Sukkot

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e-TiM: Tishrei – a Spiritual Guide: from the Bible to Ourselves

Rabbi Alex Israel

This four-part series will take place on Thursdays at 12:00pm Eastern, 7:00pm in Israel, September 8 - 29 Topics will include: Sept 8: Elul: Fostering a Growth Mindset Sept 15: Rosh Hashanah: Was Avraham correct in Sending Yishmael…
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Shabbat Chol HaMoed: A Long Journey

Rabbi Jay Kelman

It is hard to imagine a more impactful ritual than that of our weekly Torah reading. While its origins date to Moshe Rabbeinu—acting in his capacity as a rabbinic sage, not as prophet delivering G-d's message—and Ezra the scribe, it was not until…
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Parshat Shavua 5781 with weekly guest speaker (Shabbat Chol Hamoed)

Rabbi Jay Kelman

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Sukkot: The Season of Joy

Rabbi Jay Kelman

"On the first day, you must take for yourself a fruit of the citron tree, an opened palm frond, myrtle branches, and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before G-d for seven days" (Vayikra 23:40).  While there is also a mitzvah to…
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Prayer for Rain

Rabbi David Silber

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Sukkot: Leading by Example

Rabbi Jay Kelman

For many years, students were introduced to the study of Talmud with Eilu Metziot, the second chapter of masechet Bava Metzia, focusing on the mitzvah of hashavat aveidah, returning lost objects. Beyond the technical details of this mitzvah, Talmud…
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Sukkot: The Sounds of Joy - Sukkot: The Sounds of Joy

Rabbi Jay Kelman

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Sukkot: A Very Open Sukkah

Rabbi Jay Kelman

For seven days a year, one is to “make his home temporary and his Sukkah permanent”. Ideally, we move our finest furniture, china, and even our bedroom set into the Sukkah, our “fall home”. While our modern-day living habits…
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The Spiritual Journey of Hoshanot

Rabbi David Silber

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Interpreting Prayer through Nusach HaTefillah (Part 4) -Sukkot

Chazzan Joseph Malovany

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