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Moadim U’zmanim / Holidays

October 31, 2024 Shemini Atzeret 5785 - Mourning and dancing with the Sefer Torah

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October 30, 2024 Sukkot Post-October 7th

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October 30, 2024 Sukkot: The Biblical Yom Haatzmaut

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October 13, 2024 Kol Nidrei: The "Ish Iti" and how each one of us can be a Baal Teshuva

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October 13, 2024 Yom Kippur Yizkor: Crying over Lost Moments

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October 7, 2024 Nurturing Love and Embracing Sacrifice: A Rosh Hashana Reflection

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October 6, 2024|ד' תשרי ה' אלפים תשפ"ה Shabbat Shuvah drasha 5785: Shabbat Shabbaton of Yom Kippur - Distinguishing Core Values from Supporting Values

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October 6, 2024|ד' תשרי ה' אלפים תשפ"ה Nurturing Love and Embracing Sacrifice: A Rosh Hashana Reflection

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September 30, 2024|כ"ז אלול ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Three types of vidui

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September 21, 2024|י"ח אלול ה' אלפים תשפ"ד The tension of joy and fear on Rosh Hashana

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September 9, 2024|ו' אלול ה' אלפים תשפ"ד The Teshuva of Elul: Getting to the Roots of our Behavior Through Ani L'Dodi V'Dodi Li

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August 13, 2024|ט' אב ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Kamtza and Bar Kamtza: Who is really to the blame and what is the underlying failure?

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August 12, 2024|ח' אב ה' אלפים תשפ"ד How October 7th Impacts Tisha B'Av and How Tisha B'Av Impacts October 7th

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May 5, 2024 Yom Hashoah in the Shadow of October 7th

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May 1, 2024 Yizkor of 2024

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April 20, 2024|י"ב ניסן ה' אלפים תשפ"ד The Holiday of Pesach: A Celebration of Freedom or a Warning Against the Dangers of Freedom?

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April 4, 2024|כ"ה אדר ב' ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Expressing Gratitude and Undertaking our Mission: The Two Aspects of the Arba Kosot

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March 24, 2024 Mishloach Manot: Do Not Let Haman or Hamas Define Us

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March 21, 2024|י"א אדר ב' ה' אלפים תשפ"ד A Comparative Analysis of the Two Purim Heroes

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October 2, 2023 Lulav vs. Sukkah: What do we really own in this world?

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September 29, 2023|י"ד תשרי ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Simchat Beit Ha-Shoevah: Accompanying Nisuch Ha-mayim or a Function of Simchat Ha-Chag?

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September 29, 2023|י"ד תשרי ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Anan Ha-Kavod vs. Sukkot Mamash: What's the difference between a sukkah and an ohel?

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September 28, 2023 Sukkah in the Mikdash versus Sukkah at Home

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September 28, 2023 The Deeper Meaning of the Ushpizin

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September 28, 2023 From Yom Kippur to Sukkot: The Stringencies of Snacking in the Sukkah

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September 27, 2023 Kol Nidrei: Remembering Yom Kippur for the rest of the year

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September 27, 2023 Yizkor: The Yom Kippur War and the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy

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September 24, 2023 Beyond Self-Actualization: Self-Transcendence for the Ultimate Teshuva

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September 22, 2023|ז' תשרי ה' אלפים תשפ"ד Shabbat Shuvah Drasha: Beyond Self-Actualization: Embrace Self-Transcendence for the Ultimate Teshuva

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September 18, 2023 Rosh Hashana: The Holiday of Freedom?

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September 14, 2023 Must you forgive someone who doesn't ask for forgiveness?

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September 14, 2023 The Power of Kiddush Hashem and Chillul Hashem

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September 14, 2023 The Key to Making our Prayers More Meaningful

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September 14, 2023 Where are your wounds?

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September 12, 2023|כ"ו אלול ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Ani l'dodi v'dodi li: The Special Relatioinship Between Hashem and the Bnei Yisrael

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September 11, 2023|כ"ה אלול ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Should I recite a borei pri ha'etz or borei pri ha'adama on the simanim that I eat on Rosh Hsshana during a meal?

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September 5, 2023|י"ט אלול ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Rabbi Rosensweig's Two Levels of Teshuva

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July 27, 2023 Tisha B'Av: Finding shalom at a night of no shalom

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July 18, 2023|כ"ט תמוז ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Should we recite Sachem on Tisha B'Av 2023?

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May 18, 2023 Celebrating Jerusalem and Praying for Jerusalem

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May 8, 2023 Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai and Lag Ba'Omer

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April 11, 2023 The Evolution of the Seder

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April 4, 2023|י"ג ניסן ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Best halachic practices for kitniyot and non-kitniyot eaters to dine together

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April 1, 2023|י' ניסן ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Shabbat Hagadol Drasha: When our Pesach narrative may not reflect what actually happened

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March 31, 2023|ט' ניסן ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Short divrei Torah for the seder

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March 6, 2023 The Secular Holiness of Purim

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March 5, 2023 Annual reminders and daily reminders

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March 5, 2023|י"ב אדר ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Can I fulfill the mitzva of megilla with a megilla that is written in English?

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January 31, 2023|ט' שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Is Tu B'Shevat a religious Zionist holiday? Halacha, Hashkafa and History

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December 25, 2022 AI Torah vs. Human Torah

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December 25, 2022|א' טבת ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Yehudit, the Daughter of Yochanan Kohel Gadol, the Heroines of Chanuka: When Two Stories Become One

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December 21, 2022 Why wait a year to establish the holiday of Chanukah?

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December 12, 2022|י"ח כסלו ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Why Do Chazal in the Gemara Celebrate the Miracle of Lights and Not the Military Victory or the Rededication of the Mikdash in the Chanuka Story?

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November 29, 2022|ה' כסלו ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Lighting the Menora in Dangerous and Not So Dangerous Times: A Halachic, Hashkafic and Historical Analysis

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October 19, 2022 Shmini Atzeret drasha: The Simplicity of Shmini Atzeret and the Simplicity of Simchat Torah

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October 16, 2022 Sukkot drasha: A "Deeper Dive" into the Ushpizin

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October 12, 2022 Drasha Sukkot: The Happiness of Sukkot: From Attitude to Movement

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October 11, 2022|ט"ז תשרי ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Pop-Up Sukkot

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October 6, 2022 Kol Nidrei and Community

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October 6, 2022 Elie Wiesel's Faith - Be an Insider and Turn Inui into Simcha

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October 3, 2022|ח' תשרי ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Wearing golden jewelry on Yom Kippur: Is it really forbidden?

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October 3, 2022|ח' תשרי ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Neila: The afikoman of Yom Kippur or the Shmini Atzeret of Yom Kippur?

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October 2, 2022 Shabbat Shuva Drasha: The Power of Regret

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October 2, 2022|ז' תשרי ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Shabbat shuva drasha: The Power of Regret

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September 30, 2022|ה' תשרי ה' אלפים תשפ"ג Is it proper to encourage children to fast in front of adults on Yom Kippur?

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September 28, 2022 Rosh Hashana: The Holiday of Universalism and Chosenness

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August 7, 2022|י' אב ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Stories of Spiritual Heroism During the Holocaust

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August 7, 2022|י' אב ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Theological Responses to the Holocaust

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June 2, 2022 The Religious Significance of a Shavuot Open House

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March 24, 2022 Purim: Fighting Religious Apathy Through Mature Love

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March 15, 2022 Purim: Fighting Religious Apathy Through Mature Love

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March 9, 2022 Is Putin like Haman or Achashverosh?

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March 6, 2022|ג' אדר ב' ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Feasting in the Megillah and on Purim

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February 10, 2022|ט' אדר א' ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Questionable Tactics by the Heroes of the Megillah

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February 10, 2022|ט' אדר א' ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Questionable Tactics by the Heroes of the Megillah

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January 17, 2022|ט"ו שבט ה' אלפים תשפ"ב Finding God in Megillat Esther

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