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Commentaries on the Torah

This class analyzes an aspect of the weekly Torah portion or upcoming holiday. While providing a basic understanding of the subject matter, the lesson delves into its deeper and more complex dimension... Read more

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Men, Women and Humanity Enlightened

Men, Women and Humanity Enlightened

At the age of 140 Avraham remarries Hagar and fathers six children. Strangely, the Torah does not indicate that this was... Read more

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Creating My Own Spiritual Path

Creating My Own Spiritual Path

A person can be spiritual and even religious without Torah. Why then does Torah insist on a defined set of rules? In add... Read more

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The Temple’s Spiritual Dimensions

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The three sections in the Holy Temple represent three levels of reality. Explore components of the Beit Hamikdash and th... Read more

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Living on the Edge

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On Sukkot, pilgrims travelled from all over the land of Israel to visit the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. In order not to in... Read more

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The fast of the Tenth of Tevet commemorates the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem (588 BCE), which culminated in the destruc... Read more

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A Tale of Two Doctors

A Tale of Two Doctors

In explaining why Aaron was forbidden to enter ‘at any time’ into the inner sanctum of the Sanctuary, Rashi employs a pa... Read more

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Curses Forever?

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Ezra the Scribe ordained that on the Shabbat before Shavuot, and again before Rosh Hashanah, the Torah readings containi... Read more

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Come My Beloved to Greet the Bride

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Although Jewish law exempts women from the observance of ‘time-constrained positive commandments’, they are nonetheless ... Read more

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Perfect Score

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We are commanded in the Torah to count, from the 2nd day of Passover, 49 days and ‘7 complete weeks’. This mitzvah is re... Read more

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When All Is Forgiven

When All Is Forgiven

Our Sages taught, “There are three whose sins are forgiven: (a) A convert upon converting, (b) one who is elevated to a ... Read more

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Dairy Delights

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Many reasons are suggested to explain why we eat dairy foods on Shavuot. Of all the classic reasons offered, the one tha... Read more

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The Menorah of the Soul

The Menorah of the Soul

The Sages of the Talmud differ as to the positioning of the Menorah in the Holy Temple, whether east to west (along the ... Read more

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Born To Toil

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The Talmud considers three manners of toil for which man was created: The toil of (a) Livelihood, (b) Speech or (c) Tora... Read more

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The Kabbalah of Geometry

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This class explores the mystical meaning of nature’s most natural shape, the circle. The definition of time in light of ... Read more

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Why Simchat Torah Now?

Why Simchat Torah Now?

The straight-forward meaning of the words ‘Simchat Torah’ is ‘the joy of the Torah’. But surely the point is our joy wit... Read more

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Unforgettable: The Kabbalah of the New Year

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One of the dominant themes of the Rosh Hashanah liturgy is the notion of G-d remembering His covenant with Man. But why ... Read more

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By the Light of the Silvery Moon

By the Light of the Silvery Moon

Why is Rosh Hashana observed for two days in Israel? Why do we customarily eat a new fruit on the second night of Rosh H... Read more

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Elul: A Road-Map for Successful Relationships

Elul: A Road-Map for Successful Relationships

In explaining the unique properties of the month of Elul, the Alter Rebbe invokes a parable of a loving king who comes t... Read more

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The Times Are Changing

The Times Are Changing

A commentary by Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Schneerson on a passage in the Zohar extolling the virtue of the penitent (baal tesh... Read more

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Maidens in White

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On Yom Kippur and the 15th of Av the maidens of Jerusalem would go out to its vineyards where young men had gathered, li... Read more

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