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Join us on Thursdays at 12pm for Parsha Study with Rabbi Kasher. All are welcome.

Past Classes:

• Guest Teacher Jody Myers. July 29, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet] [source sheet]
• Snakes on a Plain – Parshat Chukat. June 17, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• The Ambivalent Angel of Death – Parshat Korach. June 10, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• Dissecting a Disaster – Parshat Shelach. June 3, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• Prophet Family Feud – Parshat Beha’alotcha. May 27, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• Officers of Mercy – Parshat Naso. May 20, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• A Dangerous Metaphor – Parshat Bemidbar. May 13, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• Let Go of Everything Parshat Behar-Behukotai. May 6, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• No Bread, No Torah – Parshat Emor. April 29, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• Ghosts in the Torah – Parshat Kedoshim. April 22, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• Re-Genesis – Parshat Tazria-Metzora. April 15, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• Passover in the Parsha – Parshat Tzav. March 25, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• Salt of the Heavens – Parshat Vayikra. March 18, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• The Shadow Knows – Parshat Vayakhel-Pekudei. March 11, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• Even Moshe Wore a Mask – Parshat Ki Tisa. March 4, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• The Face of a Cherub – Parshat Terumah. February 18, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• Law as Commentary – Parshat Mishpatim. February 11, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• The Comings and Goings of Jethro Parshat Yitro. February 4, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• Gendered Singing in Parshat Beshalach. January 28, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• The Firstborn, Reconsidered -Parshat Bo. January 21, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• How Many Pharaohs? January 7, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• A Dream Deferred – Parshat Mikeitz. December 17, 2020. Watch here. [source sheet]
• The House That Jake Built – Parshat Vayeishev. December 10, 2020. Watch here. [source sheet]
• I Got Angels All Around Me – Parshat Vayishlach. December 3, 2020. Watch here. [source sheet]
• Rise of the Matriarchy – Parshat Toldot. November 19, 2020. Watch here. [source sheet]
• Freudian Torah – Parshat Chayei Sarah. November 12, 2020. Watch here. [source sheet]
• Connecting the Dots. November 5, 2020. Watch here. [source sheet]
• Our Father’s Father. October 29, 2020. Watch here. [source sheet]
• “What’s Wrong With Noah?” October 21, 2020. Watch here. [source sheet]
• Parshat Bereshit – Rashi on Genesis 1:1. October 14, 2020. Watch here. [source sheet]
• The Poetry of Torah, Part 2. September 30, 2020. Watch here. [source sheet 1, source sheet 2]
• The Poetics of Torah. September 23, 2020. Watch here. [source sheet]
• The Binding of Isaac: A Rosh Hashanah Story. September 16, 2020. Watch here. [source sheet]
• When God Does Teshuvah. September 9, 2020. Watch here. [source sheet]
• A Knowing Heart. September 2, 2020. Watch here. [source sheet]
• Remembering Our Greatest Enemy. August 26, 2020. Watch here. [source sheet]
• The Jewish Justice System. August 19, 2020. Watch here. [source sheet]
• Intro. August 12, 2020. Watch here. [source sheet]

This series has ended. Watch it all the way through using the links below!

Past Classes:

• 1. The Knowledge of Good and Evil. January 26, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• 2. The Deepest Truth About Human Beings. February 2, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• 3. Violence and Accountability. February 9, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• 4. Noah and The Demands of Moral Leadership. February 23, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• 5. Morality Outside of God. March 2, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• 6. When God Asks for Injustice. March 9, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• 7. Passover, The Holiday of Justice. March 23, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• 8. Do The Ends Justify the Means? The Ethics of Jacob, Rebekah, and Machiavelli. April 6, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• 9. Violence and Vengeance, Retribution and Restoration. April 13, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• 10. The Ethics of State Power. April 27, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• 11. Sacred Resistance. May 4, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]

This series has ended. Watch it all the way through using the links below!

Past Classes:

• 1. The Very First Poems. October 28, 2020. Watch here. [source sheet]
• 2. Poetry for Times of Political Turmoil. November 4, 2020. Watch here. [source sheet]
• 3. Troublingly Triumphant: The Song of the Sea. November 11, 2020. Watch here. [source sheet]
• 4. Part 1 – Divine & Devastating Poetry in the Book of Job. November 25, 2020. Watch here. [source sheet 1, source sheet 2]
• 5. Part 2 – Divine & Devastating Poetry in the Book of Job. December 2, 2020. Watch here. [source sheet 1, source sheet 2]
• 6. Part 3 – Divine & Devastating Poetry in the Book of Job: The Behemoth and the Leviathan. December 9, 2020. Watch here. [source sheet]
• 7. Ma’oz Tzur: Hardcore Hanukkah Poetry. December 16, 2020. Watch here. [source sheet]
• 8. Poetry for a New Year. January 6, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• 9. Solomonic Poetry, Part I: The Young Lover. January 13, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• 10. Solomonic Poetry, Part II: The Wise King. January 20, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• 11. Solomonic Poetry, Part III: The Old Philosopher. January 27, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• 12. The Whole Religion in One Psalm. February 3, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• 13. The Poetry of the Prophets Part I: Isaiah, Prophet of Hope. February 10, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• 14. The Poetry of the Prophets – Part II: Jeremiah, Prophet of Doom. February 17, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• 15. The Poetry of the Prophets – Part III: Ezekiel, Prophet of Visions. February 24, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• 16. The Beautiful Agony of the Psalms. March 3, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• 17. Stairways to Heaven – Psalms 120-134. March 10, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• 18. Moshe’s Last Poem. March 17, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• 19. Poetry as a Form of Liberation. March 24, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]

The IKAR (Essence) of the Haggadah, with Rabbi Kasher:

Passover, the Holiday of Justice, with Rabbi Brous:

Poetry as a Form of Liberation, with Rabbi Kasher:

Hillel Tigay’s Behind the Music: Passover Edition

HAGGADAH SLAM 2021 with IKAR, Temple Beth Am, and B’nai-David Judea Congregation
With a bonus: Full podcast (including breakout sessions) here.

A Bissel Shtisel, Hassidic Thought with Rabbi David Kasher

• Dangerous Torah: The Fiery Waters of the Mei HaShiloah. July 14, 2020. Watch here. [source]
• The Psychological Turn: The Breakaway School of Peshiskha. July 7, 2o20. Watch here. [source]
• Letters Flying Through the Air: Hassidic Readings of the Torah. June 30, 2020. Watch here. [source]
• The Philosopher of Hassidism: Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi. June 23, 2020. Watch here. [source]
• The People’s Defense Attorney: Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev. June 9, 2020. Listen here. [source]
• The Hassidic Approach to Prayer. June 2, 2020. Listen here. [source]
• Eat Like a Hassid. May 26, 2020. Listen here. [source]
• The Danger of the Righteous Man: The Torah of Rabbi Elimelekh of Lizhensk. May 12, 2020. Listen here. [source]
• The Kabbalistic Foundations of Hassidism. May 5, 2020. Listen here. [source]
• Introduction: The Master of the Good Name. April 21, 2020. Listen here. [source]

The Pirkei Avot Collective with Rabbi David Kasher

• The 48 (or 49, or 50) Ways to Torah. July 2, 2020. Watch here. [source]
• The Ethics of Top Ten Lists. June 25, 2020. Watch here. [source]
• Sit Down, Be Humble. June 18, 2020. Watch here. [source]
• A Pessimistic View of Human Nature. June 11, 2020. Listen here. [source]
• The Jewish Ethics of State Power. June 4, 2020. Listen here. [source]
• Enjoy the Silence. May 21, 2020. Listen here. [source 1, source 2]
• The Man Who Loved Torah Too Much. May 14, 2020. Listen here. [source 1, source 2]
• Queer Love in Ancient Israel? May 7, 2020. Listen here. [source]
• The Ethics of a Heretic. April 30, 2020. Listen here. [source]
• The Beginning and End of Rabbi Akiva. April 23, 2020. Listen here. [source]
• What Was it About Hillel? April 2, 2020. Listen here. [source]
• Good Fences? March 26, 2020. Listen here. [source]

Holiday Bootcamps

• Purim Bootcamp: Misogyny, Anti-Semitism and Intersectionality in the Book of Esther. February 25, 2021. Watch here. [source sheet]
• Yom Kippur Prayer Bootcamp. September 22,  2020. Watch here. [source: Mahzor Lev Shalem]
• Rosh Hashanah Prayer Bootcamp. September 15, 2020. Watch here. [source]

Holy Heresy: The Very Strange Yom Kippur Service with Rabbi David Kasher

• Part III: The Scapegoat. August 31, 2020. Watch here. [source]
• Part II: Enter The Goats. August 24, 2020. Watch here. [source]
• Part I: The Avodah Service. August 17, 2020. Watch here. [source]

Led by Rabbi Sharon Brous.

• On Character. July 1, 2020. Watch here. [source]
• A Life of Meaning. June 24, 2020. Watch here. [source]
• I Have Grown Years in a Matter of Days. June 17, 2020. Watch here. [source]
• Justice, Accountability, and the Sacred Call to Protest. June 10, 2020. Listen here. [source]
• Why Did George Floyd Die? And What Would it Mean to Treat All People as an Image of God? June 3, 2020. Listen here. [source]
• Shavuot and the real meaning of our freedom. May 20, 2020. Listen here. [source]
• Cultivating Resilience Inside the Storm. May 13, 2020. Listen here. [source]
• The Affliction and the Remedy. May 6, 2020. Listen here. [source] (Due to poor internet connection,
  the audio is a little choppy near the end of this session)
• Prophetic Grief. April 29, 2020. Listen here. [source]
• A World is Dying, What is Being Born? April 22, 2020. Listen here. [source]
• The Most Important Things. April 1, 2020. Listen here. [source]
• Expendable. March 25, 2020. Listen here. [source]
• Hannah’s Broken Heart, and Ours. March 18, 2020. Listen here. [source]

Regenerative Change: Compost as Climate Action & Ritual in These Times, with Devorah Brous

Watch Dev Brous’ new TEDx talk on Regenerative Change. Then, buckle down and learn a foolproof method to compost! Sheltering-in-Place affords us a laboratory to up our commitment to the climate, reduce consumption patterns, and transform waste into food for the soil and the soul. Learn composting and deepen into a reciprocal relationship: feed the land that feeds us. Watch here.