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Tuesday May 8th

Crying Over Darkness

There is a reason why people who cry are called cry-babies. Crying doesn’t make sense and we assume children are most prone to irrationality. Children do things...

Monday May 7th

What Does a "Living Torah" Mean?

Women - Rebbetzin Rachel Rudman

12-minute video class given by Rebbetzin Rachel Rudman.

On the Nefesh HaChaim (Part 5)

Jewish Thinking - Rabbi Yaakov HABER

50-minute video class given by Rabbi Yaakov HABER.

Adam Neumann: the 20-Billion Business Man Keeps Shabbat

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Adam Neumann is one of the most successful Israeli entrepreneurs in the world. He created an American company worth 20 billion dollars, and his capital was recently...

Sunday May 6th

Savlanut: I Paid for the Taxi Twice as to Not Offend my...

Couple - Rav Emmanuel MIMRAN

An Avreich (man learning Torah full time) recounted the following personal anecdote :

Friday May 4th

Emor: Holy Moments

Emor - Rabbi Lord Jonathan SACKS

The parsha of Emor contains a chapter dedicated to the festivals of the Jewish year. There are five such passages in the Torah. Two, both in the book of Exodus (Ex....

Thursday May 3th

My Son Fell in the Stairs...

Jewish Thinking - Moe MERNICK

6-minute video class given by Moe MERNICK.

Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai: Birth and Revelation

Lag BaOmer - Rav Emmanuel BOUKOBZA

The Holy Tanna, Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai (also known by the acronym of Rashbi), was born nearly fifty years after the destruction of the Second Temple, on the 33rd day of...

Emor: The Duality of Jewish Time

Emor - Rabbi Lord Jonathan SACKS

Alongside the holiness of place and person is the holiness of time, something parshat Emor charts in its deceptively simple list of festivals and holy days (Lev....

Wednesday May 2nd

Lag BaOmer: The Divine Fire of the Mitzvah

Lag BaOmer - Rav Emmanuel BOUKOBZA

The 33rd day of the “Omer,” known in Hebrew as Lag BaOmer (based on the numerical values of the letters Lamed and Gimmel adding up to 33), is a very...