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5783/2023
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D’var Torah; Halakhah; Teshuvah; Anatomy; Comparative texts; Connection; History; Kabbalah; LGBTQ; Queer
Rabbi Dr. Zev Farber responds to Rabbi Fox’s teshuvah with two additional supportive elements drawn from the same sources, utilizing the Rivan and even the Rambam to enhance his stance.
5783/2023
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D’var Torah; Halakhah; Teshuvah; Action; Anatomy; Discrimination; Feminism; Framing; Gender; Identity; Inclusion; Language; LGBTQ; Personality; Queer; Responsibility; Sexuality; Shame; Society; Tzniut
Rachael Fried responds to Rabbi Fox’s teshuvah by holding space for both the complexity of gender and the double standard of loophole application.
5783/2023
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D’var Torah; Halakhah; Teshuvah; Acceptance; Comparative texts; Complexity; Debate; Framing; Identity; LGBTQ; Parallel; Queer; Responsibility; Sexuality; Silence; Stress
Rabbi Aryeh Klapper responds to Rabbi Fox’s teshuvah systematically and assesses what it means to accept an incredibly painful situation.
April 3, 2023
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D’var Torah; Holidays; Pesach; Community; Conflict; Debate; Family; Love; Politics; Seder; Yom Kippur
Sitting down to the seder can feel like the inevitable wait for a political debate. Rabbi Avi Weiss provides ideas to diffuse the situation and ways to prevent conflict to begin with.
5783/2023
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D’var Torah; Parshat Vayikra; Parashah; Clothing; Connection; Detail; Fire; God; Impact; Kavannah; Korbanot; Light; Mindfulness; Time
The depth and breadth of detail around how a korban was brought seems astounding. Nomi Kaltmann examines just a few ways in which kohanim were able to have an embodied experience.
5783/2023
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D’var Torah; Parshat Vayikra; Parashah; Kavannah; Korbanot; Literary devices; Memory; Moses Mendelsohn; Parshat Noach; Philosophy; Senses; Smell; Talmud; Tanakh; Worldwide
Smell has the ability to transport an individual to a time lost to memory. Rabbanit Yael Keller studies the importance of smell to God as it is described in the korbanot.
March 23, 2023
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Article; Abortion; Conversation; Ethics; Interfaith; Legal; Medicine; Morality; Religion; Roe v. Wade; Social justice; Statistics; Welfare
Clergymembers and representatives of several different religions unite to discuss the religious understanding of Roe v. Wade.
March 21, 2023
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Article; Rabba Sara Hurwitz; Equality; Feminism; Jewish life; Leadership; Maharat; Orthodoxy; Women Rabbis
In under 15 years, Yeshivat Maharat has produced over 60 Rabbis who continue to pave the way for more. Rabba Sara Hurwitz offers insight into the hopes of the program.
March 20, 2023
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Article; Abuse; Children; Community; Jewish life; Orthodoxy; Rabba Sara Hurwitz; Sociology; Women Rabbis
The recent Nishma Research study offers insight into the worries and wonderings of the Orthodox community.
March 19, 2023
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Podcast; Argument; Community; Culture; Difference; Impact; Jewish life; Language; Orthodoxy; Perspective; Religion; Women Rabbis
Rabba Sara Hurwitz speaks about what it means to be a Rabba in the current Orthodox community, and the ways in which we shape language to promote healthy discourse and acceptance.
