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Jewish Holidays


 

 


A 24-part series covering the principles and applications of the halachot of holidays.

Topics covered include:

1. Shabbat – The Mishkan and the Perfection of Creation 

2. Pesach – Chametz and Redemption – personal, marital and national

3. Pesach - Kitniyot

4. Shavuot – Megilat Rut and Torah Shebe’al Peh

5. Shavuot – Marriage and Moabites – Unlocking the Secrets of Megilat Rut

6. Shavuot – Women’s Torah Learning

7. 3 weeks – Sinat Chinam

8. 3 weeks – Music and Churban

9. Tisha B’Av – Nachem – Consolation and Rebuilding in a Confused World

10. Tisha B’Av – Learning to be Mourners

11. Tisha B’Av – The Holocaust in the context of Jewish History

12. Selichot – Preparing for Yamim Noraim – Striking the Perfect Balance

13. 10 days of Teshuva – Ahavat Hashem 

14. Yom Kippur – Simcha or Affliction

15. Yom Kipput - Teshuva and Emuna

16. Succot – Zman Simchateinu 

17. Shemni Atzeret – Making the Direct Connection

18. Shemini Atzeret – Discovering the Initimacy of Simcha

19. Shemini Atzeret – The End of Life as We Know It

20. Chanukah – Connection with the Inner Light

21. Chanukah – Publicizing the Miracle

22. Chanukah – A Celebration of the Internal

23. Purim – The Roots of Bein Adam Lechavero

24. Purim – Getting Drunk – Fact of Fiction