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February 26, 2023
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Article; Daf yomi; Feminism; Jewish life; Legal; Reading; Talmud; Torah study; Women in Talmud; Worldwide
Daf yomi, a systemic method of studying the entire Talmud, has made Torah study more accessible. Nomi Kaltmann examines the way in which daf yomi has empowered women.
5783/2023
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D’var Torah; Parshat Terumah; Parashah; Connection; Covenant; God; Har Sinai; Integration; Literary devices; Mishkan; Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks; Relationships; Service; Tanakh; Testimony
The dialectic between the two halves of Sefer Shemot may seem stark, but in reality, there is an interplay between the Divine and the human. Dr. Susan Hornstein contemplates what each half contributes, and how the aron is the perfect symbol of it.
February 23, 2023
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Article; Community; Education; Equity; Grant; Respect; Safety
Yeshivat Maharat joins the SRE Network’s program to increase awareness of making the workspace a safe place.
February 21, 2023
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Article; Abuse; Childhood; Funeral; Loss; Mental health; Mourning; Parenting; Tension
Upon losing her father, Tali Aronsky reflects upon what it means to mourn an abusive parent and memorialize him.
February 18, 2023
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Maharat Rori Picker Neiss; Article; ACLU; Advocacy; Children; Community; Education; Exclusion; Family; Gender expression; Legal; LGBTQ; Life; Medicine; Parenting; Perspective; Rights
Missouri parents, including Maharat Rori Picker Neiss, have taken to houses of legislation to advocate for their children and against legislation which seeks to limit transgender rights.
February 17, 2023
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D’var Torah; Abortion; Autonomy; Calendar; Consent; Feminism; Megillat Esther; Midrash; Parshat Mishpatim; Politics; Pregnancy; Reproduction; Roe v Wade; Sexuality; Voices
So much conversation around Purim focuses on salvation and feminism, but there is very little conversation around consent and autonomy. Naima Hirsch Gelman delves into what it means to read Megillat Esther and Parshat Mishpatim in a post-Roe era.
5783/2023
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D’var Torah; Parshat Mishpatim; Parashah; Har Sinai; Justice; Legal; Literary devices; Morality; Nechama Leibowitz; Ramban; Rashi; Tanakh; Torah study
The ethical legal code laid out in Parshat Mishpatim explicitly states that the laws are God-given. Rina Krautwirth explores what justice means for our spiritual wellbeing.
February 17, 2023
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Rabba Dina Brawer; Article; Chesed; Climate; Kindness; Philanthropy; Support; Tradition; World Jewish Relief
Judaism is built on the pillar of kindness. In the wake of earthquakes, Rabba Dina Brawer considers what it means to be giving.
February 15, 2023
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Maharat Rori Picker Neiss; D’var Torah; Podcast; America; Argument; Compromise; Faith; Holy; Jewish life; Legal; LGBTQ; Orthodoxy; Politics; Private; Public; Pulpit; Religion; Rights; Sources; Torah study
Maharat Rori Picker Neiss blends her roles as faith leader, activist, and mom. She discusses what it means to have politics and the pulpit blended, and what it means to be a parent.
5783/2023
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D’var Torah; Parshat Yitro; Parashah; Calendar; Leadership; Mindfulness; Politics; Religion; Shabbat; Tanakh; Time; Word choice
The obligation to keep Shabbat is not only on the reader to observe but to ensure observance. Dr. Sarit Kattan Gribetz reflects upon what this responsibility means politically and religiously.