The broken luchot, according to the Rabbinic texts, were saved in the aron beside the whole ones. Rabbanit Yael Keller gives gratitude for the ways Torah study embraces our broken parts and makes us whole.

The piyut of the Jewish people being the creation in the hand of the Creator values our physical and spiritual selves as divine. Rabbi Phoebe Ana Rabinowitsch explores what it means to make taking care of ourselves a holy pursuit.

The Talmud debates whether it is better to lead or make room for others to lead, deciding they are equally important. Rabbanit Adina Fredman compares this conversation to her experience at Maharat and her hopes for the future.

The Talmud tells the story of God asking for a berachah, and being blessed with excessive kindness. Rabbi Emily Goldberg Winer takes it a step further and asks for the berachah to be able to be vulnerable and empathetic.

The verse in Shir HaShirim which explores the ways in which one peers through the lattice are inverted in the merit of righteous women. Rabbanit Dalia Davis celebrates the ways in which semikha provides a direct connection to the mesorah and to God.

Upon graduation with semikhah, Rabbanit Michal Arkovitz reflects upon the journey which brought her here. Over the course of several berachot, she examines what it means to live in balance with a “walking” halakahah.

The 90-second summary of the semikha ceremony highlights each graduate and the joy of the day.

The balance between the sotah ritual erasing God’s name and preventing adultery and erasing the ritual due to human complication is a fine one. Sofia Freudenstein proposes that this dynamic reflects the ever-changing place of God and the Rabbis in our lives.

In an episode on the laws of kashrut and morality, Rabba Aliza Libman Baronofsky and Rabba Amy Newman discuss sharing leadership and responsibility.

In a holiday celebrating Torah study, it is fitting to have several methods of teaching outlines. Dr. Sarit Kattan Gribetz outlines the ways that the landscapes of Matan Torah, Yechezkel’s first prophecy and Rut and Naomi’s conversations align with the pedagogical model.