by Rabbi Zeev Roness | Jun 20, 2022
shavuot 5782 – english
by Rabbi Yair Spitz | May 31, 2020
For the PDF version click HERE Years ago, a Reform Rabbi friend of mine, bemoaned that “Shavu’ot is the forgotten holiday of the Reform Movement”, because it is only one day, usually falls in the middle of the week and has nothing tangible to “capture” people’s...
by Rabbi Yedidya Noiman | May 27, 2017
Rabbi Yedidya Noiman Rosh Kollel Montreal The Deep Meaning of Creation The Gemara in Sanhedrin (97b) teaches us the special importance of the reception of the Torah (Matan Torah). ‘Tana DeVei Eliyahu: The world will exist 6000 years- two...
by Rabbi Gideon Weitzman | Jun 9, 2016
Rabbi Gideon Weitzman Former Rosh Kollel in Kansas City (1999-2000) Head of the English Speaking Section of the “Puah” Institute Source Sheets Half To Me, Half To You – audio...
by Rabbi Menachem Leibtag | May 19, 2016
Rabbi Menachem Leibtag Ram in Yeshivat Har Etzion Source Sheets How the Torah was Written – audio class
by Rabbi Herzl Hefter | Oct 21, 2015
Rav Herzl Hefter Former Rosh Kollel in Cleveland (1995-1997) Megilat Ruth – audio class
by Rabbi Yair Spitz | May 27, 2015
Ten years ago, a reform rabbi friend of mine, bemoaned to me that “Shavu’ot is the forgotten holiday of the Reform Movement”. He explained that: 1. It was only one day. 2. It usually came out in the middle of the week. 3. There is nothing tangible to “capture” people...
by Rabbi Yisrael Shachor | Jan 13, 2015
Even though the Torah does not explicitly establish the connection between Shavu’ot / Atzeret and Matan Torah, in our collective memory the two are inextricably intertwined, as the Anshei Knesset HaGedola affixed in the prayers of the festival of Matan Torah....
by Chaim Kramer | Jan 13, 2015
The festival of Shavuot is an enigma relative to the other yamim tovim! Shavuot is lacking some of the essential features that appear in all of the other holidays. There are several questions that immediately become apparent: Why is the name of the festival not...