rosh hashana
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"Getting out of Narrowness"; Hannah Ruimy ('25), 2023/5783
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"Rosh Hashanah: a Time to Rejoice With Trepidation"; Rabba Dina Brawer ('18), 2021/5782
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"Sudden Change Requires Slow Commitment"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2021/5782
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"Shofar Alerts Us to Present Possibilities, Not Future Peril"; Adina Roth, 2021/5782
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"The Akeidah Through the Lens of Poetry (video)"; Rabbi Dr. Wendy Zierler ('21), 2021/5782
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"Rosh Hashana Drasha" (video); Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2020/5781
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"Power Hour of Torah: The High Holiday Edition" (video), 2020/5781
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Machzor Companion, 2020/5781
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"Look at this Rosh Hashanah as a bespoke experience"; Rabba Dina Brawer ('18), 2020/5781
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"The Shining Face of the Kohen Gadol and Personal Forgiveness"; Rabbi Marianne Novak ('19), 2020/5781
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"Three Mothers of Rosh Hashanah"; Rabbi Alana Suskin (Kollel '20), 2019/5780
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"The Rosh Hashanah Musaf"; Rabbanit Gloria Nusbacher ('20), 2019/5780
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"Signed, Sealed, Delivered"; Rabbanit Dr. Liz Shayne ('21), 2019/5780
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"Rosh Hashanah: Time of Change"; Nomi Kaltmann, 2019/5780
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"If Only..."; Rabba Rachel Kohl Finegold ('13), 2019/5780
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"Teshuva: A Counter Cultural Endeavor"; Rabba Claudia Marbach ('18), 2019/5780
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"Beyond the Point of No Return: On Teshuvah and Finding a Way Out"; Myriam Ackermann-Somer, 2019/5780
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"Yamim Noraim: How Awesome is Our Destination!"; Rabbanit Yael Smooha ('21), 2018/5779
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"A Psalm for the Season"; Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe ('17), 2018/5779
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"Crowning the King"; Rabbi Marianne Novak ('19), 2018/5779
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"The Cloudy Shofar"; Rabbi Jeffrey Fox, 2018/5779
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"Women and Shofar"; Rabbanit Gloria Nusbacher ('20), 2018/5779
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"Tashlich: Baggage Check"; Rabba Dina Brawer ('18), 2018/5779
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"Please Open My Lips"; Rabbi Eryn London ('17), 2016/5777
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"Pregnancy and the New Year"; Maharat Rori Picker Neiss ('14), 2014/5775
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"Prescribing Life"; Rabba Dr. Carmella Abraham ('17), 2013/5774
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"Rosh Hashana Address"; Rabba Rachel Kohl Finegold ('13), 2013/5774
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"Change with Sacrifice"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2013/5774
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"Starting the New Year Awake"; Rabba Rachel Kohl Finegold ('13), 2013/5774
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Address to Bais Abraham Congregation; Maharat Rori Picker Neiss ('14), 2013/5774
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"The Shofar Reminds Us to Listen for Unheard Cries"; Maharat Rori Picker Neiss ('14), 2013/5774
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"Elul Reflections"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn ('16), 2013/5774
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"Holding On: The High Holiday Lesson of the Birmingham Bell"; Rabbi Avi Weiss, 2013/5774
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"Thwarting the Satan for Shalom Bayit"; Rabbi Jeffrey Fox, 2012/5773
yom kippur
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Machzor Companion, 2020/5781
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"Of Angels & Death: Women Wearing Kittels"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2019/5780
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"How to Have it All By Not Having it All: (Mis)Representation on Yom Kippur"; Maharat Ruth Friedman ('13), 2019/5780
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"What the...? On the Yom Kippur Scapegoat Service"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2018/5779
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"The Power of Analogy in מראה כהן"; Rabbanit Dr. Liz Shayne ('21), 2018/5779
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"Fasting on Yom Kippur by Pregnant or Nursing Women: A Personal and Pastoral Perspective"; Maharat Ruth Friedman ('13), 2018/5779
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"Ahavnu, Beirachnu: Yom Kippur is a Time to Confess Our Good"; Rabbi Avi Weiss, 2016/5777
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Yizkor Address; Rabbi Eryn London ('17), 2016/5777
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"Forgiving Others and Forgiving Ourselves"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2012/5773
sukkot / simkhat torah
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'Ve’Samachta Be’chagecha: Sukkot Joy'; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2023/5784
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"The Power of Simplicity"; Tamar Green Eisenstat ('23), 2022/5783
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"Imagining the Impossible" (video) and (text); Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2020/5781
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"Arba Minim, Arba Devarim"; Rabba Melissa Scholten-Gutierrez '18, 2017/5778
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"Shmini Atzeret"; Rabbi Eryn London ('17), 2016/5777
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"Chol Hamoed Sukkot"; Rabbi Eryn London ('17), 2016/5777
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"Kallah Torah Address"; Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe ('17), 2015/5776
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"Finding Security Within Insecurity"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2013/5774
chanukah
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"Power Hour of Torah - The Chanukah Edition" (video), 2020/5781
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"Chanukah: the Holiness of the Doorway - the Mezuzah and the Chanukiya"; Rabbi Jeffrey Fox, 2020/5781
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"Seeking Resilience"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2020/5781
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"Chanukah from Every Angle - A Webinar with Maharat Faculty" (video), 2019/5780
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"Love, Light and Latkes"; Rabba Melissa Scholten-Gutierrez ('18), 2018/5779
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"Celebrating in Darkness"; Rabbi Tali Adler ('18), 2018/5779
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"Light in Dark Times"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5777
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"Chanukkah and Shimon HaTzadik"; Rabbi Jeffrey Fox, 2015/5776
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"Giving Thanks"; Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe ('17), 2014/5775
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Chashmonaim's Leadership - Rambam vs. Ramban (Sources), Rabbi Jeffrey Fox, 2012/5773
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"Miraculous Salvation"; Rabbanit Devorah Zlochower, 2012/5773
purim
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Unveiling the Hidden Faces of Torah - Dr. Rachel Rosenthal, Maharat Faculty and Director of External Affairs 2025/5785
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Disobedience and Renewal: Women’s Roles from Megillat Esther to the World-to-Come - Zan Alhadeff ‘27 2025/5785
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The Power of Amplified Women’s Voices - Ilana Gimpelevich ‘26 2025/5785
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Uplifting Unnamed Women - Rabbi Naima Hirsch Gelman ‘24 2025/5785
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From Rules to Renewal: How Purim Can Transform - Arielle Krule ‘25 2025/5785
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Esther, Queen of Theater - Yehudit Mazur-Shlomi ‘27 2025/5785
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The Masked Divine: Finding the Shechinah in Purim - Yali Szulanski ‘25 2025/5785
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"#maharat10daysoftorah Purim 2022" (video series), 2022/5782
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"On Precedent"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2021/5781
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"Power Hour of Torah - The Purim Edition" (video), 2021/5781
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"Back To The Garden: Purim, Patriarchy, And A Path Forward"; Co-authored by Rabba Wendy Amsellem ('18), 2019/5779
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"Coercion, Choice, Power and Consent – Purim and Sexuality"; Rabbi Jeffrey Fox, 2019/5779
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"Yes! And..."; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2018/5778
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"The Anxiety of Purim"; Rabbanit Gloria Nusbacher ('20), 2017/5777
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"Celebrating Unity: How the Four Mitzvot Bring Us Together"; Rabba Melissa Scholten-Gutierrez ('18), 2016/5776
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"Two Kinds of Gifts"; Rabbi Jeffrey Fox, 2016/5776
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"Celebrating the Joy of Purim with Rambam"; Rabbi Jeffrey Fox, 2014/5774
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"Hidden Miracles"; Rabbi Jeffrey Fox, 2012/5773
pesach
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"Freedom and Dignity in Being Seen"; Yali Szulanski, 2023/5783
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"#maharat10daysoftorah Pesach 2022" (video series), 2022/5782
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"We Were Slaves — We Know What It Means to Not Fit In"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2022/5782
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"Passover: Achieving the Ideal"; Co-authored by Rabba Wendy Amsellem ('18), 2021/5781
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"Passover Readings"; Maharat & YCT, 2021/5781
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"Pre-Pesach Divrei Torah" (video); Rabba Claudia Marbach ('18), 2021/5781
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"Power Hour of Torah - The Pesach Edition" (video), 2021/5781
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"Chaos in Seder" (text) and (video); Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2020/5780
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"Embrace New Parts of the Haggadah"; Rabbanit Leah Sarna ('18), 2020/5780
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"A 2020 Message From Our President"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2020/5780
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"Why is Eliyahu Invited to Our Seder?"; Rabbi Marianne Novak ('19), 2020/5780
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"Bedikat Chametz"; Rabbi Emily Goldberg Winer ('22), 2020/5780
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"Haggadah: Narrative Therapy "; Nomi Kaltmann, 2020/5780
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"A Seder Supplement in the Age of Coronavirus"; Rabbi Avi Weiss, 2020/5780
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"Our Matzah, Our Selves"; Emily Goldberg Winer ('22), 2019/5779
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"Dayenu and the Anatomy of Gratitude"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2019/5779
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"Telling the Story: Beginning and the End"; Rabbi Jeffrey Fox,, 2019/5779
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"Get Up and Go: Avraham and Pesach"; Rabba Dr. Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz (Kollel '21), 2019/5779
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"Mortal “Pair-il”: Zugot on the Seder Night"; Rabbanit Dr. Liz Shayne ('21), 2019/5779
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"The Metzora and Pesach: A Spiritual Connection"; Rabbi Marianne Novak ('19), 2019/5779
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"Pesach: A Radical Freedom"; Rabbi Alana Suskin (Kollel '20), 2018/5778
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"Shehechiyanu on Matza and Maror?"; Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe ('17), 2018/5778
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"Seder in Bnai-Brak Hills"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2018/5778
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"Rav Yehuda’s Puzzling Mnemonic Device", Rabba Dr. Carmella Abraham ('17), 2018/5778
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"This Matza We Eat -- What Is It For?"; Rabbanit Gloria Nusbacher ('20), 2018/5778
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"Psalm 114: The Maggid Ends, The Earth Trembles"; Rabbanit Leah Sarna ('18), 2018/5778
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"A Door Opens: Reflections on the End of the Seder"; Rabbanit Dr. Liz Shayne ('21), 2018/5778
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"4 Sons, 4 Rabbis, 4 Paradigms"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2017/5777
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"Pesach: A Love Story"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2017/5777
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"The Symbolism of Chametz"; Rabbanit Gloria Nusbacher ('20), 2017/5777
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"Counting Towards Sinai"; Rabba Claudia Marbach ('18), 2017/5777
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"Seder Etiquette: The Ultimate Civics Lesson"; Rabbi Marianne Novak ("19), 2017/5777
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"Hallel: The Sacrificial Soundtrack"; Rabbanit Leah Sarna ('18), 2017/5777
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"The Geulah of Gerut: Pesach as Transformation";Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"Charoseth: Harshness and Hope"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
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"What is the Parah Adumah?" Rabba Claudia Marbach ('18), 2015/5775
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"The Four Questions"; Rabba Avital Engelberg ('15), 2014/5774 [Hebrew]
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"Giving Thanks: the Challenge of Saying Hallel During Difficult Times"; Maharat Victoria Sutton ('14), 2014/5774
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"Meaning in the (dis)Order"; Rabba Dr. Carmella Abraham ('17), 2014/5774
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"Our Personal Exodus: Giving Lasting Meaning to the Seder"; Maharat Victoria Sutton ('14), 2012/5772
pesach sheni
shavuot
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"Choosing God Back"; Naima Hirsch Gelman, 2023/5783
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"How Do We Teach and How Do We Learn?: Three Pedagogical Models"; Dr. Sarit Kattan Gribetz, 2022/5782
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"Shavuot Torah"; Maharat, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, & the International Rabbinic Fellowship, 2021/5781
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"Power Hour of Torah - The Shavuot Edition" (video), 2021/5781
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"A Celebration of Female Friendship in the Book of Ruth"; Rabba Wendy Amsellem (Kollel '18), 2021/5781
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"Embracing the Infinite"; Rabba Dina Brawer ('18), 2021/5781
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"Shavuot: The Renewal of Torah"; Rabbi Jeffrey Fox, 2021/5781
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"Shavuot Jews vs. Pesach Jews"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2021/5781
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"The Night of Potential"; Rabbi Eryn London ('17), 2021/5781
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"Minhah Hadashah (מנחה חדשה): The Offering of Novelty"; Rabbanit Leah Sarna ('18), 2021/5781
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"God, Torah and Community"; Rabbi Dr. Devorah Schoenfeld ('19), 2021/5781
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"Na'aseh Venishma: On Being Hearing Impaired"; Rabbi Avi Weiss, 2021/5781
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"A Day of National Judgement"; Rabbi Jeffrey Fox, 2016/5776
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"A Celebration of Female Friendship in the Book of Ruth"; Rabba Wendy Amsellem (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On the Utility of Ambiguity"; Rabba Dina Brawer ('18), 2016/5776
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"Finding Meaning in Empty Spaces"; Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe ('17), 2016/5776
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"Chag Hakatzir, Chag Ha-bikkurim"; Rabbi Marianne Novak ('19), 2016/5776
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"Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History"; Rabbanit Yael Keller, 2016/5776
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"Reflections on Mothers-in-law and Daughters- in-law in Megilat Ruth"; Dr. Esther Altmann, 2016/5776
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"One Day or Two Days?"; Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe ('17), 2014/5774
the three weeks
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"In Preparation for the Three Weeks"; Rabbi Jeffrey Fox, 2016/5776
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"Finding Nechama in the Seven Haftarot of Comfort"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2014/5774
tisha b'av
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The Torah of Tears; Rabbi Tali Adler, 2019/5779
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"Az Behaloch Yirmiyahu"; Rabba Dr. Carmella Abraham ('17), 2014/5774
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"A Holiday of Distance"; Rabbi Jeffrey Fox, 2014/5774
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"The Flawed Dream"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2013/5773
thanksgiving
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Parshat Vayeitzei - A Thanksgiving Journey; Rabbanit Jenna Englender ('19), 2018/5779
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"Finding Joy on Thanksgiving"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2017/5778