Great Torah Commentaries Series
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Class Recordings & Sources
Am Yisrael Chai: Shema-Yisrael: What Judaism Thaught the World
LSS Clergy on the Haggadah: Short Thoughts to Share at Your Seder
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Special Beit Midrash Night
2/21/23- Special Guest Speaker Yeshiva University Rosh Yeshiva and Rosh Kollel,
Rav Mordechai Willig
Jewish History with Paul Shaviv Fall 2022: Unusual perspectives on the German-Jewish experience; from the beginning to the present day.
11/9/22 - Jewish Settlement in the Rhineland - Origins
11/16/22 — The Village Jews - A Fascinating Story
11/23/22 — Schutzjuden, Shtadlanim - Authority, Power, Community Governance
11/30/22 — The Nineteenth Century - The Search for Self-definition.
12/7/22 — ‘Bildung’ — The Great German Middle Class - and Their Betrayal
12/14/22 — Postwar Germans - Some Moral Reckoning….
Chazzan Goffin Sherwood Memorial Lecture by Rabbi Saul Berman: On Entering Into God's Time : The Multiple Forms of Kabbalat Shabbat
Tefillah : On Speaking to and Hearing From God with Rabbi Saul Berman:
2/15/22 - Understanding the Mitzvah of Tefillah according to Rambam.
2/22/22 - The Structure and Content of the Amidah
3/1/22 - Hearing God's Responses to our Prayers
3/8/22 - Why Do Parents Recite Birchat Kohanim?
3/15/22 - Three Steps Forward: The Role of Petitional Prayer
3/22/22 - Modes of Preparation for Prayer (and for Shabbat)
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Jewish History with Paul Shaviv: Modern and/or Orthodox - Some History
1/26/22 - When did 'Modernity' begin for Jews? Click here for recording
2/2/22 - How Reform created Orthodoxy
2/16/22 - The critical 19th Century: Germany and Hungary Click here for recording
2/23/22 - American Struggles: YU, the Rav, and the Conservative movement Click here for recording
3/2/22 - 'Rupture and Reconstruction' - a theory of contemporary Orthodoxy Click here for recording
3/9/22 - Haredim vs. 'Modern Orthodoxy': Israel and the USA Click here for recording
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Jewish History with Paul Shaviv: Food–Jews–History
10/13/21 - Jews and Chocolate. Click Here for Recording
10/20/21 - Jews and Coffee Pt. 1. Click Here for Recording
10/27/21 - Jews and Coffee Pt. 2. Click Here for Recording
11/3/21 - Wine and Spirits. Click Here for Recording
11/10/21 - Turkeys. Chicken, Geese and Other Fowl. Click Here for Recording
11/17/21 - A Tzimmes of Curiosities...Tea, Sugar, Soup Nuts, Falafel, Gelatine, Cholent, Fish and Chips, etc. Click Here for Recording
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Jewish History with Paul Shaviv: Wandering Jews: Triumph and Tragedies: The rise and fall of six centres of Jewish life.
Wednesday, January 6: The Mediterranean Lands. Click Here for Recording.
Wednesday, January 13: Ashkenaz: The Great Civilization. Click Here for Recording.
Wednesday, January 20: Spain- Golden Age and Expulsion. Click Here for Recording.
Wednesday, January 27: Po-lin: Here We Sojourned. Click Here for Recording.
Wednesday, February 3: Italy, Science, Elegance, Rome. Click Here for Recording.
Wednesday, February 10: Germany - The Pity of it all. Click Here for Recording.
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Rabbi Robinson:
Recordings from Rabbi Robinsons classes and lectures can be found below:
Click here for lectures on Rabbi Robinson's SoundCloud account
Redemption and Rejuvenation Pre-Pesach Series:
3/24/22: Pesach: Rav Kook and Carol Dweck on Achieving Freedom. Click here for recording
3/31/22: Matzah: The Shefat Emet and C.S Lewis on Rediscovering Humility. Click here for recording
4/7/22: Marror: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks and Elie Weisel on the Urgency of Memory. Click here for recording (starts at one hour in)
Rabbi Robinson's lecture: Beyond "What's Wrong with You?" The Lubavitcher Rebbe and Victor Frankel, on Human Potential. To listen, please click here
Rabbi Robinson's Tuesday Morning Parsha Class:
4/21/20 - Click here for the recording
4/28/20 - Click here for the recording
Rabbi Robinson's Thursday Night Parsha Class:
4/23/20 - Click here for the recording
Rabbi Robinson's Mini Series 1/20/20 - 3/4/20
What a Jew Believes: Practicing Faith in a Skeptical World
1/20 and 1/22 - G-d - Does He Exist, and What Does He Want From me?
1/27 and 1/29 - The Jewish People - Chosen, But Why? And For What?
2/03 and 2/05 - Prayer - Does G-d Listen? And Why is Shul Always the Same?
2/10 and 2/12 - Torah From Heaven? Did G-d Really Speak and Does He Ever Change His Mind?
Rabbi Yoni Zolty's Classes on Sefer Shmuel:
Recordings for all classes can be found here
Rabbi Yoni Zolty's Sheilot Uteshuvot Shiur of Rav Moshe Feinstein:
Recordings and source sheets for all of Rabbi Zolty's Sheilot UTeshuvot of Rav Moshe Feinstein classes can be found here
Rabbi Yoni Zolty's Shabbat in the City Series:
Recordings and source sheets for all of Rabbi Zolty's "Shabbat in the City: How Halacha Responds to Modern Technological Innovations in a Cosmopolitan Setting" can be found here
Rabbi Rosenfeld:
Recordings from Rabbi Rosenfeld's classes and lectures can be found here
Texts and sources for Rabbi Rosenfeld can be found here
Paul Shaviv:
Recordings from Paul Shaviv's Jewish History talks can be found here
Jewish History Course: April-May 2020
4/22 - Assimilationists and Anti-Zionists
4/30 - Ahad Ha'am - This is not the way!: Click here for the recording
5/6 - Peace with the Arabs - Brit Shalom in the 1930's: Click here for the recording
5/13 - Against Statehood - Amran Blau and Neturei Karta: Click here for the recording
5/20 - What Happened to the Mizrachi?: Click here for the recording
Rabbinic Intern, Tzvi Benoff:
Paths in the Red Sea: Redemption Narratives and the Limits of Pluralism Part I
Paths in the Red Sea: Redemption Narratives and the Limits of Pluralism Part II
Community Scholar, Mindy Schwartz Zolty
Personalities in Rabbinic Literature:
11/3/21 - Beruriah: Scholar, Moralizer, Woman:
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11/10/21 - R' Elazar ben Arach: Cling to a Good Heart–and the Study Hall?
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11/17/21 - R' Eliezer ben Hercanus: A Plastered Cistern which Does Not Lose a Drop Part One
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11/24/21 - R' Eliezer ben Hercanus Part Two: R' Eliezer and R' Akiva
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1/5/22 - Yalta: An Insider's Account of the Authority of the Rabbinic Legal System Part One
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1/12/22 - Yalta: An Insider's Account of the Authority of the Rabbinic Legal System Part Two
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1/12/22 - Akavyah ben Mahalalel: Dispute and Intergrity in the Study Hall
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1/19/22 - Yehoshua ben Gamla: Assessing the Legacy of an Imperfect Leader
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3/2/22 - The Maidservant of Rebbe Yehudah HaNasi: The Greatness of Rebbe and the Wisdom of an Outsider
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3/9/22 - The Rabbi and His Wife in the Talmud: The Cases of Yehudit and the Daughter of Rav Chisda
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3/16/22 - Mother Said To Me: The Expertise of "Em" in The Talmud
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3/6/22 - R' Tarfon: A Kohen of Great Wealth
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3/13/22 - R' Elazar Ben Azaryah: A Basket of Spices
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5/4/22 - R' Yehoshua ben Chananiah: Disputes and Power Dynamics in the Study Hall Part One: R' Yehoshua and R' Eliezer
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5/11/22 - R' Yehoshua ben Chananiah: Disputes and Power Dynamics in the Study Hall Part Two: R' Yehoshua and Rabban Gamliel
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5/25/22 - R' Yehoshua ben Chananiah: Discourses with the Roman Emporer, Heretics, and Wise Men. Part One: The Roman Emporer (And His Duaghter)
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6/1/22 - R' Yehoshua ben Chananiah: Discourses with the Roman Emporer, Heretics, and Wise Me. Part Two: Heretics and Wise Men
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6/8/22 - When Moshe Sat in Rabbi Akiva's Beit Midrash: The Lessons and Limits of Paternership
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6/15/22 - Rabban Gamliel II: The Nasi, His Role, and His Lineage. Part 1
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6/22/22 - Rabban Gamliel II: The Nasi, His Role, and His Lineage. Part 2
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6/29/22 - Rabban Gamliel II: His Relationships with Non-Jews and Non-Jewish Culture, Heretics, and Roman. Part 1
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7/6/22 - Rabban Gamliel II: His Relationships with Non-Jews and Non-Jewish Culture, Heretics, and Romans. Part 2
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7/13/22 - Shmuel HaKatan: Modesty and Integrity in a Time of Turmoil
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7/20/22 - Elisha ben Avuyah (Acher): Straying from, and the Transcendent Power of, the Beit Midrash
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