March 26th, 2012
Going with the times – Pesach, like all the holidays, offers something unique amidst the Jewish year – something specific to focus on and work toward. This is counterbalanced by the Tamid – the everyday, consistent, and dependable. This class explores the relationship between them.
March 19th, 2012
marror at the seder can sweeten the blow of the Marror of the rest of your year. Find out more.
February 27th, 2012
Purim… Please know that I do not endorse all the views expressed here… but there is a lot of good stuff worth hearing…
September 27th, 2010
We will spend about an hour – almost 10% of our waking Yom Kippur time – confessing. What is the goal of this confession? How do you know when you’ve done it right?
August 12th, 2010
Welcome back! We explore Rav Kook’s description of the Birthpangs of Moshiach – we’re right in the middle of it (hopefully closer to the end). Knowing what is happening allows us to stay afloat in such difficult times. Rav Kook’s prescription for how to manage is quite surprising.
December 28th, 2009
Chanukkah and the Yosef story are always intertwined. This year we explore how Hanukkah and the Tzaddik can help us see what is and also what could be. Yosef helps the brothers see who they are and then see what is possible, and Hanukkah helps us look at our own lives in order to truly [...]
October 6th, 2009
On our wedding day, we are forgiven all our sins. Rebbe Nachman used this opportunity toward G-d-service. He used forgiveness as an opportunity to move, not to relax. And we have the same opportunity on Sukkot after the forgiveness of Yom Kippur.
October 6th, 2009
‘For I sat the Jewish people in Sukkot when I took them out of Egypt’ – but we don’t find this story in the Torah. So Rabbi Eliezer and Rebbe Akiva disagreed – were they actual sukkot like we have, or the clouds of glory? They are both true, and represent two kinds of sukkah. [...]
August 11th, 2009
As the 9th of Av came to a close, we looked toward the future with R’ Hirsch in order to find out when 9th Av will become a day of joy, as promised in the prophets. Unlike Rambam, R Hirsch tells us that it will come to be only when we have broguht truth and [...]
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