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Join us on Wednesday evenings at 6pm for Biblical Poetry with Rabbi Kasher. All are welcome.

Past Classes:

• Poetry for a New Year. January 6, 2021. Watch here. [source]
• Ma’oz Tzur: Hardcore Hanukkah Poetry. December 16, 2020. Watch here. [source]
• Part 3 – Divine & Devastating Poetry in the Book of Job: The Behemoth and the Leviathan. December 9, 2020. Watch here. [source]
• Part 2 – Divine & Devastating Poetry in the Book of Job. December 2, 2020. Watch here. [source 1, source 2]
• Part 1 – Divine & Devastating Poetry in the Book of Job. November 25, 2020. Watch here. [source 1, source 2]
• Troublingly Triumphant: The Song of the Sea. November 11, 2020. Watch here. [source]
• Poetry for Times of Political Turmoil. November 4, 2020. Watch here. [source]
• The Very First Poems. October 28, 2020. Watch here. [source]

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

Past Classes:

• How Many Pharaohs? January 7, 2021. Watch here. [source]
• A Dream Deferred – Parshat Mikeitz. December 17, 2020. Watch here. [source]
• The House That Jake Built – Parshat Vayeishev. December 10, 2020. Watch here. [source]
• I Got Angels All Around Me – Parshat Vayishlach. December 3, 2020. Watch here. [source]
• Rise of the Matriarchy – Parshat Toldot. November 19, 2020. Watch here. [source]
• Freudian Torah – Parshat Chayei Sarah. November 12, 2020. Watch here. [source]
• Connecting the Dots. November 5, 2020. Watch here. [source]
• Our Father’s Father. October 29, 2020. Watch here. [source]
• “What’s Wrong With Noah?” October 21, 2020. Watch here. [source]
• Parshat Bereshit – Rashi on Genesis 1:1. October 14, 2020. Watch here. [source]
• The Poetry of Torah, Part 2. September 30, 2020. Watch here. [source 1, source 2]
• The Poetics of Torah. September 23, 2020. Watch here. [source]
• The Binding of Isaac: A Rosh Hashanah Story. September 16, 2020. Watch here. [source]
• When God Does Teshuvah. September 9, 2020. Watch here. [source]
• A Knowing Heart. September 2, 2020. Watch here. [source]
• Remembering Our Greatest Enemy. August 26, 2020. Watch here. [source]
• The Jewish Justice System. August 19, 2020. Watch here. [source]
• Intro. August 12, 2020. Watch here. [source]

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]

• 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]

Holiday Bootcamps

• 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]