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Rivka Wietchner

5783/2022

Dvar Torah / Holidays / Shavuot

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D’var Torah; Video; Holidays; Shavuot; Connection; Emotions; Har Sinai; Matan Torah; Rabbi Akiva; Talmud

The Talmud tells the story of what happened when Moshe ascended Har Sinai and could not understand what he saw prophetically in Rabbi Akiva’s beit midrash. Rivka Wietchner explains the need to reconnect to the same Torah we have had for so long in new ways.

Rabba Yaffa Epstein, in Wipf and Stock

June 2022

Books Written

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Article; Book; Curiosity; Education; Jewish life; Journey; Torah study

Myriad Jewish leaders including Rabba Yaffa Epstein compile narratives about the diverse adult educational opportunities, formal and informal alike.

Sofia Freudenstein

5783/2022

Dvar Torah / Holidays / Shavuot

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D’var Torah; Video; Holidays; Shavuot; Acceptance; Consent; Har Sinai; Legacy; Love; Martin Buber; Matan Torah; Obligation; Parenting; Philosophy; Purim; Relationships; Talmud

The acceptance of the Torah, commemorated each year on Shavuot, can feel a bit uncomfortable and coerced. Sofia Freudenstein traces the philosophical interpretations into obligation and the benefits we reap in our daily lives.

The Jewish Education Project, in Jewish News Syndicate

May 6, 2022

In the News

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Article; Education; Leadership; Teaching; Torah study; Women Rabbis

Creating new opportunities and working with existing staff members, Rabba Yaffa Epstein joins the Jewish Education Project and will redefine the role of Jewish texts in Jewish education.

Miriam Lorie, in Times of Israel

May 27, 2022

In the News

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Article; Community; Education; Feminism; France; Leadership; Learning; Orthodoxy; Torah study; Women Rabbis

As the times change and women have the chance to achieve the same as men in Judaic fields, Miriam Lorie reflects on the path so many Yeshivat Maharat students have taken in the UK and what it means to be a Rabbi.

Rabbi Phoebe Ana Rabinowitsch

5783/2022

Dvar Torah / Holidays / Shavuot

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D’var Torah; Video; Holidays; Shavuot; Community; Jewish life; Matan Torah; Or HaChaim; Strength; Unity

The unity of the Jewish people gave them the strength to receive the Torah. Phoebe Ana Rabinowitsch calls for us to follow in their footsteps and put aside our differences.

Rabbanit Ramie Smith

5783/2022

Dvar Torah / Holidays / Shavuot

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D’var Torah; Video; Holidays; Shavuot; Community; Growth; Individual; Relationships; Society; Women in Tanakh; Yael Ziegler

When Rut clings to Naomi, she redefines what a relationship can be. Rabba Ramie Smith speaks to the ways a community can heal through devotion to one another.

Leah Fine

5783/2022

Dvar Torah / Holidays / Shavuot

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D’var Torah; Video; Holidays; Shavuot; Archaeology; Bikkurim; Harvest; History; Legacy; Money; Names; Philo

Shavuot, a holiday with many names, has an extra name which is less popular. Leah Fine uses archaeological evidence and historical texts to teach about the Festival of Baskets.

Myriam Ackermann-Sommer

2022/5782

Dvar Torah / Vayikra / Bechukotai

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D’var Torah; Parshat Bechukotai; Parashah; Arakhin; Fertility; Finances; History; Judith Antonelli; Money; Rav Amnon Bazak; Talmud; Tanakh; Tradition; Valuation; Work

The values of men and women show extreme discrepancy, but the skewed values can seem odd. Myriam Ackermann-Sommer explains the feminist lens into fertility, and the different values of individuals across cultures.

undefined, in National Council of Jewish Women

May 17, 2022

In the News / Abortion

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D’var Torah; Video; Abortion; Compassion; Complexity; Feminism; Halakhah; Health; Reproductive health; Roe v. Wade

The Jewish ideas around are much more compassionate than many believe. Rabba Sara Hurwitz joins many more to advocate for a Judaism where the rechem, womb, is treated with rachamim, compassion.

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