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Class 19 - Anim Zemiros - Grasping the Ungraspable God
96 Views•March 21, 2025•Ohr Torah 2024-2025 - Shabbat Table Enrichment Series•Philosophy,Prayer,Incorporeality of God,Shabbat,Mysticism,God,Spirituality,Piyyut
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Why Was Jerusalem Destroyed? An Analysis of the Problem of Exile
754 Views•April 3, 2023
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A Perpetual Constitution: Why the Torah is Still Obligatory Today
235 Views•September 6, 2023
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Spiritual Salaries and Worldly Wages: Perspectives on Divine Compensation
526 Views•September 16, 2022
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Christian Antisemitism and the Dawn of a New Age
868 Views•May 31, 2023•Tish'ah b'Av
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Reward in Jewish Thought - Introduction
1071 Views•July 12, 2019
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Class 2 - Shalom Aleikhem - Confronting the Better Angels of our Nature
520 Views•September 11, 2024•Ohr Torah 2024-2025 - Shabbat Table Enrichment Series•Prayer,Shabbat,Angels
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Murder by Mitzvah: The Dark Side of Drinking on Purim
86 Views•March 4, 2025•Purim,Murder,Drunk,Alcohol,Drinking,Wine
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Are you allowed to pet your dog on Shabbos?
89 Views•October 27, 2024
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Dating Our Enemies - Do We Hope for Sinners or Sins to be Destroyed?
163 Views•September 27, 2024
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Class 18 - Lekha Dodi - Greeting the Shabbos Queen
138 Views•March 5, 2025•Ohr Torah 2024-2025 - Shabbat Table Enrichment Series•Lecha Dodi,Kabbalat Shabbat,Songs,Shabbat
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Gaza in the Bible
3119 Views•October 10, 2023
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Class 17 - Yedid Nefesh - Pining for the Loving God
98 Views•February 26, 2025•Ohr Torah 2024-2025 - Shabbat Table Enrichment Series
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Class 16 - Dror Yikra - The Songbird of Liberty
89 Views•January 27, 2025•Ohr Torah 2024-2025 - Shabbat Table Enrichment Series
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Can an Amalekite convert to Judaism?
44 Views•February 24, 2025•War With Amalek,Annihilating the Memory of Amalek,Purim
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Sport, Spectacle, or Sacrilege? Ancient Jewish Perspectives on the Super Bowl
586 Views•February 7, 2024•Games,Rome,Gladiators,Violence,Sports
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09 - Kinah 41 - שַׁאֲלִי שְׂרוּפָה בָּאֵשׁ Burning of the Talmud
2762 Views•June 11, 2023•Kinos
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06 - Kinah 25 - מִי יִתֵּן רֹאשִׁי מַיִם The First Crusade
1400 Views•June 11, 2023•Kinos
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05 - Kinah 21 - אַרְזֵי הַלְּבָנוֹן אַדִּירֵי הַתּוֹרָה The Asarah Harugei Malkhus
1327 Views•May 29, 2023•Kinos
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04 - Kinah 23 - וְאֶת נָוִי חַטָּאתִי הִשְׁמִימָה The Sibling Slaves
874 Views•May 28, 2023•Kinos
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03 - Kinah 16 - זְכֺר אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה צָר בְּפִנִּים Titus's defilement and the 400 children
1462 Views•May 29, 2023•Kinos
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02 - Kinah 17 - אִם תֺּאכַלְנָה נָשִׁים פִּרְיָם The Roman Siege of Jerusalem
1556 Views•May 29, 2023•Kinos
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01 - Kinah 34 - יוֹם אַכְפִּי הִכְבַּדְתִּי The Bubbling Blood
924 Views•May 29, 2023•Kinos
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Class 15 - Ki Eshmerah Shabbat - Ibn Ezra's Defense of Shabbat Against the Karaites
125 Views•January 14, 2025•Ohr Torah 2024-2025 - Shabbat Table Enrichment Series•Shabbat,Liturgical Poem,Karaites
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Class 14 - Yom Zeh Mekhubad - In Honor of the Shabbos Day
343 Views•December 12, 2024•Zemirot,Shabbat,Songs
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Class 13 - Maoz Tzur - The Song of Exiles
330 Views•December 11, 2024•Hanukah,Greece,Hanukkah,Maoz Tzur,Exile of the Jewish People,Hasmoneans,Chanukkah,Galus,Prophecy,Chanukah,Egyptian Exile,Babylon,Persia,Messiah,Chashmonayim,Exile,Babylonian Exile
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Headers and Concussion Protocols: Shedding Halakhic Light on the Risks of Contemporary Sports
613 Views•November 29, 2022•Risk,Hunting,Wrestling,Danger,Danger
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Class 12 - Barukh El Elyon - Bringing the Blessings of Heaven Down to Earth
241 Views•November 27, 2024•Ohr Torah 2024-2025 - Shabbat Table Enrichment Series
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Class 11 - Yah Ribon - The Zemer of Gaza
406 Views•November 24, 2024•Ohr Torah 2024-2025 - Shabbat Table Enrichment Series
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Class 10 - Tzur Mishelo - Tribute to Birkat haMazon
269 Views•November 25, 2024•Ohr Torah 2024-2025 - Shabbat Table Enrichment Series
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Class 9 - Mah Yedidus - Getting the Most Out of the Shabbat Day
256 Views•November 8, 2024•Ohr Torah 2024-2025 - Shabbat Table Enrichment Series
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Class 8 - Menuchah v'Simchah
274 Views•November 5, 2024•Ohr Torah 2024-2025 - Shabbat Table Enrichment Series
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Class 7 - Kol Mekadesh Shevi'i: Sanctifiers of the Seventh, Unite!
574 Views•October 14, 2024•Ohr Torah 2024-2025 - Shabbat Table Enrichment Series•Song,Shabbat,Zemirot
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Class 6 - Yom Shabbaton: The Day the Dove Found Rest
477 Views•October 28, 2024•Ohr Torah 2024-2025 - Shabbat Table Enrichment Series
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Class 5 - R' Ari Fuld HYD Yahrzeit Shiur 5785 - Kah Echsof
407 Views•September 27, 2024•Ohr Torah 2024-2025 - Shabbat Table Enrichment Series
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Class 4 - Creation, Commemoration, Convocation: Sanctifying the Seventh Day (Friday Night Kiddush)
367 Views•September 26, 2024•Ohr Torah 2024-2025 - Shabbat Table Enrichment Series
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Slumber, Solitude, and the Strange Death of Honi the Circle Maker
495 Views•October 14, 2024
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Class 3 - Tribute to a Female Warrior: Eishet Chayil and the Qualities of a Rare Jewish Woman
531 Views•September 18, 2024•Ohr Torah 2024-2025 - Shabbat Table Enrichment Series•Wisdom of Solomon,Proverbs,Mishlei,Eishet Chayil,Women
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Class 1 - Friday Night Lights : Ner Shabbos as a source of Illumination, Peace, and Successful Children
231 Views•September 4, 2024•Ohr Torah 2024-2025 - Shabbat Table Enrichment Series
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A Day On Which Bad Things Happen
798 Views•June 1, 2023•Tish'ah b'Av
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Churban Bayis Rishon
733 Views•July 20, 2023
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Rose Colored Glasses: The Halakhic Parameters of Geneivas Da'as
145 Views•June 5, 2023
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Persecution, Persistence, and Perseverance: The Complex Commemorations of the Seder
378 Views•March 29, 2023•Pesach•Four Cups of Wine,Pesach,Charoset,Plague of Blood,Matzah
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Releasing Captives in Jewish Law
759 Views•October 22, 2023•Captivity,Prisoner Exchange
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Honoring the Torah by Violating Halakhah: Some Questionable Practices of Simchas Torah
380 Views•October 2, 2023•Simchas Torah
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Bee-Rated Kashrus: Is Honey Halakhically Vegan?
462 Views•September 22, 2023•Rosh haShanah
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Kidushin 31b - R' Asi and Kibud Em
158 Views•September 14, 2023
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A 3-way Machlokes in Rambam on Teshuvah for Monetary Sins
357 Views•September 7, 2023•Teshuvah
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Why is it so hard to forgive myself?
214 Views•October 2, 2022•Teshuvah•Guilt,Yom Kippur,Teshuvah,Forgiveness (מחילה)
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Lending, Borrowing, and Areas of Interest
458 Views•August 25, 2023
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Not in Heaven
371 Views•August 20, 2023
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Inyanei Magic
1513 Views•August 14, 2023
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11 - Kinah 48 - זִכְרוּ נָא וְקוֹנְנוּ כׇּל יִשְׂרָאֵל The Holocaust
1291 Views•June 11, 2023•Kinos
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Capital Punishment and the Eichmann Trial
726 Views•May 1, 2023
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10 - מה זאת עשה אלהים לנו The Spanish Expulsion
948 Views•June 5, 2023•Kinos
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12 - Kinah 45 - אֱלִי צִיּוֹן וְעָרֶיהָ Closing Kinah
756 Views•June 11, 2023•Kinos
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08 - Kinah 36 - צִיּוֹן, הֲלֹא תִשְׁאֲלִי R' Yehudah haLevi's Longing for Zion
1119 Views•June 5, 2023•Kinos
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07 - Kinah 22 - הַחֲרִישׁוּ מִמֶּנִּי וַאֲדַבֵּרָה Religiously Motivated Suicides of the First Crusade
817 Views•June 5, 2023•Kinos
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Suicide in Halakhah
351 Views•June 5, 2023
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Resilience, Recovery, and Reaction to Tragedy
1357 Views•May 9, 2022•Tish'ah b'Av•Three Weeks,Death,Depression,Tisha B'Av,Nine Days,Mourning,Tragedy,Sadness
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Baal Teshuvah, Savior of Torah, Martyr of Israel: The Life of Rabbi Akiva
705 Views•April 21, 2023
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Are We Allowed to Establish New National Jewish Holidays?
247 Views•April 20, 2023•Yom HaAtzmaut•Yom HaAtzmaut,Redemption,Eretz Israel,Holidays,The Messianic Era
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Tripoli Decree of 5709 (1949)
223 Views•April 16, 2023•Israel,Prayer,Tripoli,Hallel,Zionism,Yom HaAtzmaut
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An Idolatrous Nation or an Enslaved People: Where Does the Jewish Story Begin?
399 Views•March 23, 2023•Pesach
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Can an Amalekite convert into the Jewish people?
801 Views•February 28, 2023•Purim
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The Moon after the Sun: Two Models of Leadership
131 Views•October 16, 2022
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Addressing the Rock: What to Learn from the Failure of a Great Leader
51 Views•October 6, 2022
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Besamim Rosh vs Rambam
249 Views•October 1, 2022
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Beyond the Pale: Does Teshuvah Work for Everyone?
326 Views•September 20, 2022•Teshuvah•Forgiveness,Confession,Laws of Repentance,Vidui,Teshuvah
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Reward in Jewish Thought
1355 Views•May 30, 2017
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Tragedy and Optimism in the life of Rabbi Akiva
1169 Views•March 31, 2022•Tish'ah b'Av•Hope,Optimism,Rabbi Akiva,Tragedy,Aggadah,Tisha B'Av
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Animals in the Torah
3441 Views•October 6, 2021
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The 13 Principles
1703 Views•March 17, 2016
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