Teshuva

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e-TiM: Art, Ethics, & Incantations: New Perspectives on the Yamim Noraim

Rabbi Dr. Gil S. Perl

This series has been sponsored by Sharon and Marty Goldberg in honour of the upcoming marriage of their daughter, Tamar, to Benjamin Miller on August 29th IY"H. With great love and respect for Tamar and Benjamin. Thursday, August 19 Caravaggio…
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e-TiM: Teshuva, Transgression and Transformation - A Journey through Tanach

Jennifer Raskas, Dr. Rebecca Winter Gottlieb

In this 4-part series, we will explore literary models Teshuva by drawing on classic stories from the Tanach. We will use ideas from Hilchot Teshuva to better understand specific Tanach characters and…
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e-TiM: Orot HaTeshuva-The Lights of Improvement in the Thought of Rav Kook

Rabbi Ari Chwat-Shvat

Innovative but clearly based upon classic sources, Rav Kook revamps our view of Teshuva to be positive and motivating, not depressing. The common misconception is based upon the mistranslation "Repentance from sin", instead of "Return from…
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e-TiM: Repentance in Modern Jewish Thought

Dr. Daniel Rynhold

The concept of repentance was much derided in the modern era by thinkers such as Spinoza and Nietzsche. Ironically though, a number of significant twentieth Century Jewish thinkers appear to agree with major elements of that critique. In this course…
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Yom Kippur: The Sounds of Teshuva - Yom Kippur: The Sounds of Teshuva

Rabbi Jay Kelman

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Teshuva in the Teachings of Rav Kook-Part 3

Dr. Yehudah Mirsky

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Teshuva in the Teachings of Rav Kook-Part 2

Dr. Yehudah Mirsky

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Teshuva in the Teachings of Rav Kook (Part 1)

Dr. Yehudah Mirsky

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Teshuva in the Teachings of Rav Kook

Dr. Yehudah Mirsky

One of the marks of great religious thinkers is their infusing familiar concepts with new meaning. Among the many ideas which Rav Kook revolutionized was repentance, teshuvah. Drawing on the Kabbalah, philosophy, his sense of the times and…
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Teshuva: Maimonides and Beyond

Rabbi Jay Kelman

Join Rabbi Jay Kelman as we learn Hilchot Teshuva of the Rambam on the 1st and 2nd of Tishrei, 5:45 pm at the Or Chaim Minyan, 159 Almore Ave.  Mincha at 6:45pm.
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