bereishit
parshat bereishit
​​
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"From Darkness to Divine Light"; Yali Szulanski (25), 2023/5784
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"Evicting Shame from Eden"; Naima Hirsch Gelman ('24), 2022/5783
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"Is the Image of Greatness Merely Good?"; Rabbi Phoebe Ana Rabinowitsch ('22), 2021/5782
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"Showing Up for God"; Rabbanit Yael Keller ('22), 2020/5781
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"We Take Nothing With Us When We Die"; Nomi Kaltmann, 2019/5780
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"Starting Over Again with God"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5777
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"Being Good"; Rabbi Eryn London ('17), 2016/5777
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"Bereishit"; Rabbi Eryn London ('17), 2016/5777
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"On Struggle and Productivity"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5776
parshat noach
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"Regret from Noach to Yonah", Shoshana Jakobovits, 2023/5784
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"The Flood and the Whirlwind"; Kate Rozansky, 2022/5783
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"Emerging from the Ark"; Rabbanit Yael Keller ('22), 2021/5782
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"Word Arks"; Rabbi Dr. Wendy Zierler (Kollel '21), 2020/5781
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"What's Your Name Again?"; Rabbi Phoebe Ana Rabinowitsch ('22), 2019/5780
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"Harmony, Not Conformity"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2017/5778
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"Leaving the Ark and Praying on the Road:The Righteousness of Engagement in the World"; Laura Shaw Frank, 2016/5777
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"Walking Before G-d"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2015/5776
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"On Finding Illumination"; Rabbi Jeffrey Fox, 2014/5775
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parshat lech lecha
​​
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"Into the Unknown"; Luz Toff, 2023/5784
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"The Demands of Love"; Karolyn Benger, 2022/5783
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"The Quiet Inflection Point"; Yali Szulanski, 2021/5782
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"V’heyei Bracha: Being Extraordinary in Ordinary Moments"; Rabbanit Atara Lindenbaum ('22), 2020/5781
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"Not All Those Who Wander are Lost”: “Lech Lecha and Identity as Process"; Myriam Sommer, 2019/5780
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"Covenantal Clarity"; Rabba Wendy Amsellem (Kollel '18), 2018/5779
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"Noah vs. Avraham: The Confidence to be Compassionate"; Rabbi Atara Cohen ('20), 2017/5778
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"On Shattering Glass Ceilings"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz
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"On Second Naivete"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2015/5776
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"On Suffering"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2014/5775
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parshat vayera​
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"Amidah B’et Tzara"; Sarah Picus, 2023/5784
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"Checking in On G-D"; Briah Cahana, 2022/5783
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"Avraham: Patriarch and Father"; Dr. Susan Hornstein, 2021/5782
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"An Emotional Response to Akeidat Yitzchak?"; Rabbanit Dalia Davis (Kollel '22), 2020/5781
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"The Plague of Blindness"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2020/5781
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"Vulnerability, Visiting the Sick & Hospitality: Reflections on Avraham Avinu and CPE"; Rabbanit Amalia Haas (Kollel '20), 2019/5780
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"Actualizing Loyalty"; Rabbi Marianne Novak ('19), 2018/5779
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"The Limits of Hospitality"; Rabba Dina Brawer ('18), 2017/5778
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"On Rising Early in the Morning"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2016/5777
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"Vayer et Hamakom Me'rachok", Seeing a Distant God"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2015/5776
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"Post-Partum Depression"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn ('16), 2015/5776
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"On Laughter"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2014/5775
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parshat chayei sarah
​​
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"The Flutters of a Broken Heart"; Adina Roth, 2023/5782
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"The Legacy of Sarah"; Susan Hornstein, 2022/5783
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"Our Relationship to Land and People"; Briah Cahana, 2021/5782
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"When Will My Life Begin?"; Myriam Ackerman Sommer, 2020/5781
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"Searching for Sarah"; Rabbanit Jennifer Kotzker Geretz ('20), 2019/5780
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"Truth On The Mind"; Rabbi Dr. Wendy Zierler (Kollel '21), 2018/5779
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"Listening to Trauma"; Rabbanit Leah Sarna ('18), 2017/5778
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"Ger Toshav: Finding Empathy in Civic Duty"; Rabbi Rebecca Blady ('19), 2017/5778
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"Life, Death, or Both?"; Rabba Melissa Scholten-Gutierrez ('18), 2017/5778
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"Stranger, Resident, and the Meaning of Belonging"; Maharat Ruth Friedman ('13) 2016/5777
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"The Price of Piety"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2015/5776
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"On Grieving"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2014/5775
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"A Cry is Heard from On High"; Maharat Rori Picker Neiss ('14), 2013/5774
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parshat toldot
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"Rivka's Dream"; Rabbi Marianne Novak ('19) 2023/5784
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"Esav and Yakkov: It Didn't Have to Be This Way"; Rabba Yaffa Epstein ('15) 2022/5783
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"Scents of Connection"; Meira Wolkenfeld, 2021/5782
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"Enough Blessings for Each of Us"; Rabbi Emily Goldberg Winer ('22), 2020/5781
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"Founded Fears, Fulfilled Blessings"; Rabba Daniella Pressner (Kollel '20), 2019/5780
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"At the Edge of a Cliff with God"; Rabba Daniella Pressner (Kollel '20), 2018/5779
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"Two Truths and A Lie: What the Story of Jacob’s Deception can Teach Us about Growing Up"; Rabbanit Yael Smooha ('21), 2017/5778
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"Debating the Future: Insights in the Dispute Between Yitzchak and Rivka"; Rabbi Adam Mintz, 2016/5777
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"The Blessing of Insufficiency"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2015/5776
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parshat vayeitzei
​​
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"A Ladder to Mount Sinai"; Sarah Kaufman, 2023/5784
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"Is This Too a Godly Place?"; Luz Toff, 2022/5783
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"Rachel: Our Mother, Our Shepherd"; Talia Weisberg, 2021/5782
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"There’s No Place Like Home"; Miriam Lorie, 2020/5781
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"Where there’s a Will, There’s a...Mountain?"; Rabbanit Yael Smooha ('21), 2019/5780
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"A Thanksgiving Journey"; Rabbanit Jenna Englender ('19), 2018/5779
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"Losing Yourself, Finding Yourself: Jacob’s Psychological Journey"; Rabbanit Dr. Liz Shayne ('21), 2017/5778
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"The Epiphany of Prayer"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2015/5776
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"On Love and Destiny"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2014/5775
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"The Violation of Dinah; The Violation of our Society"; Maharat Rori Picker Neiss ('14), 2013/5774
parshat vayishlach
​​
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"When God Blesses Mourners"; Zan Alhadeff, 2023/5784
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"Seeing the Divine in Dinah"; Sofia Freudenstein, 2022/5783
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"When the Wound is the Blessing"; Kate Rozansky, 2021/5782
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"Remembering Rebecca"; Dr. Sarit Kattan Gribetz, 2020/5781
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"Obsessing About Blessing": Rabbi Alana Suskin (Kollel '20), 2019/5780
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"The Dangers of Favoritism"; Rabba Shani Gross ('19), 2018/5779
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"The Fear of the Known"; Rabbanit Dr. Ágnes Veto (Kollel '20), 2017/5778
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"What's in a Name?: The Meaning Behind and Beyond What We Call Ourselves"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn ('16), 2016/5777
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"Dancing Toward Dawn"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2015/5776
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"On Facing Fears"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2014/5775
parshat vayeshev
​​
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"Forgetting to Remember and Remembering to Forget"; Miriam Lorie 2022/5783
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"Five Tales of a Disrobing"; Miriam Lorie, 2021/5782
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"Deceptions and Higher Callings"; Tamar Green Eisenstat, 2020/5781
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"On Emotional and Spiritual Growth"; Rabbanit Dr. Ágnes Veto (Kollel '20), 2019/5780
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"Tamar the Tenacious"; Rabbanit Leah Sarna ('18), 2017/5778
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"On Success"; Rabbanit Leah Sarna ('18), 2016/5777
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"On Seeking Serenity"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2015/5776
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"On Wandering Towards Purpose"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2014/5775
parshat miketz
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"Miketz: Dina, Job, and Endurance" Rabbanit Dr. Devorah Schoenfeld ('19), 2023/5784
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"Understanding Yosef's Interpretations: Bringing Hilkhot Ta’arovet into the Mix"; Sarah Pincus 2022/5783
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"Our Complicated, Broken, and Beautiful Dreams"; Rabbi Emily Goldberg Winer ('22), 2021/5782
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"Resilient We Remain"; Nomi Kaltmann, 2020/5781
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"Finding Joy In The Snow"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2020/5781
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"Lost and Found"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2019/5780
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"The Vanishing Flame: The Chassidic Chanukah Miracle"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn ('16), 2018/5779
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"Lights From The Depths"; Rabba Claudia Marbach ('18), 2017/5778
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"Dreaming in the Dark: Miketz and the Menorah"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2015/5776
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"On Forgetting and Remembering"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2014/5775
parshat vayigash
​​
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"A Cry So Loud" Karolyn Benger, 2023/5784
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"Finding the Courage to See and the Strength to Heal"; Yali Szulanski, 2022/5783
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"Ki Einenu: Can We Connect Through the Nothingness of Grief?"; Rabbanit Atara Lindenbaum ('22), 2021/5782
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"Show Up, Speak Up, Stand Up"; Rabbanit Adina Fredman (Kollel '22), 2020/5781
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"Sibling Rivalry: on Joseph and Judah the Righteous"; Rabbanit Dr. Liz Shayne ('21), 2020/5780
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"Re-Meeting Joseph and his Brothers"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2018/5779
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"Long Lost Family, Long Lost Nation, Long Lost Redemption"; Rabbi Marianne Novak ('19), 2017/5778
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"On Family"; Dr. Rabba Anat Sharbat ('15), 2017/5777
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"On Crying and Catharsis"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2015/5776
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"On Favoritism"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2014/5775
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"Love in Loss"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn ('16), 2013/5773
parshat vayechi
​​​
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"Arise Like a Lion" Tamar Marvin 2023/5784
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"Breaking the Cycle of Favoritism"; Ilana Gimpelevich, 2023/5783
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"Preserving Our Legacy: The Role of Grandparents in Transmitting Tradition"; Rabbanit Adina Fredman (Kollel '22), 2021/5782
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"Death, Closure, and Hope"; Rivka Wietchner, 2021/5781
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"Lasting Legacy"; Rabbanit Yael Keller ('22), 2020/5780
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"On Reconciliation"; Rabba Claudia Marbach ('18), 2018/5779
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"Belligerent Prayer"; Rabbanit Tanya Farber ('21), 2017/5778
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"On Raising Children"; Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe ('17), 2017/5777
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"From Alienation to Integration: Learning to Live"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2015/5776
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"‘HaMalach HaGoel’: A Blessing of Protection and a Model for Community"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn ('16), 2015/5775
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"On Denial and Hope"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
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"The Father that Never Died"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2013/5774
shemot
parshat shemot
​​​
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"The Shepherd of the Wilderness" Talia Weisberg, 2024/5784
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"The Path to Redemption"; Rabbanit Tali Schaum Broder ('19), 2023/5783
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"Saving a People"; Rabbi Phoebe Ana Rabinowitsch ('22), 2021/5782
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"Counting Stars"; Rabbanit Yael Smooha ('21), 2021/5781
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"Batya’s Story: A Single Woman Pursuing Adoption "; Rabbanit Dalia Davis (Kollel '22), 2020/5780
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"A Tale of Two Lives"; Myriam Ackermann Sommer, 2018/5779
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"The Heroes' Heroes: Those Who Create Space and Those Who Take It"; Rabba Daniella Pressner (Kollel '20), 2018/5778
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"The Israelite Women and their God: Partners in Dangerous Love"; Rabbanit Yael Smooha ('21), 2017/5777
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"The God of Need, the God of Now"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Anxiety"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat va'era
​​
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"Age is Just a Number" Nomi Kaltmann, 2024/5784
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"Are you Ready for Some Good News?"; Rabbanit Dalia Davis (Kollel '22), 2022/5783
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"Does the Midrash Fit the Text?"; Rina Krautwirth, 2021/5782
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"Hitting The Unprecedented Plague With A Stick" (video); Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2021/5781
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"Our Heavenly Body"; Nomi Kaltmann, 2020/5780
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"What Does It Mean To Be A God"; Rabbi Alana Suskin (Kollel '20), 2019/5779
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"Experiencing the Process"; Rabbanit Yael Keller ('22), 2018/5778
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"Savlanut! Undoing the Web of Enslavement"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2017/5777
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"Pious Impiety"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Breathing"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat bo
​​
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"The Evolution of the Mezuzah"; Yehudit Mazur-Shlomi, 2024/5784
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"A Darkness from Heaven": Kate Rozansky, 2023/5783
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"Is Pharaoh Feeling Guilty?"; Sarah Rosenberg, 2022/5782
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"Beyond the Present"; Rabbanit Dr. Ágnes Veto (Kollel '20), 2020/5780
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"With All Your Heart"; Rabbanit Jenna Englender ('19), 2018/5778
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"Let Me Tell You a Story: Questions and Answers in Parshat Bo"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn ('16), 2017/5777
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Parshat Bo; Rabbi Marianne Novak ('19), 2017/5777
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"Entering Fog"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Managing Time"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat b'shalach
​​
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"Moshe — General or Rabbi? Thoughts in a Time of War" Leah Fine, 2024/5784
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"The Time for Encounter"; Hannah Ruimy, 2023/5783
- "The Long and Short Way"; Luz Toff, 2022/5782
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"An Ode to Miriam"; Naima Hirsch, 2021/5781
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"Sustaining Creation Through Song"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2021/5781
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"Empathetic Leadership: On Top of the Mountain or Down in the Valley?"; Rabbanit Atara Lindenbaum ('22), 2020/5780
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"From Hatchlings to Saplings: Shabbat Shira and Tu Bishevat"; Darshanit Dr. Miriam Udel (Kollel '19), 2019/5779
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"Leadership, Redemption, and the Bones of Joseph"; Rabbanit Amalia Haas (Kollel '20), 2018/5778
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"Crossing Over Into Song"; Rabbi Eryn London ('17), 2017/5777
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"B'Shalach"; Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe ('17), 2016/5776
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"Ze Eli V'Anvehu: Pointing to a Personal God"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Singing"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat yitro
​​
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"From Hierarchical Leadership to Democracy" Chana Borow, 2024/5784
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"Sabbath, Rest, and Freedom"; Dr. Sarit Kattan Gribetz, 2022/5783
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"Drawing Near in Godly and Marital Relationships"; Naima Hirsch, 2022/5782
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"Matan Torah: A New Creation Narrative"; Talia Weisberg, 2021/5781
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"Making Ourselves Abundant"; Rabbi Emily Goldberg Winer ('22), 2020/5780
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"Images and Imagining God"; Rabba Dr. Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz (Kollel '21), 2019/5779
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"Seeing is Believing?"; Rabbi Adam Mintz, 2018/5778
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"On Closeness Without Convergence"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2017/5777
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"Don't Go It Alone"; Rabba Yaffa Epstein (Kollel '15), 2016/5776
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"On Being Seen and Heard"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat mishpatim
​​
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"The Silence of the Dogs" Talia Weisberg, 2024/5784
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"Justice: Both Earthly and Divine"; Rina Krautwirth, 2023/5783
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"Making the Ideal Real"; Rivka Wietchner, 2022/5782
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"Voices in the Gates"; Rabbi Alana Suskin (Kollel '20), 2021/5781
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"In Defense of Legalism"; Rabbanit Dr. Liz Shayne ('21), 2020/5780
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"Crafting An Ideal Society"; Rabbanit Jennifer Kotzker Geretz ('20), 2019/5779
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"But What Were the Terms and Conditions?"; Rabba Claudia Marbach ('18), 2018/5778
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"Carrying the Torah's Progressive Spirit into the Future"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2017/5777
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"And You Shall Be a Holy People to Me"; Rabbi Adam Mintz, 2016/5776
parshat terumah
​​
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"At Home with God and Half an Ark" Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2024/5784
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"The Partnership Between God and Humans"; Dr. Susan Hornstein, 2023/5783
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"Imaging a Different Kind of Future"; Rabbi Amy Newman (Kollel '22), 2022/5782
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"We Are Our Own Worst Enemy - Parshat Zachor"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2021/5781
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"A Fundraising Dream"; Nomi Kaltmann, 2021/5781
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"Repair, Revelation, and Rededication"; Rabbi Marianne Novak ('19), 2020/5780
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"Building Hashem's House"; Rabbanit Lisa Schlaff (Kollel '21), 2019/5779
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"Creating A Space For Revelation"; Rabbanit Tali Schaum Broder ('19), 2018/5778
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"Commitment to the Cause: How to Inspire People to Work Together"; Maharat Ruth Friedman ('13), 2017/5777
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"Intimacy in the Void: On the Keruvim and Shir HaShirim"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Community"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat tetzaveh
​​
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"From Bagad to Beged, Betrayal to Beauty"; Sarah-Beth Neville, 2024/5784
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"The Lambs of Commitment"; Talia Weisberg. 2023/5783
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"The Beauty is in the Details"; Nomi Kaltmann, 2022/5782
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"Listening, Speaking, and Acting"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2021/5781
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"Knowledge of the Heart, Knowledge of the Hands"; Rabbanit Dr. Liz Shayne ('21), 2021/5781
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“Dress to Impress"; Nomi Kaltmann, 2020/5780
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“L’eggo Yo’ Ego”: Garments of Glory, to Those Who Seek None"; Rabbanit Yael Smooha ('21), 2019/5779
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"If You Build It, They Will Come: Losing, Persevering, and Rebuilding"; Rabbanit Yael Smooha ('21), 2018/5778
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"Why so many things? Can’t I just talk to God?"; Rabbanit Jenna Englender ('19), 2016/5776
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"Simeni Kachotem al Libecha: On Carrying a People"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"Tetzaveh and The Double Darkness of Depression"; Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe ('17), 2016/5776
parshat ki tissa
​​
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"Breaking the Tablets"; Emily Bell, 2023/5783
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"The Rebellious Listener and the Unicorn: Moshe’s Gift to the Jewish People"; Adina Roth, 2022/5782
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"Moses on Education: Breaking Through the Zoom Screen"; Emily Singer, 2021/5781
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"The Artist Who Stood in the Shadow of God"; Laura Shaw Frank, 2018/5778
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"The Need to Tell Our Difficult Stories: Chet HaEigel in our Wholeness and Holiness"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn ('16), 2017/5777
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"On Seeing and Not Seeing God"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Making Mistakes"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz; 2015/5775
parshat vayakhel
​​
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"Giving Hearts and Willing Spirits"; Arielle Krule, 2023/5783
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"On Lost Arts"; Tamar Marvin, 2022/5782
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"Unpacking the Tabernacle to its Core Values: Vayakhel-Pekudei"; Briah Cahana, 2021/5781
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"Spinning the Goats: Vayakhel-Pekudei"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2020/5780
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"The Beginning of Jewish Culture"; Rabbi Rebecca Blady ('19), 2019/5779
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"Indiscriminate Generosity"; Rabba Wendy Amsellem (Kollel '18), 2018/5778
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"On New Months and New Beginnings"; Rabbanit Dasi Fruchter ('16), 2017/5777
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"On Generosity, Love and Being Loved"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Uncertainty: Vayakhel - Pekudei"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat pekudei
​
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"In the Shadow of God, Son of Light"; Leah Fine, 2022/5782
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"The Art of Teaching"; Rabbanit Aliza Sperling (Kollel '19), 2019/5779
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"Inviting God into God's House"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
vayikra
parshat vayikra
​​
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"A Scent of the Divine"; Rabbanit Yael Keller ('22) 2023/5783
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"Thinking Before You Help or Helping Before You Think?"; Rabbanit Atara Lindenbaum ('22), 2022/5782
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"The Profundity of Love’s Simplicity: The Many Names of Moses"; Dr. Shira Billet, 2021/5781
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"Abby's Bat Mitzvah D'var Torah"; Abby S. and Rabbanit Yael K. ('22), 2020/5780
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"Reflections on Korban Nedaveh"; Rabbanit Amalia Haas (Kollel '20), 2019/5779
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"Naming Moses, Naming Our Experience"; Darshanit Dr. Miriam Udel (Kollel '19), 2018/5778
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"From Outside to Inside: Invitations to Unity"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Body and Soul"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat tzav
​​​
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"Our Sacred Sacrifices"; Nomi Kaltmann, 2023/5783
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"What Can Sacrifices Teach Us About Peace?"; Yedidah Koren, 2022/5782
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"Bringing Moshe To Our Seder"; Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe ('17), 2021/5781
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"The Resource of Liminality"; Rabba Dr. Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz (Kollel '21), 2020/5780
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"The Power of Separation"; Dr. Chaim Trachtman (Board), 2020/5780
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"Petach HaOhel: Doorways and Opportunities"; Rabbanit Atara Lindenbaum ('22), 2019/5779
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"God Desires Our Broken Hearts"; Rabba Yaffa Epstein (Kollel '15), 2017/5777
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"Retaining the Remnants"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
parshat shemini
​​
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"Your Separation is Hard For Me"; Dr. Susan Hornstein, 2023/5784
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"Grief's Silence"; Karolyn Benger, 2023/5783
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"Be a Mensch"; Tamar Green Eisenstat, 2022/5782
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"Awe is Where the Light Gets In"; Rabbi Emily Goldberg Winer ('22), 2021/5781
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"Humility and Obedience as a Leadership Skill"; Rabbanit Dr. Ágnes Veto (Kollel '20), 2019/5779
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"Shifting Roles and Setting Boundaries"; Rabba Shani Gross, 2018/5778
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"The Deeds of Aaron's Sons: Between a Strange Fire to Proper Halacha"; Rabba Avital Engelberg (Kollel '15), 2017/5777
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"Difficult Silence"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Living With Loss"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
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"Letting the Light In"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn ('16), 2014/5774
parshat tazria
​​
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"Beyond Skin Deep"; Rabbi Emily Goldberg Winer, 2023/5783
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"The Spiritual Potency of Our Changing Bodies"; Arielle Krule, 2022/5782
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"Reluctant and Visionary Encounters: Tazria-Metzora"; Rabbanit Tanya Farber ('21), 2021/5781
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"Letting the Light In"; Nomi Kaltmann, 2020/5780
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"Seeing with Both Eyes: Cultivating Depth Perception for Honest Relationships"; Rabba Dina Brawer ('18), 2019/5779
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"Imagining the Unknown"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"Community is Inclusivity"; Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe ('17), 2015/5775
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"On Liminality: Tazria-Metzora"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat metzora
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"Surfing with Hope and Faith in Perpetual Impurity"; Yali Szulanski, 2022/5782
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"Isolated But Not Forgotten"; Rabbi Eryn London ('17), 2020/5780
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"Our Bodies Connect Us to Each Other and to Hashem"; Rabbanit Dr. Ágnes Veto (Kollel '20), 2019/5779
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"Metzora and Mashiach"; Rabba Melissa Scholten-Gutierrez ('18), 2018/5778
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"The Toothpaste Sacrifice"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn ('16), 2017/5777
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"On Waiting and Not Understanding"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
parshat acharei mot
​​
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"Small but Mighty: Humility, Greatness, and Holiness"; Rabbi Marianne Novak, 2023/5783
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"Drawing Close and Keeping Distance A Spiritual Dance"; Neesa Berezin-Bahr, 2022/5782
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"The Imperative of vi-Yareita mei-Elokecha"; Rina Krautwirth, 2021/5781
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"Backwards Revelation"; Rabba Aliza Libman Baronofksky (Kollel '22), 2020/5780
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"Spring Ahead and Fall Back: When Israel and the Diaspora Read Different Parashas"; Rabbanit Dr. Liz Shayne ('21), 2019/5779
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"Great Torah Principles - Acharei Mot Kedoshim"; Rabbi Jeffrey Fox, 2018/5778
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"Everywhere I Go...: Acharei Mot - Kedoshim"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2017/5777
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"To Life!"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Boundaries: Acharei Mot - Kedoshim"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat kedoshim
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"You Will Grow!"; Rabbi Emily Goldberg Winer ('22), 2022/5782
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"Teaching Torah: Planting Seeds and Rooting for Our Children"; Rabbanit Atara Lindenbaum ('22), 2019/5779
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"On the Holiness of Boundaries and the Sanctity of Community"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
parshat emor
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"Holiness All Around"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane, 2023/5783
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"The “Perfect” Kohen"; Susan Hornstein, 2022/5782
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"Every Day Counts"; Rabbanit Atara Lindenbaum ('22), 2020/5780
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"Wither the Defect"; Rabbanit Gloria Nusbacher ('20), 2019/5779
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"An Ancient Source for Modern Concepts of Justice"; Rabbanit Judith Levitan (Kollel '20), 2018/5778
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"The Importance of Imperfection"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"Emor"; Rabba Claudia Marbach ('18), 2015/5775
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"On Embracing the Outsider"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
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"Blemishes and the Fallacy of Perfection"; Rabbi Avi Weiss, 2013/5773
parshat behar
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"The Covenant with Eretz Yisrael"; Sarah Kaufman, 2023/5783
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"Sow Reality, Reap Utopia"; Miriam Lorie, 2022/5781
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"The Nature of Trust"; Rabbi Amy Newman (Kollel '22), 2021/5781
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"From Har Sinai to Jerusalem: A Place in Our Hearts"; Rabbanit Adina Fredman (Kollel '22), 2020/5780
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"From the Transactional to the Transcendent and Back Again "; Rabba Dina Brawer ('18), 2019/5779
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"Leaning In As A Biblical Commandment: Behar-Bechukotai"; Rabbanit Jennifer Kotzker Geretz ('20), 2018/5778
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"God as Ger: Finding Alignment through Alienation";Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
parshat bechukotai
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"The Second Sex: Here We Go Again"; Myriam Ackermann-Sommer, 2022/5782
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"On Theodicy: Behar - Bechukotai"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
bamidbar
parshat bamidbar
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"Making it Count: Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Value in Jewish Thought"; Sarah Pincus, 2023/5783
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"Counting the Diamonds"; Nomi Kaltmann, 2020/5780
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"Individual or Community: When Identity is More Than a Number"; Rabbi Phoebe Ana Rabinowitsch ('22), 2019/5779
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"It's On Us: Living the Jewish Calling at Har Sinai, in the Desert, and in Davening"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn ('16), 2018/5778
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"Unbuilding and Upbuilding in the Wilderness"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Individuals and Community"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat naso
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"Banishment of Impurities as An Act of Love"; Chana Borow, 2023/5783
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"Erasure of God’s Name as Rabbinic Invitation"; Sofia Freudenstein, 2022/5782
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"Who is Fit to be a Leader? Someone Who Knows how to Bless Others"; Briah Cahana, 2020/5780
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"Making a Real Difference in 2020"; Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe ('17), 2020/5780 (video)
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"The Power of Blessings"; Rabbanit Yael Keller ('22), 2019/5779
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"Blessed be the Sota"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2018/5778
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"Communities of God"; Rabbi Atara Cohen ('20), 2017/5777
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"Ambivalent Ascetism";Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Human Initiative"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
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parshat beha'alotekha
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"All Dreams Follow the Mouth"; Jamie Schwarz, 2023/5783
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"Miriam’s Tzara’at: A Punishment or an Opportunity?"; Rabbanit Dalia Davis (Kollel '22), 2022/5782
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"Make Our People Humble Again"; Rabbi Marianne Novak ('19), 2020/5780
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"Table for Five: Beha'alotecha"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn ('16), Dr. Sheila Tuller Keiter, Nili Isenberg, Lt. Yoni Troy, and Rabbi Chaim Singer-Frankes, 2020/5780
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"Siblings, A Love Story, Finally"; Rabbanit Yael Smooha ('21), 2018/5778
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"Going Up, With A Friend"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2017/5777
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"On Gatherings, Good and Bad"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Not Kowing"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat shelach
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"What We Can and Can't Do": Dr. Tamar Marvin, 2023/5783
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“The Failure of Leadership”; Hannah Ruimy, 2022/5782
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"Beyond Immediate Reality"; Nomi Kaltmann, 2021/5781
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"Bad News Amnesia: Wandering After Your Heart" (video); Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2020/5780
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"Meragliim, Minyan and Mind"; Maharat Miriam Gonczarska, 2020/5780
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"Mending Threads and Tying Knots"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2019/5779
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"On Spies, Daughters, and Claiming Our Inheritance"; Rabba Yaffa Epstein (Kollel '15), 2017/5777
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"Holy Chutzpah"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Mob Mentality"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat korach
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"Man has a Mouth and the Earth has a Mouth"; Sofia Freudenstein, 2023/5783
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"The Hidden Longing of Dissent"; Yali Szulanski, 2022/5782
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"Almond Blossoms in 2020"; Rabbanit Tanya Farber ('21), 2020/5780
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"Beyond Mrs. On"; Rabbi Dr. Wendy Zierler (Kollel '21), 2019/5779
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"The Power of Thoughts"; Rabba Dr. Anat Sharbat ('15), 2017/5777
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"Contemplating Kedusha"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Receiving Criticism"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat chukat
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"Complete Faith and Incomplete Knowledge", Sarah Kaufman, 2023/5782
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"Anxiety and Faith"; Susan Hornstein, 2022/5782
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"We Cannot but Be in Process"; Dr. Tamar Marvin, 2021/5781
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"The Danger of Anger"; Rabbi Marianne Novak '19, 2020/5780
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"The Copper Snake - How A Miracle Turns Into Idolatry"; Rabba Avital Engelberg ('15), 2019/5779
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"Job and the Red Cow"; Rabbi Dr. Devorah Schoenfeld (Kollel '19), 2018/5778
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"Do Opposites Really Attract? The tragedy of Esav and Jacob's relationship"; Maharat Ruth Friedman ('13), 2017/5777
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"The Staff of Supernaturalism"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Self Reliance"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat balak
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"Words Have Power"; Rabba Aliza Libman Baronofsky (Kollel '22), 2022/5782
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"The Snake and the Donkey"; Talia Weisberg, 2021/5781
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"Balak Burlesque"; Darshanit Dr. Miriam Udel (Kollel '19), 2018/5778
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"At the Violet Hour"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2017/5777
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"On Foresight"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat pinchas
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"Claiming One’s Spot in History"; Myriam Ackermann-Sommer, 2022/5782
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"Leadership in Bridging Equity"; Rabbi Phoebe Ana Rabinowitsch ('22), 2021/5781
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"Light Through The Darkness of Transition"; Rabba Claudia Marbach ('18), 2020/5780
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"Truth and Peace"; Rabba Dr. Anat Sharbat, 2019/5779
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"Save The World - Together"; Rabba Melissa Scholten-Gutierrez ('18), 2017/5777
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"In the Shadow of Trauma";Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Being Counted"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat matot - mase'i
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"Hashem Wants Our Love"; Rabbanit Atara Lindenbaum, 2023/5783
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"On Remembering Where We’ve Been"; Dr. Tamar R. Marvin, 2022/5782
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"Standing at the Crossroads: Matot-Masei and an Opportunity for Teshuva"; Rabba Claudia Marbach, 2021/5781
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"A Guide to Nation Building"; Nomi Kaltmann, 2020/5780
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"Fighting Fair"; Rabbi Marianne Novak ('19), 2018/5778
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"Descent for the Sake of Ascent"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas-Newborn, ('16), 2017/5777
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"Journeys Redeemed and Unredeemed"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Faith"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat mase'i
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"Nurturing Proactive Women"; Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe ('17), 2014/5774
devarim
parshat devarim
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"The Beauty of Transformation"; Karolyn Benger, 2023/5783
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"The Words and the Bees"; Talia Weisberg, 2022/5782
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"The Book of Human Initiative"; Rabba Aliza Libman Baronofsky (Kollel '22), 2021/5781
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"Holy Interruption"; Rabbi Emily Goldberg Winer ('22), 2020/5780
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"Memories and Journeys"; Rabba Melissa Scholten-Gutierrez ('18), 2019/5779
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"The Power of Goodbye"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2018/5778
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"O Nivonim, My Nivonim"; Rabba Dr. Carmella Abraham ('17), 2017/5777
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"On the Use, Disuse, and Misuse of Language"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"On Gumption"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat va'etchanan
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"Finding Purpose in Recovery"; Yali Szulanski, 2023/5753
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"When We Can Only Glimpse Redemption"; Yali Szulanski, 2022/5752
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"Dealing with Disappointment"; Rabba Dr. Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz (Kollel '21), 2021/5781
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"How to Love God: Shema as a User's Manual"; Rabbanit Lisa Schlaff (Kollel '21), 2020/5780
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"On Comfort"; Rabba Dr. Anat Sharbat ('15), 2019/5779
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"A Lesson in Succession"; Rabbanit Gloria Nusbacher ('20), 2018/5778
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"Finding Comfort in Closeness"; Rabbanit Dasi Fruchter ('16), 2017/5777
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"Intimacy without Expectations: Cultivating a Sober Spirituality"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"Va'etchanan"; Rabbi Eryn London ('17), 2016/5776
parshat ekev
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"On the Trail of the Sanhedrin"; Leah Fine, 2023/5783
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"The Parsha of Hearing"; Meytal Blumenthal-Gordon, 2022/5782
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"Land of Milk and Yummy": Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2021/5781​
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"Jewish History: The Ultimate Guidebook"; Nomi Kaltmann, 2020/5780
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"Losing and Finding Our Way"; Rabbanit Judith Levitan (Kollel '20), 2019/5779
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"No Pain, No Gain: Why Discipline Matters"; Rabbanit Yael Smooha ('21), 2017/5777
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"Luchot v'Shivrei Luchot: On Whole and Broken Pieces"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"Step Back and Look Around"; Rabbi Eryn London ('17), 2016/5776
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"On Loving the Convert"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat re'eh
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"Binaries and Bias"; Rabba Dr. Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz ('21) 2023/5783
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"Trust: A Blessing or a Curse"; Rabbi Alana Suskin (Kollel '20), 2022/5782
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"The Choice to Choose Wisely"; Nomi Kaltmann, 2021/5781
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"Backwards Revelation"; Rabbanit Tanya Farber ('21), 2019/5779
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"A Symphony of Sight"; Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe ('17), 2018/5778
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"On Seeing Good and Seeing G-d"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"Re'eh"; Rabbi Eryn London ("17), 2016/5776
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"On Yearning"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
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"Doing What is Right and Good: Nelson Mandela and Moral Courage"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2013/5773
parshat shoftim
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"Homecoming and Wholeness"; Talia Weisberg 2023/5782
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"Pursuing a Just Government"; Naima Hirsch Gelman 2022/5782
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"Eglah Arufah: The Case for Radical Responsibility"; Rabbanit Lisa Schlaff (Kollel '21), 2021/5781
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"Shaking the Foundations"; Rabbi Alana Suskin (Kollel '20), 2020/5780
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"Fighting for Work Life Balance"; Rabba Dina Brawer ('18), 2019/5779
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"Measuring Matters: Lessons Learned from a Murder Mystery"; Rabbanit Alissa Thomas Newborn ('16), 2018/5778
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"Elul: "It's not about the destination, but the journey"; Rabbanit Goldie Guy ('17), 2017/5777
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"Facing the Challal"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"Shoftim"; Rabbi Eryn London ('17), 2016/5776
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"On Unintentionally Sinning"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat ki tetze
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"Building a Railing and Spiritual Care"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane, 2023/5783
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"Remember What Happened on the Way Out of Egypt"; Susan Horenstein, 2022/5782
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"Relationship Building as a Mitzvah"; Rabbi Phoebe Ana Rabinowitsch ('22), 2020/5780
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"The Challenge of Memory"; Rabbi Tali Adler ('18), 2018/5778
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"On Returning the Lost"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"Ki Tetze"; Rabbi Eryn London ('17), 2016/5776
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"On Fitting In"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat ki tavo
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"Wake Up, Your Mourning has Turned to Dawn"; Neesa Berezin-Bahr, 2023/5783
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"I Have Not Given Of It To The Dead"; Jamie Schwartz, 2022/5782
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"Etchings on Stone"; Rabba Claudia Marbach ('18), 2020/5780
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"Sharing What's In Your Basket"; Rabbi Alana Suskin (Kollel '20), 2019/5779
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"Prayer, The Fruits of Our Labor"; Rabba Dr. Carmella Abraham ('17), 2018/5778
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"Arvut Hadadit - Covenant of Communal Responsibility"; Rabba Dr. Anat Sharbat ('15), 2017/5777
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"Acquiring A Heart that Knows"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
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"Ki Tavo"; Rabbi Eryn London ('17), 2016/5776
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"On Praying for Redemption"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat nitzavim
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"It is Very Close to You"; Dr. Tamar Marvin, 2023/5783
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"What Blessing? Which Curse?"; Sarah Kaufman ('25), 2022/5782
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"Lionizing Life"; Tamar Green Eisenstat ('23), 2021/5781
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"Time Under Tension"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2021/5781
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"The Longest Day"; Rabbanit Bracha Jaffe '17, 2020/5780
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"Grit vs. Gift"; Rabba Dina Brawer '18, 2019/5779
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"People of the Journey"; Rabbanit Michal Kohane ('20), 2017/5777
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"Human Repentance and Godly Return"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5776
parshat vayelech
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​"A Change in Perspective"; Leah Fine, 2022/5783
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"Proactive and Reactive Love"; Rabbi Alana Suskin ('20), 2021/5782
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"Hitbodedut Versus Hakhel"; Rabbi Atara Cohen ('20), 2019/5780
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"On Hiding and Seeking- Shabbat Shuva"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5777
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"On Nuance - Shabbat Shuva"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat haazinu
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"The Song of the Jewish Future"; Rabbanit Miriam Gonczarska ('15), 2023/5784
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"Torah as Poetry"; Nomi Kaltmann ('23), 2022/5783
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"On the Wings of God"; Talia Weisberg ('24), 2021/5782
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"Listen Up and Hear"; Rabbi Dr. Wendy Zierler ('21), 2020/5781
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"Lifelong Learning"; Rabba Dr. Anat Sharbat, 2019/5780
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"Sometimes You Need a Good Poem"; Rabbanit Dr. Liz Shayne ('21), 2018/5779
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"Moshe Between Heaven and Earth"; Rabbi Dr, Devorah Schoenfeld (Kollel '19), 2017/5778
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"The Sacred Gap"; Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5777
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"On Diverse Voices"; Rabba Sara Hurwitz, 2015/5775
parshat v'zot habracha
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"Writing and Dying with Tears";Rabbi Dr. Erin Leib Smokler (Kollel '18), 2016/5777