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Thursday, September 21st 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023
William Kremer BBC World Service, Nov. 8, 2013 “… with each daf yomi cycle, the Talmud gets more accessible.” Step into the last carriage of the 07:53 train from Inwood to Penn Station in New York and you may be in for a surprise. The commuters here are not looking at their phones or […]
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Atar Hadari Mosaic Magazine, Mar. 25, 2020 “Even in the throes of revolutionary uprising, these rebels are aware of the social consequences of overturning the existing order.” On January 5, the seven-year cycle of Talmud study known as the daf yomi (“daily page”) began once more. Two months later, it still seems an apt moment to […]
Tevi Troy and Noam Wasserman First Things, Sept. 14, 2023 “Rabbi Shapiro had a bold vision for maintaining an ancient tradition and furthering Jewish unity at a time of international upheaval.” This Friday, September 15, marks Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. This year, however, Rosh Hashanah also marks the 100th anniversary of the […]
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Friday, August 25th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023
SHABBAT READING The Limits of Love: Family Edition, KI TEITSE • 5783: The Rabbi Sacks Legacy — This week’s parsha contains the law that if a man has two wives, each giving him a son, and he loves one more than the other, he is not allowed to choose which son to give the double inheritance of the […]
Thursday, July 27th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023
AN UNLUCKY TIME Tisha B’Av: On What Day Were the Jerusalem Temples Destroyed?: Dr. Rabbi Zev Farber, The Torah.com, July 20, 2018 — The 9th of Av is described in Rabbinic Jewish sources as the day on which both temples were destroyed. Any Tears for Tisha B’Av? Reflections on a Day of Mourning—and Hope: Mark […]
Gil Troy JNS, Aug. 7, 2022 “If a people possesses something old and profound, which can educate man and train him for his future tasks, is it truly revolutionary to despise it and become estranged from it?” It’s become an annual modern ritual. Every summer, before Tisha B’Av, the ninth of the Hebrew month […]
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks The Rabbi Sacks Legacy, July 28, 2014 “Because Jews throughout history have recognised tyranny for what it is, and have refused to be intimidated by power, threat, terror and fear. Somehow, in the most dangerous region of the world, Israel has created a society of freedom and order: a free press, […]
Rabbi Eliyahu Fink Orthodox Union, Aug. 5, 2014 “The simple version of the Roman conquest of Jerusalem in 70 C.E. is a story of superior Roman forces overwhelming a puny Jewish army. Our defeat was inevitable. But the siege and subsequent fall of Jerusalem to the Roman legions were far more dramatic and much more […]
Mark Raven Commentary Magazine, August 1951 “It was the Jew’s burden—and still is—to turn over in his soul an insoluble problem of history: how could one people above all others become heir to such sorrow?” This August 12th will be celebrated as Tisha B’av—the ninth day of the Jewish month of Av—the second most […]
Friday, June 9th 2023 / Friday, December 1st 2023
SHABBAT READING From Despair to Hope: Beha’alotecha . 5776 – 5783 – The Rabbi Sacks Legacy, Covenant & Conversation — There have been times when one passage in this week’s parsha was, for me, little less than lifesaving. No leadership position is easy. Leading Jews is harder still. And spiritual leadership can be hardest of […]
Nir Hasson Haaretz, Mar. 21, 2017 “I think about these bowls as a kind of system of multi-lock doors with several bolts. First you draw the figure you want to get rid of and then you bind it in a depiction and bind it in words. The final lock is that you turn it over […]
Rabbi Menachem Weiman Aish, no date “The Shema, the declaration of one God, is what finally vanquishes the demon.” Who knew that Judaism could scare the bejeebers out of you? The movie The Vigil shows it can. This unnerving film is frightening and thought provoking, and has a surprisingly authentic feel true to observant Judaism. And […]
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