Video is also available – click to open The Triumph of Jerusalem Over Athens: Chanukah and the Miracle of Jewish Survival. The Jews devotion to maintaining their spiritual freedom can only be described as supernatural. What gives us this miraculous strength?
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Chanukah – Part 2
Video is also available – click to open 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; […]
Lag B’Omer
Passover – Part 1
Video is also available – click to open The inner dimension of Passover
Passover – Part 2
Video is also available – click to open 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…”
Passover – Part 3
Video is also available – click to open Matzah: Food of Faith (The inner dimension of Passover)
Purim
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Shavuot – Part 1
Video is also available – click to open 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.
Shavuot – Part 2
Video is also available – click to open Sinai: Total Transformation: A Chassidic Perspective on Shavuot, Part 2. Shavuot, when we received the Torah at Sinai, is the culmination of the Exodus on Passover. Yet, on Passover we stay clear of the smallest amount of chometz, but on Shavuot two loaves of leavened bread were […]
The High Holidays
Video is also available – click to open The common theme contained in the High-Holidays and the festivals of Sukkot and Simchat Torah.
