Death
,
Goses
Behar~Bechokotai: Two types of Freedom
313
Views
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May 14, 2023
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Positive Freedom
,
Liberty
,
Freedom
,
Yovel
,
Negative Freedom
,
Tamares
,
Behar
,
Isaiah Berlin
Jewish Supernatural III - Possessions: Dybbuk, Ibbur, Maggid
2678
Views
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April 16, 2023
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Jewish Supernatural
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Dybbuk
,
Ibbur
,
Maggid
,
Spirit Possession
Jewish Supernatural II - Demons
1386
Views
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April 16, 2023
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Jewish Supernatural
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Demons
,
Ashmedai
,
Lilith
Torah then and now ~ Shavuot Session I Build a parapet / gun regulation
2217
Views
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May 29, 2017
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Gun Regulation
,
Shavuot
Jewish Supernatural I - Angels
1368
Views
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April 16, 2023
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Jewish Supernatural
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Kedusha
,
Angels
,
Ezekiel's Vision
,
Isaiah's Angels
Vayikra ~ revisiting the fire
454
Views
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March 20, 2023
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Fire
,
Tzav
,
Parashat Vayikra
,
Fire-Offerings
Ki Tisa ~ Breaking the Tablets, Making the Law
325
Views
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February 22, 2023
•
Takkanah
,
Takkanot
,
Breaking the Tablets
,
Ki Tisa
Selected Megillah verses with the Malbim
127
Views
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February 26, 2023
•
Purim
,
Megillah
,
Malbim
Mishpatim ~ Lost, found: love and hate
364
Views
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February 12, 2023
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Rav Kook
,
Enemy
,
Love
,
Enemies
,
Mishpatim
Shabbat Shekalim ~ Sources and values
1572
Views
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February 9, 2018
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Parashat Ki Tisa
,
Shekalim
,
Half-Shekel
,
Ki Tisa
,
Community
,
Individual
,
Responsibility
,
Counting
Yitro ~ being chosen and choosing
260
Views
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February 2, 2023
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Compulsion
,
Yitro
,
Choice
,
Acceptance of Mitzvot
Beshalach ~ Deborah, Yael and Sisera's mother: sex, power and powerlessness
1055
Views
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January 30, 2023
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Yael
,
Sisera's Mother
,
Deborah
Beshalach ~ Love, Hatred and Vulnerability
446
Views
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January 26, 2018
Beshalach ~ Becoming and Building
315
Views
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February 7, 2020
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Beshalach
,
Study and Action
,
Mishkan
,
Education
,
Torah
Bo ~ Dogs and the Jewish tradition
1076
Views
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January 18, 2023
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Kayin's Mark
,
Bereshit
,
Dogs
,
Bo
Vaera ~ Being there: faith, evil and God
341
Views
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January 12, 2023
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Holocaust and God
,
Parashat Vaera
,
Evil
,
Adult Judaism
,
Kotzer Ruach
,
God
Shemot ~ Moshe: foreshadowing, knowing and freedom
400
Views
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January 4, 2023
•
Awareness
,
Moshe and Daat
,
Shemot
Sin and redemption: two views
134
Views
•
December 30, 2022
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Christianity
,
Teshuvah
Vayigash ~ the power of sadness, the power of joy and crossing the narrow bridge
739
Views
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December 22, 2022
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Vayigash
,
Sadness
,
Joy
,
Reb Nachman
Vayigash ~ Yosef, identity and inside information
390
Views
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December 6, 2021
•
Identity
,
Yosef
,
Vayigash
Miketz ~ dreams and us
692
Views
•
December 14, 2022
•
Miketz
,
Dreams
,
Afterlife
Miketz ~ Dreams and reality
1115
Views
•
December 6, 2018
•
Chanukah
,
Alexander the Great
,
Joseph
,
Dreams
,
Light
,
Shimon HaTzadik
Vayeshev ~ Young Yosef: mistakes, dreams and the inevitable
384
Views
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December 8, 2022
•
Yosef
,
Joseph's Dream
,
Vayeshev
Taxes ~ overview
270
Views
•
December 1, 2022
•
Kings
,
Taxes
Vayishlach ~ Yaakov and God
363
Views
•
November 18, 2021
•
The Name, Shadai
,
Vayetze
,
Brit Milah
,
Divine Names
,
Birchat Yaakov
,
Yisrael vs Yaakov
,
Jacob
,
VaYishlach
,
Brit
Vayetze ~ a ladder to...
546
Views
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November 21, 2022
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Vayetze
,
Art
,
Jacob's Dream
,
Yaakov
Toldot ~ renewing Torah
198
Views
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November 15, 2022
Chayey Sarah ~ beauty and liability
236
Views
•
November 9, 2022
Vayera ~ guests, mitzvot and the Shechinah
434
Views
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November 3, 2022
•
Shechinah
,
Guests
,
Avraham
Avram, Sarai and family issues
477
Views
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October 24, 2022
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Child Raising
,
Gerut
,
Lech Lcha
,
Honoring Parents
,
Gerim
,
Avraham and Sarah
YK ~ Abortion and Jewish Law
301
Views
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October 2, 2022
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Abortion
,
Fetuses
Noach ~ the architect and the pray-er
359
Views
•
October 19, 2022
•
Ark
,
Noah
,
Prayer
,
Tefilah
Ha'azinu ~ short vort: Torah, desire and deficiency
433
Views
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October 6, 2022
•
Deficiency
,
Haazinu
,
Torah
Overview of Sefer Devarim
391
Views
•
August 3, 2022
Preparations for Rosh Hashanah ~ Teshuvah, a lot more than repentance ~ Nitzavim
1295
Views
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August 29, 2022
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Nitzavim
,
Teshuvah
Preparations for Rosh Hashanah (Re'eh) ~ Poverty as violence
591
Views
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August 25, 2022
•
Poor
,
Reeh
,
Poverty
,
Rosh Hashanah
,
Tzedakah
Re'eh ~ Children and Slaves
110
Views
•
August 21, 2022
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Unity
,
Re'eh
,
Children of Hashem
,
Servants of Hashem
Re'eh ~ Choices
596
Views
•
August 1, 2021
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Blessings
,
Curses
,
Re'eh
,
Free Will
Ekev ~ Preparing for the end
384
Views
•
August 15, 2022
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Confession of Sins
,
Ekev
,
Yermiahu
,
Eikev
,
Yom Kippur
,
Viduy
,
Yeshayahu
Vaetchanan ~ let's talk about the Shema
870
Views
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August 8, 2022
•
Vaetchanan
,
Shema
,
Aseret Hadibrot
Tisha B’Av: Causes of Destruction - handout KS
310
Views
•
August 5, 2022
•
Kamtza
,
Causes of Destruction
,
Tisha B'av
,
Baseless Hatred
Devarim ~ Eicha in other books, including yours
317
Views
•
August 1, 2022
•
Lamentations
,
Eicha
,
Devarim
,
Ayeka
Devarim ~ How, how, how.
1587
Views
•
July 28, 2017
•
Devarim
,
Ayeka
,
Eicha
,
Lamentations
Bereshit: game and song
402
Views
•
June 22, 2022
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Activity
,
Bereshit
Shelach ~ will the real story stand up?
393
Views
•
June 19, 2022
•
Moses and Yehoshua
,
Caleb
,
Shelach
Shlach ~ the spies and the golden calf
166
Views
•
June 15, 2020
The inverted nuns - putting things back to their places
1915
Views
•
June 24, 2016
•
Behaalotcha
,
Inverted Nuns
Behaalotcha ~ Many forms of the menorah
1017
Views
•
June 12, 2022
•
Temple
,
Behaalotcha
,
Behaloscha
,
The Temple Menorah
Rabbis and 6 genders - Pride Torah III
1575
Views
•
May 26, 2022
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LGBTQ+ Tikkun Leyl Shavuot
•
LGBTQ
Rabbis, Gays and Lesbians - Pride Torah II
1665
Views
•
May 27, 2022
•
LGBTQ+ Tikkun Leyl Shavuot
Soul and Body ~ Pride Torah I
1174
Views
•
May 26, 2022
•
LGBTQ+ Tikkun Leyl Shavuot
Living an authentic life: rabbis and transgender ~ Pride Torah IV
1554
Views
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May 29, 2022
•
LGBTQ+ Tikkun Leyl Shavuot
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LGBTQ
Transgender Jews might not be news ~ Pride Torah V
1559
Views
•
May 29, 2022
•
LGBTQ+ Tikkun Leyl Shavuot
•
LGBTQ
Bechukotai ~ let's see those rewards
461
Views
•
May 23, 2022
•
Bechukotai
,
Rabbi Akiva
,
Acher
,
Rewards
,
Reward and Punishment
Behar ~ God in your word
495
Views
•
May 15, 2022
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Verbal Exploitation
,
Behar
,
Verbal Oppression
,
Exploitation
,
Truth
,
Honesty
Emor ~ the bread and the faces
765
Views
•
May 9, 2022
•
Parashat Emor
,
Levinas
,
Showbread
,
Lechem Panim
,
Social Responsibility
,
Emor
,
Face-To-Face
Power of Midrash ~ Intro Class 2: The Creation story is not for kids
2804
Views
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June 11, 2018
•
The Power of Midrash ~ full course
•
Purpose
,
Gender
,
Creation
,
Chavah
,
Adam
War and peace VIII ~ Nuclear weapons and omnicide
916
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•
February 6, 2020
•
Peace and War ~ full course
War and Peace VII ~ Captives at any cost?
812
Views
•
December 23, 2019
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Peace and War ~ full course
War and Peace Ia ~ the importance of Peace
144
Views
•
December 23, 2019
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Peace and War ~ full course
War and Peace VI ~ Torture
228
Views
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December 23, 2019
War and peace V ~ Proportionality
305
Views
•
December 23, 2019
War and Peace I ~ Introduction
848
Views
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November 12, 2019
•
Peace and War ~ full course
Bioethics IV ~ CRISPR
611
Views
•
March 6, 2019
•
Bioethics
Bioethics I ~ the cases plus current (2018) medical information
1109
Views
•
January 23, 2019
•
Bioethics
•
Brain Death
Bioethics I ~ Basic terms
672
Views
•
January 17, 2019
•
Bioethics
•
Death
,
Bioethics
Bioethics II ~ Triage trials
413
Views
•
February 4, 2019
•
Bioethics
Bioethics IIIa ~ Multifetal Reduction
343
Views
•
May 14, 2019
•
Bioethics
Bioethics III ~ Abortion
336
Views
•
March 17, 2019
•
Bioethics
•
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•
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April 25, 2021
•
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July 12, 2020
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May 10, 2020
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May 3, 2020
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March 22, 2020
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February 26, 2020
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December 17, 2019
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775
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January 21, 2020
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January 13, 2017
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January 3, 2020
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December 27, 2019
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November 29, 2019
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September 20, 2019
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September 6, 2019
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August 23, 2019
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August 16, 2019
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August 9, 2019
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July 31, 2019
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July 10, 2019
•
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June 28, 2019
•
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977
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June 21, 2019
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May 29, 2019
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June 7, 2019
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June 2, 2019
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June 14, 2019
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June 5, 2019
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898
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May 31, 2019
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May 23, 2019
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•
May 20, 2019
•
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2456
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•
May 17, 2019
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944
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•
May 10, 2019
•
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May 3, 2019
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April 20, 2018
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April 5, 2019
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April 25, 2019
•
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April 25, 2019
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April 8, 2019
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March 22, 2019
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1555
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March 15, 2019
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924
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•
March 1, 2019
•
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2697
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June 26, 2018
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January 10, 2019
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July 4, 2018
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December 3, 2018
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November 17, 2018
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October 22, 2018
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October 8, 2018
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July 24, 2018
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June 17, 2018
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1709
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June 12, 2018
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The Power of Midrash ~ full course
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February 22, 2019
•
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December 21, 2018
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February 1, 2019
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•
January 24, 2019
•
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January 17, 2019
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971
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January 10, 2019
•
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January 4, 2019
•
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998
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•
December 14, 2018
•
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November 29, 2018
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950
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November 16, 2018
•
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757
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November 16, 2018
•
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November 10, 2018
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1266
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•
November 9, 2018
•
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916
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November 2, 2018
•
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Death
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Chayey Sarah
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1481
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•
October 25, 2018
•
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October 27, 2018
•
Challah
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1565
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•
October 19, 2018
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Avraham
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•
October 11, 2017
•
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Adam
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October 15, 2018
•
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October 16, 2018
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October 12, 2018
•
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September 20, 2018
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•
September 20, 2018
•
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Sukkot day 2 ~ Sukkah, Loving Kindness and Awareness
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September 20, 2018
•
Sukkah
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Awareness
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908
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•
September 15, 2018
•
Angel of Death
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Malach Hamavet
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1033
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September 13, 2018
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Yom Kippur
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Kayin
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Book of Life
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Repentance
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Sefer HaChayim
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Unetaneh Tokef
Shabbat Shuva ~ The Teshuvah for Indifference
1375
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•
August 23, 2018
•
Community
,
Teshuvah
,
Indifference
Nitzavim ~ Being there
1117
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•
September 7, 2018
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Nitzavim
,
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1284
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•
August 31, 2018
•
Arurim
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Tefilah
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Ki Tavo
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Chafetz Chayim
Ki Tavo ~ Standing again at Har Gerizim (and Har Eival)
1832
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•
August 31, 2018
•
Theatrical Torah
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Har Gerizim
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2335
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•
September 4, 2015
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Ki Tetse ~ Where is your camp?
2041
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•
August 23, 2018
•
Ki Tetse
,
Teshuvah
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1209
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•
August 17, 2018
•
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Abraham
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Parashat Shoftim
Re'eh ~ Being Daughters and Sons of God
1164
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•
August 10, 2018
•
Unity
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Behavior
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Mourning
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Holiness
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2050
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•
August 3, 2018
•
Six Remembrances
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Revelation
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,
Remembering Is Acting
Vaetchanan ~ Compromise
832
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•
July 27, 2018
•
Peshara
,
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,
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,
Parashat Va'etchanan
Tisha BeAv ~ signs and symptoms
1577
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•
July 17, 2018
•
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Justice
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2447
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July 19, 2018
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God
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Yamim Noraim
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Tanakh
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High Holidays
,
Lamentations
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Torah
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Tshuva
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Justice
Pinchas ~ Continuity and leadership
1107
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•
July 6, 2018
•
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Moses
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Yehoshua
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Parashat Pinchas
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Joshua
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Pinchas
,
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849
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•
July 4, 2018
•
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Ceremony for Naming Adults
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719
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June 29, 2018
•
Bilam
,
Balak
Balak ~ Power of Prophecy and Goodness
1346
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June 29, 2018
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,
Balak
,
Bilam
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Prophecy
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Chukat ~ Anger, coercion and Torah
872
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•
June 21, 2018
•
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Chukat
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,
Moshe and the Rock
Naso ~ What's in a blessing?
3912
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•
May 25, 2018
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Birkat Kohanim
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Nasso
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Lifting Up
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Naso
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1280
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May 18, 2018
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1255
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•
May 18, 2018
•
Idolatry
,
Leibowitz
,
Avodah Zarah
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1780
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May 18, 2018
•
Parashat Bamidbar
,
Census
,
Counting
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1538
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June 23, 2016
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1251
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May 16, 2018
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Yetzer Hatov
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70 Faces in Action
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Sin
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3111
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•
June 6, 2016
•
Revelation
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Torah
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1233
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May 11, 2018
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Eretz Yisrael
,
Shemitah
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Holiness
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Tanakh
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Parashat Behar
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Parashat Bechukotai
,
Land
,
Jerusalem
Acharei Mot/Kedoshim: Parents ~ Fear, Honor, Love
1931
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April 27, 2018
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Ten Commandments
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Kedoshim
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Parents
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Honoring Parents
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1828
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April 12, 2018
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Self Awareness
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