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Papa Can You Hear Me: Grieving, Hope, and Hanukkah Miketz 5785
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December 27, 2024
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Death
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Hannah
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Jacob and His Children
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Grief
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Hanukkah
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Jacob
The Greatest Story Ever Told: A Genesis Siyum of Sorts
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December 20, 2024
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Cain and Abel
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Genesis
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Vayechi
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Joseph and His Brothers
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Brothers
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Forgiveness
Love and Affection (and Obligation) Wise Family Education November 17, 2024/16 Cheshvan 5785
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November 13, 2024
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Torah Study
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And Thou Shalt Love
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Love of God
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Parenting
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V'Ahavta
Mercy, Mercy Me: Justice and Mercy on the High Holy Days
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September 5, 2024
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Rosh Hashanah
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God's Trait of Judgement and Trait of Mercy
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Shofar
Everybody Get Together Right Now: Nitzavim-Vayelech 5784
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September 26, 2024
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Nitzavim
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Hakhel
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Gathering
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Vayelekh
Do It With a Broken Heart: Tisha B'Av 5784
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August 12, 2024
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Grief
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Mourning for Jerusalem
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October 7
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Resilience
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Tisha B'Av
Spirit of Shabbat: Shelach L'cha June 29, 2024/23 Sivan 5784
245
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June 28, 2024
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Parashat Shelach
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Moses' Prayer After the Sin of the Spies
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13 Attributes of Mercy
Talmud on Torah: A Shavuot Siyum
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June 11, 2024
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Feminism
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Revelation
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Feminist Midrash
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Dirshuni
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Tortured Poets Department: Moab Edition Ruth and the Torah of Taylor Swift
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June 7, 2024
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Relationships
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Friendship
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Ruth
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Shavuot
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Taylor Swift
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Love
This Land Was Made for You and Me: Shmitta Then and Now Behar 5784
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May 24, 2024
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Behar
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Parashat Behar
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Shemittah
Blood and Fire: Siyum Bechorot 5784
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April 22, 2024
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Passover
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Pidyon Haben
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Siyyum
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Siyum
The Tortured Poets Haggadah: Song of Songs as Haggadah
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April 20, 2024
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Haggadah
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Exodus From Egypt
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Pesach
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Song of Songs
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Passover
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Poetry
Coming Out of the Dark: On Shoveling Ashes
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March 27, 2024
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Tzav
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Priests
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Leadership
That's Where the Light Gets In: Divorce as a Pastoral Question
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March 26, 2024
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Get
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Light
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Broken
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Divorce
Look What You Made Me Do: Esther, Vashti, and The Patriarchy
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March 22, 2024
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Patriarchy
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Megilat Esther
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Feminism
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Vashti
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Beauty
It Was All By Design: Terumah 5784
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February 16, 2024
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Terumah
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Rituals
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Tabernacle's Making
It's Christmas Time in the City Talmud for December 20
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December 20, 2023
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Saturnalia
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Christmas
On Light and Leadership Hineni Session 6 December 13, 2023
117
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December 13, 2023
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Hanukkah
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Shamash
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Candles
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Hannukiah
Light in the Darkness: Hanukkah After October 7 December 5, 2024
298
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December 4, 2023
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Hanukkah
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Shomer Yisrael
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Light
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October 7
Leaning In: Jewish Commitment in Anxious Times
208
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November 8, 2023
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Reason for Mitzvot
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Commitment
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Fear of Heaven
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Love of God
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Anxiety
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Jewish Life
For This Moment
110
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October 31, 2023
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Anxiety
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Psalms
Talmud in the Shadow of Destruction: October 19, 2023
182
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October 18, 2023
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Destruction
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Israel
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October 7
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Mourning
Bad Blood: Does Judaism Really Ask Us to Forgive and Forget
401
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September 20, 2023
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Forgiveness
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Taylor Swift
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Teshuvah
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Laws of Repentance
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The Ten Days of Repentance
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Yom Kippur
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Aseret Y'may Teshuva
No Day But Today: Nitzavim
140
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September 9, 2023
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Nitzavim
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Time
Closer to Fine: Elul Vision Boarding 5783
162
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September 7, 2023
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Elul
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Changes
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Rosh Hashanah
I am Kenough: How Barbie Can Prepare Us for the New Year
198
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September 5, 2023
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Teshuvah
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Selichot
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Kenough
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Barbie
Politics, Religion, Sex, and Money: Is There Baseless Hatred? Tisha B'Av 5783
276
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July 20, 2023
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Tisha B'Av
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Cain and Abel
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Baseless Hatred
Too Sexy for This.... Rabbinic Canonization of Torah Weekly Talmud May 3, 10, and 17, 2023
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May 3, 2023
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Torah
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Canonization
Blood on the Tracks: Tazria/Metzora 5783
333
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April 21, 2023
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Purity
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Parashat Tazria
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Tzaraas
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Impurity
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Isolation
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Parashat Metzora
Everybody Sing Out: Establishing A Festival Day SWT Talmud April 19, 2023
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April 19, 2023
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Celebration
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Mourning
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Yom HaAtzmaut
In Every Generation: First Day Passover 5783
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April 6, 2023
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In Every Generation
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Passover
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Freedom
Teach Your Children Well: Passover Talmud 1 5783
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March 29, 2023
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Four Children
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Passover
We Can Be Heroes: On Reading the Whole Megillah
122
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March 1, 2023
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Megilat Esther
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Heroes
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Purim
Repro Shabbat: Mishpatim 5783 Stephen Wise Temple Los Angeles, CA
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February 17, 2023
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Abortion
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Reproductive Justice
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Repro Shabbat
Happy New Year: December 28, 2023
240
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December 28, 2022
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New Year
Man in Motion: VaYetzei 5782
305
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December 2, 2022
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Dreams
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Jacob's Ladder
All The Promises You Made: Covenant in Lech Lcha
135
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November 5, 2022
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Lech Lecha
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Lech Lcha
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Covenant of Abraham
Papa Was a Rolling Stone: Wandering and Wondering in Parashat Lech Lecha
278
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November 4, 2022
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Lech Lcha
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Abraham in Egypt
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Wandering
Pitchu Li: A Yom Kippur Reflection
526
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October 5, 2022
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Gates
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Yom Kippur
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Neilah
(En)During the High Holy Days: Holding Hope During the Days of Awe
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September 29, 2022
SHABBAT Intro to Judaism
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January 29, 2020
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Shabbat
Anatomy of a Sermon: Homiletics Orientation 2022
155
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August 15, 2022
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Preaching
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Rosh Hashanah
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Teaching
My Father Had No Sons So I'm The One: B'not Zelophehad in Talmud
296
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July 19, 2022
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Parashat Pinchas
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Numbers
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Laws of Inherited Property
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Daughters of Tzelofchad
In the Narrow Places: An 18 Tammuz Text Study WexCoComm July 18/18 Tammuz
299
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July 17, 2022
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Broken
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Hope
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17th of Tamuz
Let Your Light Shine On: B'Ha-alotcha 5782
140
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June 18, 2022
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Light
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Lighting of the Menorah
Hineni Leadership Development Session 2 June 15, 2022
187
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May 17, 2022
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Social Justice
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Leadership
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Prayer
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Learning Torah
Because I Said So: Reading Rabbinic Power
197
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March 30, 2022
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Rabbinic Authority
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Yibum
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Rabbinic Ordinances
Heartache to Heartache, We Stand: Nitzavim 5781
278
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September 4, 2021
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Parashat Nitzavim
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Communal Responsibility
Hannah's Tears: Fertility and Infertility in the Rosh HaShanah Liturgy Hasidah Community in Fertility August 30, 2021/23 Elul 5781
702
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August 28, 2021
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Rosh Hashanah
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Pregnancy
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Infertility
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Hannah
Great is Repentance: Talmud Study August 18, 2021/10 Elul 5781
451
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August 18, 2021
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Teshuvah
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Repentance
"Saying a Sacred No" - Rabbi Sari Laufer
2937
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June 17, 2021
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Jewish Women Scholars' Writing Fellowship
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Power
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Boundaries
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Independence
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Self Care
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Relationship
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Women Scholars' Writing Workshop
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Hineini
Shaking the Tree: Parashat Korach
345
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June 12, 2021
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Aaron
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Parashat Korach
They Might Be Giants: On a COVID Year and Beyond
450
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June 3, 2021
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Spies
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Humility
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Leadership
Resilience Through the Ages: Lessons from Dr. Brene Brown and Honi the Circle Maker
1163
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May 12, 2021
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Courage
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Rain
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Honi
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Resilience
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Vulnerability
That Would Be Enough: On Returning to Communal Prayer
191
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May 14, 2021
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Returning
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Ezra
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Tears
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Parashat Bamidbar
It's a System: Spiritual Spring Cleaning for Passover and Beyond
570
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April 1, 2021
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Passover
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Chametz
Put Ourselves Back in the Narrative: Reading the Women of the Exodus
229
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March 23, 2021
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Passover
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Midwives
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Miriam
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Women in Tanakh
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Birth
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Women
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Sexuality
In the Details: Creation and Human Messiness
523
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March 12, 2021
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Mishkan
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Pekudei
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Creation
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VaYakhel
Time After Time: Waiting, Hoping, and Preparing in the Book of Esther
434
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February 15, 2021
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Megillat Esther
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Esther
Keeping Watch in the Night: Darkness and the Plagues Shabbat Bo January 23, 2021/10 Shevat 5781
198
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January 21, 2021
Just Breathe: Fear, Anxiety, and Showing Up
1045
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January 19, 2021
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Moses
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Anxiety
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Fear
I'll Cry if I Want To: Joseph, Tears, and Shame December 26, 2020/11 Tevet 5781 Parashat VaYigash
190
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December 26, 2020
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Parashat Vayigash
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Joseph
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Tears
Where Is God on Hanukkah?
735
Views
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December 14, 2020
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Chanukah
,
Light
My Back Pages: Reflection and Afterness
284
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November 28, 2020
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Parashat Vayetzei
Write Your Way Out: Rosh HaShanah 5781
507
Views
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September 19, 2020
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Grace
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Kindness
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Compassion
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13 Attributes
Stand in the Place Where You Were: Nitzavim/VaYelech 5780
839
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September 12, 2020
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Vayelekh
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Changes
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Nitzavim
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Teshuvah
Standing in One's Place: A Talmudic Teshuvah Teaching
330
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September 9, 2020
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Teshuvah
Wilderness: Living and Growing in the Unknown Community in Fertility June 23, 2020/Rosh Chodesh Tammuz
220
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June 20, 2020
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Moses
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Wilderness
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Deserts
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Fertility
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Hagar
The Oral Tradition: Adult Bnai Mitzvah 2020
599
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March 26, 2020
I'm a Wanderer: VaYeshev 5780
592
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December 19, 2019
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Vayeshev
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Jacob
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Joseph
I'm a Sinner, I'm a Saint: Nazirite Vows and the Escape to Holiness Parashat Naso June 15, 2019/12 Sivan 5779
850
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June 14, 2019
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Sin
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Nazir
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Nasso
Live and Be Well Parashat Acharei Mot
485
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May 4, 2019
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Acharei Mot
The Weight of Ink: Wise Women Reflect
726
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February 5, 2019
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Words
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Love
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WrittenTorah
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Marriage
Every Time I Hear Your Name
1290
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December 29, 2018
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Names
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Leadership
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Moses
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Batya
I See Your True Colors: Parashat Toledot November 10, 2018/2 Kislev 5779
1226
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November 9, 2018
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Esau
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Jacob
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Toldot
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Parashat Toldot
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Toledot
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Parashat Toledot
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Isaac
Darkness and Light: Kislev after Pittsburgh
2201
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November 6, 2018
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Chanukah
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Kislev
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Pittsburgh
Father Figure
859
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July 11, 2018
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Rebuke
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Teshuva
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Jeremiah
Seasons of Love: Covenant and Commitment May 12, 2018/27 Iyyar 5778 Parashat Behar-Bechukotai
827
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May 11, 2018
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Holiness
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Bechukotai
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Covenant
Timbrels and Wells: Looking at Miriam on Rosh Chodesh Nisan
1729
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March 13, 2018
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Miriam
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Women
Love and Affection December 30, 2017/12 Tevet 5778 Parashat VaYechi
1364
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December 29, 2017
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Jacob
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Shema
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Vayechi
Did He Ever Return?: Shimon bar Yochai and the Cave A Bride for One Night
2783
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May 19, 2015
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Shabbat
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Shimon Bar Yochai
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Torah Study
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Community
Weep Not For the Memories: Blessing, Curse, and Legacy Parashat Behar/Bechukotai May 20, 2017/24 Iyar 5777
1801
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May 20, 2017
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Parashat Bechukotai
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Torah
Don't Forget Me When I'm Gone
1870
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November 5, 2015
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Parashat Chayei Sarah
Angels Among Us?
2573
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February 13, 2015
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Parashat Mishpatim
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Angels
Erasing Myself From the Narrative Parashat Tetzaveh March 11, 2017/13 Adar 5777
1381
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March 10, 2017
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Parashat Tetzaveh
The Heart of the Matter
1923
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February 24, 2017
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Strangers
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Parashat Mishpatim
Al Cheyt: The Vidui Service in Mishkan HaNefesh
2127
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September 20, 2016
O, Jerusalem
1721
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May 31, 2016
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Parashat Bechukotai
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Jerusalem
NOT WHO I WAS Parashat Metzora April 16, 2016/8 Nissan 5776 Congregation Rodeph Sholom
1363
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April 16, 2016
After the Fire
1826
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June 19, 2015
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Parashat Korach
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Creation
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Korach
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Holiness
Just The Way You Are
2249
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August 20, 2015
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Parashat Shoftim
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God
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Abraham
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Middot
Esther: Hiding, Seeking, and Identity Politics Congregation Rodeph Sholom Therapists' Study Group March 8, 2016/28 Adar I 5776
1421
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March 7, 2016
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Seeking
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Esther
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Identity Politics
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Hiding
Matron and Libertina: Food, Seduction, and Theology A Bride for One Night
2004
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May 12, 2015
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Eating
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Food
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Commandments
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Intention
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Mitzvot
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Obligation
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Nazir
That's Not My Name
1474
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December 18, 2015
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Jacob
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Names
Try a Little Tenderness: Chesed and the Book of Ruth
7492
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May 4, 2015
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Chesed
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Kindness
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Shavuot
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Ruth
Who Do You Love Congregation Rodeph Sholom Therapists' Study Group, February 2016 Rabbi Sari Laufer
1001
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February 5, 2016
Just Between You and Me
1067
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January 8, 2016
Angels Among Us
2719
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October 9, 2015
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God
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Creation
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Chassidut
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Parashat Bereishit
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Angels
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Middot
Beautiful Surprise
1812
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June 5, 2015
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Parashat Behaalotcha
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Moses
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Miriam
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Aaron
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Knowing God
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Prophecy
The Cart Before the Horse
2443
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May 30, 2015
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Parashat Naso
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Mishkan
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Tabernacle
Work-Life Balance: Ancient Story, Modern Struggle A Bride for One Night: Ketubot 62b
1673
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May 4, 2015
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Obligation
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Marriage
Take Time to Make Time
3277
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May 8, 2015
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Rosh Chodesh
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Calendar
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Parashat Emor
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Holidays
Give Thanks and Praises
5367
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March 27, 2015
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Gratitude
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Parashat Tzav
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Thanksgiving
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Sacrifices
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Thanks
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Prayer
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Tefilla
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Korbanot
I Need You to Need Me
1817
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March 20, 2015
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Sacrifices
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Korbanot
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Parashat Vayikra
Darkness on the Edge of Town Shabbat Bo January 24, 2015/4 Shevat 5775
2669
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January 23, 2015
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Darkness
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Ten Plagues
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Light
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Parashat Bo
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Prayer
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Tefilla
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Justice
Look Both Ways: Shemot 5775
2348
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January 9, 2015
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Moses
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Parashat Shemot
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Justice
PEOPLE ARE STRANGE, WHEN YOU'RE A STRANGER Parashat Miketz/Shabbat Chanukah December 20, 2014/28 Kislev 5775
2010
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December 19, 2014
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Jacob
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Joseph
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Parashat Miketz
Hammer and a Nail: Building, Buildings, and the Best Intentions
2252
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October 22, 2014
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Babel
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Yetzer Hara
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Parashat Noach
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Community
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People
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