General Tanach Topics

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Sexuality in Tanakh (Part 1) - The Tree of Knowledge and the Sin of Knowing

Rabbi David Debow

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e-TiM: What Do The Ten Commandments Command?

Rabbi Dr. Martin Lockshin

What Do The Ten Commandments Command? Dr. Martin Lockshin Thursdays 1:00 pm Eastern May 4 - 18 The Torah never calls the Ten Commandments “commandments.” A more accurate translation of the Hebrew name aseret ha-devarim or aseret ha-dibberot is “the…
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Adversaries in Jewish Tradition (Part 2)

Rabbi Shlomo Zuckier

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e-TiM: Send My People Out – Or Let My People Go: Re-Examining the Story of the Exodus

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

Send My People Out – Or Let My People Go: Re-examining the Story of the Exodus Rabbi Menachem Leibtag January 8 - February 5 Sundays 11:15 am Eastern, 6:15pm Israel January 8: Why Tell a Lie - Especially When There is No Need: Re-Examining the ‘…
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Adversaries in Jewish Tradition (Part 1)

Rabbi Shlomo Zuckier

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e-TiM: Why Aren't the Books of the Maccabees in the Tanach?

Rabba Dr Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz

Why Aren't the Books of the Maccabees in the Tanach? Dr. Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz Mondays December 12 & 19 11:00 am Eastern, 6:00pm Israel Hanukah is the only festival that doesn't have a biblical book associated with it. Why? We'll look at what…
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Converts or Strangers: Who Does the Torah Care About and Who are We Supposed to Care for? (Part 6) - The ‘Stranger’ in Sefer Devarim. Keeping Shabbat, Rejoicing on the Holidays, and Participating in Hakhel: Our obligation or His?

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

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Converts or Strangers: Who Does the Torah Care About and Who are We Supposed to Care for? (Part 5) - The ‘Stranger’ in Sefer Bamidbar Who Can Bring a Sacrifice vs. Who Needs Forgiveness?

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

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Grappling With the Ways of Hashem (Part 5)

Neima Novetsky

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Converts or Strangers: Who Does the Torah Care About and Who are We Supposed to Care for? (Part 4) - The ‘Stranger’ in Sefer Vayikra – How Can He Be “Chayav Karet”? The Obligations of the ‘Stranger’ and his Punishment

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

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