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Watch/Listen to our clergy teaching about everything from mishna to parsha to the holidays.
- Mishna
- Biblical Poetry
- Parsha
- Limited Series
- A Few of My Favorite Things with Rabbi Brous
- Holiday Learnings
Join us on Mondays at 12pm for Mishna Study with Rabbi Kasher. All are welcome.
Past Classes:
- No Taxation Without Revelation: Tithing in Jewish Law. January 5, 2021. Watch here. [source]
- Trolley Problems, Sophie’s Choices, and Other Ethical Dilemmas – Mishnah Terumot Ch. 8. December 21, 2020. Watch here. [source]
- The Status of the Deaf in Jewish Law – Part II. December 14, 2020. Watch here. [source 1, source 2]
- The Status of the Deaf in Jewish Law – Part I. December 7, 2020. Watch here. [source]
- Loopy or Holy? – Loopholes in Rabbinic Law – Masechet Shevi’it. November 30, 2020. Watch here. [source]
- “I won’t tell you what Rabbi Eliezer actually said…” – Mishnah Shevi’it. November 23, 2020. Watch here. [source]
- Genetic Modification in Jewish Law and Lore – Mishnah Kilayim. November 16, 2020. Watch here. [source]
- The Jewish Welfare State. November 2, 2020. Watch here. [source]
- Immeasurable Things. October 26, 2020. Watch here. [source]
- Blessing as a Way of Life. July 13, 2020. Watch here. [source]
- Blessing Bee Bootcamp. July 6, 2020. Watch here. [source]
- Cantor, Recant! June 29, 2020. Watch here. [source]
- Lord, Let Me Learn! June 22, 2020. Watch here. [source]
- The Origins of Non-Egalitarian Judaism. June 15, 2020. Watch here. [source]
- The Very Exceptional Rabban Gamliel. June 8, 2020. Watch here. [source]
- Heart Directions. June 1, 2020. Watch here. [source]
- Hardcore Judaism! May 18, 2020. Watch here. [source]
- The Kickoff. May 11, 2020. Watch here. [source]
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]
Maimonides’ Guide to the High Holidays with Rabbi David Kasher
- Part IV: – You are Free to Sin. September 4, 2020. Watch here. [source]
- Part III: – The Righteous, The Wicked & The Rest of Us. August 25, 2020. Watch here. [source]
- Part II: – What is “Teshuvah,” anyway? August 18, 2020. Watch here. [source]
- Part I: Intro. August 11, 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]