Jewish Holidays: Chanukah – Part 2

Video Audio Text Hillel or Shammai, Liberal or Conservative? Two ways of looking at Chanukah The House of Shammai says: “On the first day of Chanukah, one lights eight lights; from here on, one progressively decreases.” The House of Hillel says: “On the first day, one lights a single light; from here on, one progressively increases.” (Talmud, […]

Jewish Holidays: Passover – Part 2- audio

Video Audio Text If G-d Redeemed Us, Why Are We Still in Exile? Analyzing the Opening Passage of the Haggadah This class on the Haggadah presents the mystical understanding to the opening reading at the Seder: “This is the bread of affliction that our fathers ate…”

Jewish Holidays: Shavuot – Part 1

Video Audio Text Sinai: The Marriage Between Heaven and Earth A Chassidic Perspective on Shavuot, Part 1 The giving of the Torah reconciles the dichotomy in everything and reveals the unifying essence in both the spiritual and the material.