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Additional Piyyutim for Use on the Yamim Noraim
Although Mahzor Lev Shalem contains many more piyyutim than was true of the previous RA mahzor, several rabbis, cantors, and lay leaders have requested three additional piyyutim.
Home Observances: Shabbat
One-page sheets containing Shabbat rituals and blessings for the home.
Is the Bible a Monotheistic Book?
LimmudDr. Benjamin SommerOriginally recorded on May 14,...
Jewish Peoplehood, Covenant, and Identity: Exploring the Meanings of Circumcision
LimmudRabbi Lauren BerkunOriginally recorded on May 15,...
Intuition, Subjectivity, and Personal Autonomy in Medieval Responsa: Two Case Studies That Should Still Inform Our Approach
LimmudRabbi Aaron AlexanderOriginally recorded on May 15,...
The Friday Night Carelbach Minyan
LimmudRabbi Daniel GreyberOriginally recorded on May 15,...
If I were a Rich Man...Or Woman: Even Gen-Xers and Gen-Yers Need to Save for Retirement
LimmudMitchell SmilowitzOriginally recorded on May 15,...
Studying and Teaching Torah with Traditional Jewish Commentaries
LimmudDr. Walter HerzbergOriginally recorded on May 15,...
Prayers of Protest and Doubt Throughout the Ages
LimmudRabbi Ed FeldOriginally recorded on May 15,...
When One Rabbi Visits Another the Result is Halakhic Change: A Close Reading of Five Very Short Talmudic Anecdotes
LimmudRabbi Dr. Judith HauptmanOriginally recorded on April 28,...
Gender Bending in 2 Kings 4: How a Great Woman Instructs a Man of God
LimmudRabbi Dr. Amy KalmanofskyOriginally recorded on April 28,...
Finding God in Unlikely Places: Six Poems No Rabbi Should Be Without
LimmudDr. Anne LernerOriginally recorded on April 28,...