bereishit
parshat bereishit
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"Showing Up for God"; Yael Keller, 2020/5781
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"We Take Nothing With Us When We Die"; Nomi Kaltmann, 2019/5780
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"Starting Over Again with God"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5777
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"Being Good"; Rabbi Eryn London ('17), 2016/5777
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"Bereishit"; Rabbi Eryn London ('17), 2016/5777
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"On Struggle and Productivity"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5776
parshat noach
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"Word Arks"; Dr. Wendy Zierler, 2020/5781
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"What's Your Name Again?"; Phoebe Ana Rabinowitsch, 2019/5780
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"Harmony, Not Conformity"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2017/5778
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"Leaving the Ark and Praying on the Road:The Righteousness of Engagement in the World"; Laura Shaw Frank, 2016/5777
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"Walking Before G-d"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2015/5776
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"On Finding Illumination"; Rabbi Jeffrey Fox, 2014/5775
parshat lech lecha
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"V’heyei Bracha: Being Extraordinary in Ordinary Moments"; Atara Lindenbaum, 2020/5781
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"Not All Those Who Wander are Lost”: “Lech Lecha and Identity as Process"; Myriam Sommer, 2019/5780
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"Covenantal Clarity"; Rabba Wendy Amsellem (Kollel '18), 2018/5779
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"Noah vs. Avraham: The Confidence to be Compassionate"; Rabbi Atara Cohen ('20), 2017/5778
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"On Shattering Glass Ceilings"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz
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"On Second Naivete"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2015/5776
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"On Suffering"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2014/5775
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"Sarai as Victim and Perpetrator of Abuse"; Rabbanit Chava Evans ('17), 2014/5775
parshat vayera
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"An Emotional Response to Akeidat Yitzchak?"; Dalia Davis, 2020/5781
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"The Plague of Blindness"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2020/5781
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"Vulnerability, Visiting the Sick & Hospitality: Reflections on Avraham Avinu and CPE"; Rabbanit Amalia Haas (Kollel '20), 2019/5780
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"Actualizing Loyalty"; Rabbi Marianne Novak ('19), 2018/5779
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"The Limits of Hospitality"; Rabba Dina Brawer ('18), 2017/5778
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"On Rising Early in the Morning"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2016/5777
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"Vayer et Hamakom Me'rachok", Seeing a Distant God"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2015/5776
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"On Laughter"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2014/5775
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"Post-Partum Depression"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn ('16), 2015/5776
parshat chayei sarah
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"When Will My Life Begin?"; Myriam Ackerman Sommer, 2020/5781
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"Searching for Sarah"; Rabbanit Jennifer Kotzker Geretz ('20), 2019/5780
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"Truth On The Mind"; Dr. Wendy Zierler, 2018/5779
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"Ger Toshav: Finding Empathy in Civic Duty"; Rabbi Rebecca Blady ('19), 2017/5778
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"Life, Death, or Both?"; Rabba Melissa Scholten-Gutierrez ('18), 2017/5778
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"Stranger, Resident, and the Meaning of Belonging"; Maharat Ruth Friedman ('13) 2016/5777
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Rabbanit Leah Sarna ('18), 2015/5776 Updated in 2017: "Listening to Trauma", 2017/5778
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"The Price of Piety"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2015/5776
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"On Grieving"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2014/5775
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"A Cry is Heard from On High"; Maharat Rori Picker Neiss ('14), 2013/5774
parshat toldot
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"Enough Blessings for Each of Us"; Emily Goldberg Winer, 2020/5781
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"Founded Fears, Fulfilled Blessings"; Rabba Daniella Pressner (Kollel '20), 2019/5780
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"At the Edge of a Cliff with God"; Rabba Daniella Pressner (Kollel '20), 2018/5779
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"Two Truths and A Lie: What the Story of Jacob’s Deception can Teach Us about Growing Up"; Yael Smooha, 2017/5778
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"Debating the Future: Insights in the Dispute Between Yitzchak and Rivka"; Rabbi Adam Mintz, 2016/5777
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"The Blessing of Insufficiency"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2015/5776
parshat vayeitzei
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"There’s No Place Like Home"; Miriam Lorie, 2020/5781
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"Where there’s a Will, There’s a...Mountain?"; Yael Smooha, 2019/5780
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"A Thanksgiving Journey"; Rabbanit Jenna Englender ('19), 2018/5779
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"Losing Yourself, Finding Yourself: Jacob’s Psychological Journey"; Dr. Liz Shayne, 2017/5778
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"The Epiphany of Prayer"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2015/5776
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"On Love and Destiny"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2014/5775
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"The Violation of Dinah; The Violation of our Society"; Maharat Rori Picker Neiss ('14), 2013/5774
parshat vayishlach
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"Remembering Rebecca"; Dr. Sarit Kattan Gribetz, 2020/5781
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"Obsessing About Blessing": Rabbi Alana Suskin (Kollel '20), 2019/5780
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"The Dangers of Favoritism"; Rabba Shani Gross ('19), 2018/5779
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"The Fear of the Known"; Rabbanit Dr. Ágnes Veto (Kollel '20), 2017/5778
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"What's in a Name?: The Meaning Behind and Beyond What We Call Ourselves"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn ('16), 2016/5777
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"Dancing Toward Dawn"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2015/5776
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"On Facing Fears"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2014/5775
parshat vayeshev
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"Deceptions and Higher Callings"; Tamar Green Eisenstat, 2020/5781
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"On Emotional and Spiritual Growth"; Rabbanit Dr. Ágnes Veto (Kollel '20), 2019/5780
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"Tamar the Tenacious"; Rabbanit Leah Sarna ('18), 2017/5778
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"On Success"; Rabbanit Leah Sarna ('18), 2016/5777
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"On Seeking Serenity"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2015/5776
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"On Wandering Towards Purpose"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2014/5775
parshat miketz
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"Resilient We Remain"; Nomi Kaltmann; 2020/5781
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"Finding Joy In The Snow"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2020/5781
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"Lost and Found"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2019/5780
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"The Vanishing Flame: The Chassidic Chanukah Miracle"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn ('16), 2018/5779
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"Lights From The Depths"; Rabba Claudia Marbach ('18), 2017/5778
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"Dreaming in the Dark: Miketz and the Menorah"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2015/5776
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"On Forgetting and Remembering"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2014/5775
parshat vayigash
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"Show Up, Speak Up, Stand Up"; Adina Fredman, 2020/5781
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"Sibling Rivalry: on Joseph and Judah the Righteous"; Dr. Liz Shayne, 2020/5780
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"Re-Meeting Joseph and his Brothers"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2018/5779
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"Long Lost Family, Long Lost Nation, Long Lost Redemption"; Rabbi Marianne Novak ('19), 2017/5778
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"On Family"; Dr. Rabba Anat Sharbat ('15), 2017/5777
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"On Crying and Catharsis"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2015/5776
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"On Favoritism"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2014/5775
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"Love in Loss"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn ('16), 2013/5773
parshat vayechi
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"Death, Closure, and Hope"; Rivka Wietchner, 2021/5781
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"Lasting Legacy"; Yael Keller, 2020/5780
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"On Reconciliation"; Rabba Claudia Marbach ('18), 2018/5779
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"Belligerent Prayer"; Tanya Farber, 2017/5778
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"On Raising Children"; Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe ('17), 2017/5777
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"From Alienation to Integration: Learning to Live"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2015/5776
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"‘HaMalach HaGoel’: A Blessing of Protection and a Model for Community"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn ('16), 2015/5775
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"On Denial and Hope"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
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"The Father that Never Died"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2013/5774
shemot
parshat shemot
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"Counting Stars"; Yael Smooha, 2021/5781
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"Batya’s Story: A Single Woman Pursuing Adoption "; Dalia Davis, 2020/5780
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"A Tale of Two Lives"; Myriam Ackermann Sommer, 2018/5779
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"The Heroes' Heroes: Those Who Create Space and Those Who Take It"; Rabba Daniella Pressner (Kollel '20), 2018/5778
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"The Israelite Women and their God: Partners in Dangerous Love"; Yael Smooha, 2017/5777
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"The God of Need, the God of Now"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Anxiety"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat va'era
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"Hitting The Unprecedented Plague With A Stick" (video); Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2021/5781
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"Our Heavenly Body"; Nomi Kaltmann, 2020/5780
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"What Does It Mean To Be A God"; Rabbi Alana Suskin (Kollel '20), 2019/5779
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"Experiencing the Process"; Yael Keller, 2018/5778
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"Savlanut! Undoing the Web of Enslavement"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2017/5777
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"Pious Impiety"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Breathing"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat bo
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"Beyond the Present"; Rabbanit Dr. Ágnes Veto (Kollel '20), 2020/5780
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"With All Your Heart"; Rabbanit Jenna Englender ('19), 2018/5778
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"Let Me Tell You a Story: Questions and Answers in Parshat Bo"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn ('16), 2017/5777
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Parshat Bo; Rabbi Marianne Novak ('19), 2017/5777
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"Entering Fog"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Managing Time"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat b'shalach
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"An Ode to Miriam"; Naima Hirsch, 2021/5781
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"Sustaining Creation Through Song"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2021/5781
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"Empathetic Leadership: On Top of the Mountain or Down in the Valley?"; Atara Lindenbaum, 2020/5780
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"From Hatchlings to Saplings: Shabbat Shira and Tu Bishevat"; Darshanit Dr. Miriam Udel (Kollel '19), 2019/5779
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"Leadership, Redemption, and the Bones of Joseph"; Rabbanit Amalia Haas (Kollel '20), 2018/5778
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"Crossing Over Into Song"; Rabbi Eryn London ('17), 2017/5777
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"B'Shalach"; Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe ('17), 2016/5776
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"Ze Eli V'Anvehu: Pointing to a Personal God"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Singing"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat yitro
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"Matan Torah: A New Creation Narrative"; Talia Weisberg, 2021/5781
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"Making Ourselves Abundant"; Emily Goldberg Winer, 2020/5780
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"Images and imagining God"; Dr. Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz, 2019/5779
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"Seeing is Believing?"; Rabbi Adam Mintz, 2018/5778
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"On Closeness Without Convergence"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2017/5777
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"Don't Go It Alone"; Rabba Yaffa Epstein (Kollel '15), 2016/5776
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"On Being Seen and Heard"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat mishpatim
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"Voices in the Gates"; Rabbi Alana Suskin (Kollel '20), 2021/5781
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"In Defense of Legalism"; Dr. Liz Shayne, 2020/5780
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"Crafting An Ideal Society"; Rabbanit Jennifer Kotzker Geretz ('20), 2019/5779
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"But What Were the Terms and Conditions?"; Rabba Claudia Marbach ('18), 2018/5778
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"Carrying the Torah's Progressive Spirit into the Future"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2017/5777
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"And You Shall Be a Holy People to Me"; Rabbi Adam Mintz, 2016/5776
parshat terumah
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"We Are Our Own Worst Enemy - Parshat Zachor"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2021/5781
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"A Fundraising Dream"; Nomi Kaltmann, 2021/5781
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"Repair, Revelation, and Rededication"; Rabbi Marianne Novak ('19), 2020/5780
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"Building Hashem's House"; Lisa Schlaff, 2019/5779
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"Creating A Space For Revelation"; Rabbanit Tali Schaum Broder ('19), 2018/5778
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"Commitment to the Cause: How to Inspire People to Work Together"; Maharat Ruth Friedman ('13), 2017/5777
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"Intimacy in the Void: On the Keruvim and Shir HaShirim"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Community"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat tetzaveh
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"Knowledge of the Heart, Knowledge of the Hands"; Dr. Liz Shayne, 2021/5781
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“Dress to Impress"; Nomi Kaltmann, 2020/5780
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“L’eggo Yo’ Ego”: Garments of Glory, to Those Who Seek None"; Yael Smooha, 2019/5779
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"If You Build It, They Will Come: Losing, Persevering, and Rebuilding"; Yael Smooha, 2018/5778
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"Why so many things? Can’t I just talk to God?"; Rabbanit Jenna Englender ('19), 2016/5776
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"Simeni Kachotem al Libecha: On Carrying a People"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"Tetzaveh and The Double Darkness of Depression"; Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe ('17), 2016/5776
parshat ki tissa
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"Moses on Education: Breaking Through the Zoom Screen"; Emily Singer, 2021/5781
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"The Artist Who Stood in the Shadow of God"; Laura Shaw Frank, 2018/5778
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"The Need to Tell Our Difficult Stories: Chet HaEigel in our Wholeness and Holiness"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn ('16), 2017/5777
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"On Seeing and Not Seeing God"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Making Mistakes"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz; 2015/5775
parshat vayekhel
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"Spinning the Goats: Vayakhel-Pekudei"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2020/5780
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"The Beginning of Jewish Culture"; Rabbi Rebecca Blady ('19), 2019/5779
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"Indiscriminate Generosity"; Rabba Wendy Amsellem (Kollel '18), 2018/5778
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"On New Months and New Beginnings"; Rabbanit Dasi Fruchter ('16), 2017/5777
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"On Generosity, Love and Being Loved"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Uncertainty: Vayakhel - Pekudei"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat pekudei
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"The Art of Teaching"; Rabbanit Aliza Sperling (Kollel '19), 2019/5779
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"Inviting God into God's House"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
vayikra
parshat vayikra
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"Abby's Bat Mitzvah D'var Torah"; Abby S. and Yael K., 2020/5780
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"Reflections on Korban Nedaveh"; Rabbanit Amalia Haas (Kollel '20), 2019/5779
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"Naming Moses, Naming Our Experience"; Darshanit Dr. Miriam Udel (Kollel '19), 2018/5778
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"From Outside to Inside: Invitations to Unity"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Body and Soul"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat tzav
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"The Resource of Liminality"; Dr. Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz, 2020/5780
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"The Power of Separation"; Dr. Chaim Trachtman (Board), 2020/5780
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"Petach HaOhel: Doorways and Opportunities"; Atara Lindenbaum, 2019/5779
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"God Desires Our Broken Hearts"; Rabba Yaffa Epstein (Kollel '15), 2017/5777
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"Retaining the Remnants"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
parshat shemini
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"Humility and Obedience as a Leadership Skill"; Rabbanit Dr. Ágnes Veto (Kollel '20), 2019/5779
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"Shifting Roles and Setting Boundaries"; Rabba Shani Gross, 2018/5778
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"The Deeds of Aaron's Sons: Between a Strange Fire to Proper Halacha"; Rabba Avital Engelberg (Kollel '15), 2017/5777
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"Difficult Silence"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Living With Loss"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
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"Letting the Light In"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn ('16), 2014/5774
parshat tazria
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"Letting the Light In"; Nomi Kaltmann, 2020/5780
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"Seeing with Both Eyes: Cultivating Depth Perception for Honest Relationships"; Rabba Dina Brawer ('18), 2019/5779
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"Imagining the Unknown"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"Community is Inclusivity"; Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe ('17), 2015/5775
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"On Liminality: Tazria-Metzora"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat metzora
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"Isolated But Not Forgotten"; Rabbi Eryn London ('17), 2020/5780
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"Our Bodies Connect Us to Each Other and to Hashem"; Rabbanit Dr. Ágnes Veto (Kollel '20), 2019/5779
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"Metzora and Mashiach"; Rabba Melissa Scholten-Gutierrez ('18), 2018/5778
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"The Toothpaste Sacrifice"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn ('16), 2017/5777
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"On Waiting and Not Understanding"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
parshat acharei mot
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"Backwards Revelation"; Aliza Libman Baronofksky, 2020/5780
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"Spring Ahead and Fall Back: When Israel and the Diaspora Read Different Parashas"; Dr. Liz Shayne, 2019/5779
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"Great Torah Principles - Acharei Mot Kedoshim"; Rabbi Jeffrey Fox, 2018/5778
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"Everywhere I Go...: Acharei Mot - Kedoshim"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2017/5777
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"To Life!"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Boundaries: Acharei Mot - Kedoshim"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat kedoshim
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"Teaching Torah: Planting Seeds and Rooting for Our Children"; Atara Lindenbaum, 2019/5779
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"On the Holiness of Boundaries and the Sanctity of Community"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
parshat emor
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"Every Day Counts"; Atara Lindenbaum, 2020/5780
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"Wither the Defect"; Rabbanit Gloria Nusbacher ('20), 2019/5779
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"An Ancient Source for Modern Concepts of Justice"; Rabbanit Judith Levitan (Kollel '20), 2018/5778
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"The Importance of Imperfection"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"Emor"; Rabba Claudia Marbach ('18), 2015/5775
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"On Embracing the Outsider"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
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"Blemishes and the Fallacy of Perfection"; Rabbi Avi Weiss, 2013/5773
parshat behar
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"From Har Sinai to Jerusalem: A Place in Our Hearts"; Adina Fredman, 2020/5780
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"From the Transactional to the Transcendent and Back Again "; Rabba Dina Brawer ('18), 2019/5779
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"Leaning In As A Biblical Commandment: Behar-Bechukotai"; Rabbanit Jennifer Kotzker Geretz ('20), 2018/5778
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"God as Ger: Finding Alignment through Alienation";Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
parshat bechukotai
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"On Theodicy: Behar - Bechukotai"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
bamidbar
parshat bamidbar
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"Counting the Diamonds"; Nomi Kaltmann, 2020/5780
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"Individual or Community: When Identity is More Than a Number"; Phoebe Ana Rabinowitsch, 2019/5779
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"It's On Us: Living the Jewish Calling at Har Sinai, in the Desert, and in Davening"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn ('16), 2018/5778
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"Unbuilding and Upbuilding in the Wilderness"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Individuals and Community"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat naso
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"Who is Fit to be a Leader? Someone Who Knows how to Bless Others"; Briah Cahana, 2020/5780
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"Making a Real Difference in 2020"; Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe ('17), 2020/5780 (video)
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"The Power of Blessings"; Yael Keller, 2019/5779
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"Blessed be the Sota"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2018/5778
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"Communities of God"; Rabbi Atara Cohen ('20), 2017/5777
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"Ambivalent Ascetism";Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Human Initiative"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat beha'alotekha
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"Make Our People Humble Again"; Rabbi Marianne Novak ('19), 2020/5780
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"Table for Five: Beha'alotecha"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn ('16), Dr. Sheila Tuller Keiter, Nili Isenberg, Lt. Yoni Troy, and Rabbi Chaim Singer-Frankes, 2020/5780
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"Siblings, A Love Story, Finally"; Yael Smooha, 2018/5778
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"Going Up, With A Friend"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2017/5777
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"On Gatherings, Good and Bad"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Not Kowing"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat shelach
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"Bad News Amnesia: Wandering After Your Heart" (video); Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2020/5780
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"Meragliim, Minyan and Mind"; Maharat Miriam Gonczarska, 2020/5780
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"Mending Threads and Tying Knots"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2019/5779
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"On Spies, Daughters, and Claiming Our Inheritance"; Rabba Yaffa Epstein (Kollel '15), 2017/5777
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"Holy Chutzpah"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Mob Mentality"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat korach
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"Almond Blossoms in 2020"; Tanya Farber, 2020/5780
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"Beyond Mrs. On"; Dr. Wendy Zierler (Kollel), 2019/5779
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"The Power of Thoughts"; Rabba Dr. Anat Sharbat ('15), 2017/5777
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"Contemplating Kedusha"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Receiving Criticism"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat chukat
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"The Danger of Anger"; Rabbi Marianne Novak '19, 2020/5780
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"The Copper Snake - How A Miracle Turns Into Idolatry"; Rabba Avital Engelberg ('15), 2019/5779
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"Job and the Red Cow"; Rabbi Dr. Devorah Schoenfeld (Kollel '19), 2018/5778
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"Do Opposites Really Attract? The tragedy of Esav and Jacob's relationship"; Maharat Ruth Friedman ('13), 2017/5777
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"The Staff of Supernaturalism"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Self Reliance"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat balak
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"Balak Burlesque"; Darshanit Dr. Miriam Udel (Kollel '19), 2018/5778
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"At the Violet Hour"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2017/5777
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"On Foresight"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat pinchas
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"Light Through The Darkness of Transition"; Rabba Claudia Marbach ('18), 2020/5780
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"Truth and Peace"; Rabba Dr. Anat Sharbat, 2019/5779
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"Save The World - Together"; Rabba Melissa Scholten-Gutierrez ('18), 2017/5777
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"In the Shadow of Trauma";Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Being Counted"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat mattot - mase'i
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"A Guide to Nation Building"; Nomi Kaltmann, 2020/5780
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"Fighting Fair"; Rabbi Marianne Novak ('19), 2018/5778
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"Descent for the Sake of Ascent"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn, ('16), 2017/5777
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"Journeys Redeemed and Unredeemed"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Faith"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat mase'i
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"Nurturing Proactive Women"; Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe ('17), 2014/5774
devarim
parshat devarim
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"Holy Interruption"; Emily Goldberg Winer, 2020/5780
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"Memories and Journeys"; Rabba Melissa Scholten-Gutierrez ('18), 2019/5779
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"The Power of Goodbye"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2018/5778
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"O Nivonim, My Nivonim"; Rabba Dr. Carmella Abraham ('17), 2017/5777
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"On the Use, Disuse, and Misuse of Language"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Gumption"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat va'etchanan
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"How to Love God: Shema as a User's Manual"; Lisa Schlaff, 2020/5780
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"On Comfort"; Rabba Dr. Anat Sharbat ('15), 2019/5779
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"A Lesson in Succession"; Rabbanit Gloria Nusbacher ('20), 2018/5778
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"Finding Comfort in Closeness"; Rabbanit Dasi Fruchter ('16), 2017/5777
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"Intimacy without Expectations: Cultivating a Sober Spirituality"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"Va'etchanan"; Rabbi Eryn London ('17), 2016/5776
parshat ekev
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"Jewish History: The Ultimate Guidebook"; Nomi Kaltmann, 2020/5780
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"Losing and Finding Our Way"; Rabbanit Judith Levitan (Kollel '20), 2019/5779
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"No Pain, No Gain: Why Discipline Matters"; Yael Smooha, 2017/5777
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"Luchot v'Shivrei Luchot: On Whole and Broken Pieces"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"Step Back and Look Around"; Rabbi Eryn London ('17), 2016/5776
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"On Loving the Convert"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat re'eh
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"Backwards Revelation"; Tanya Farber, 2019/5779
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"A Symphony of Sight"; Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe ('17), 2018/5778
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"On Seeing Good and Seeing G-d"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"Re'eh"; Rabbi Eryn London ("17), 2016/5776
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"On Yearning"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
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"Doing What is Right and Good: Nelson Mandela and Moral Courage"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2013/5773
parshat shoftim
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"Shaking the Foundations"; Rabbi Alana Suskin (Kollel '20), 2020/5780
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"Fighting for Work Life Balance"; Rabba Dina Brawer ('18), 2019/5779
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"Measuring Matters: Lessons Learned from a Murder Mystery"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas Newborn ('16), 2018/5778
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"Elul: "It's not about the destination, but the journey"; Rabbanit Goldie Guy ('17), 2017/5777
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"Facing the Challal"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"Shoftim"; Rabbi Eryn London ('17), 2016/5776
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"On Unintentionally Sinning"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat ki tetze
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"Relationship Building as a Mitzvah"; Phoebe Ana Rabinowitsch, 2020/5780
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"The Challenge of Memory"; Rabbi Tali Adler ('18), 2018/5778
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"On Returning the Lost"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"Ki Tetze"; Rabbi Eryn London ('17), 2016/5776
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"On Fitting In"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat ki tavo
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"Etchings on Stone"; Rabba Claudia Marbach ('18), 2020/5780
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"Sharing What's In Your Basket"; Rabbi Alana Suskin (Kollel '20), 2019/5779
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"Prayer, The Fruits of Our Labor"; Rabba Dr. Carmella Abraham ('17), 2018/5778
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"Arvut Hadadit - Covenant of Communal Responsibility"; Rabba Dr. Anat Sharbat ('15), 2017/5777
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"Acquiring A Heart that Knows"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"Ki Tavo"; Rabbi Eryn London ('17), 2016/5776
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"On Praying for Redemption"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat nitzavim
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"The Longest Day"; Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe '17, 2020/5780
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"Grit vs. Gift"; Rabba Dina Brawer '18, 2019/5779
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"People of the Journey"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2017/5777
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"Human Repentance and Godly Return"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
parshat vayelech
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"Hitbodedut Versus Hakhel"; Rabbi Atara Cohen ('20), 2019/5780
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"On Hiding and Seeking- Shabbat Shuva"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5777
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"On Nuance - Shabbat Shuva"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat haazinu
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"Listen Up and Hear"; Dr. Wendy Zierler, 2020/5781
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"Lifelong Learning"; Rabba Dr. Anat Sharbat, 2019/5780
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"Sometimes You Need a Good Poem"; Dr. Liz Shayne, 2018/5779
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"Moshe Between Heaven and Earth"; Rabbi Dr, Devorah Schoenfeld (Kollel '19), 2017/5778
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"The Sacred Gap"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5777
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"On Diverse Voices"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat v'zot habracha
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"Writing and Dying with Tears";Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5777