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MaayanTorah
Добавлен 8 дек 2011
Founded in 1992 by Rabbi Dr. Seth Farber and Debbie Kram, Ma’ayan is dedicated to creating rich, dynamic encounters between adults and the texts of Jewish tradition. Sharpening skills and building students’ knowledge, the interaction between students, faculty, and the text generates exciting, sophisticated conversations, which delight our students, whether they are new to Jewish text or have been learning Torah all their lives.
Rolex, Dragonfruit, and Chanukah Candles: Why do we say Shehecheyanu?
In this shiur, we will explore the bracha of Shehecheyanu. This bracha is recited on a wide range of occasions, from something as simple as eating a new fruit to something as profound as the birth of a baby, as well as on mitzvot like lighting Chanukah candles or shaking the lulav.! What unifying theme connects the moments when we recite this bracha? What is its true nature?
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Leora Orenshein holds an MA in Biblical and Talmudic Interpretation from Stern College and an MA in Gemara and Halacha from GPATS. She currently teaches gemara and halacha at Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School. Last year she taught ge...
Source sheet: acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:6d66a327-0533-4b80-ab77-069b50a8ad3e
Leora Orenshein holds an MA in Biblical and Talmudic Interpretation from Stern College and an MA in Gemara and Halacha from GPATS. She currently teaches gemara and halacha at Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School. Last year she taught ge...
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All You Need Is Love; Exploring the Principle of Love Your Fellow Jew as Yourself with Bracha Krohn
Просмотров 252 месяца назад
This class is sponsored by Beruria Cohn Novich in memory of her grandmother, Zipora Preiser z"l, on her 20th yahrzeit. Description: In Sefer Vayikra, the Torah commands us to "love your fellow Jew" but that is extremely difficult when we encounter unlikeable people. How can we understand this command? Is it fair for G-d to demand we feel a certain way? What can we think or do to cultivate love ...
To Sleep with Blessing A Deeper Look into the Bracha of Hamapil with Leora Orenshein
Просмотров 322 месяца назад
Join us for a thought-provoking shiur exploring the less well-known, but deeply meaningful, bracha of Hamapil. This is a unique and beautiful blessing that we can say before going to sleep. In this class we will delve into the language of this bracha and its distinctive character from a halachic perspective (the rules of ritual around this blessing). Through a deep dive into the meaning, langua...
Tishrei- After the Flood: Destruction and Recovery from Bereshit to October 7th with Rachel Danziger
Просмотров 373 месяца назад
Our learning this year (Rosh Chodesh series) will focus on the theme of transformation. How do we change ourselves? How do we change the world? How do we affect our partners and loved ones and how to they alter us? How should we respond to good and bad changes, and is resignation ever the right choice? Each month, we will delve into tanach stories that touch upon that month's themes and holiday...
2024 Elul Lecture with Dr. Malka Z. Simkovich
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From Golah to Diaspora: Home and Homeland in Jewish Antiquity Source sheet: acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:b0385690-6a5e-49c9-bb80-c45d584b680c Throughout the Second Temple Era, Jews within and without the Land of Israel debated with one another over a pressing question: was the exile over? On the one hand, the Jews’ magnificent Temple in Jerusalem had been rebuilt. On the other hand, m...
Prayer: The Art of Building Bridges with Rachel Danziger
Просмотров 644 месяца назад
The class is sponsored by Diana Korzenik in memory of Harold Korzenik (Nehemiah ben Avraham v’ Sarah) z"l and Lillian Shapiro Korzenik (Lifsha bat Pesche v’ Rav Daniel) z"l We usually assume that prayer belongs in the realm of our personal or communal relationship with God. But just as it connects speakers with their intended, divine Audience, prayers have the power to connect the past to the f...
Was the Torah Really Given on a Mountain? The Secret Pathways of Jewish Continuity, Rachel Danziger
Просмотров 537 месяцев назад
Every Jewish child knows that we received the Torah on Mount Sinai. But did we? Or did we receive the physical embodiment of it without absorbing its true messages? Join us for a conversation about the seemingly insurmountable gap between the technical "giving" of the Torah and its authentic and successful reception, the problems of Jewish continuity, what Japanese religion can teach us about t...
Spiritual and Philosophical Secrets in Sefer Vayikra with Neti Linzer Penstein, Last class
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Of Loaves, Levites, and Livelihood: Understanding The Korban Mincha (Meal Offering)- When we typically think of Korbanot, we think of animal offerings. There is, however, a Korban, introduced in Vayikra 2 that comes from flour and oil: the Korban Mincha. What is the nature of this Korban? This question takes on even more significance when we realize that the Rambam, despite a comprehensive trea...
Spiritual and Philosophical Secrets in Sefer Vayikra with Neti Linzer Penstein, Class # 3
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Don’t Know, Don’t Care: The Significance of the Uncertain Guilt Offering (Asham Taluy) The question of doubt is an important question in any legal system-and the halakhic system is no exception. The uncertain guilt offering (asham taluy) is a window into this discussion: it is a korban that is brought by an individual who is uncertain as to whether or not he has sinned. We might wonder why this...
Emerging Scholar Fellow class, Neti Linzer Penstein, 2: Korban Shelamim: To Sacrifice or To Satiate?
Просмотров 6811 месяцев назад
The Korban Shelamim, commonly translated as "the Peace Offering," is unique among the sacrifices: it is the only sacrifice in which the owner is permitted to, and in fact commanded to, partake in the offering. This might seem like an innocuous detail, but it actually presents us with two important problems. Given that, as we will see, the Torah's attitude towards human consumption of animal mea...
Israeli Educator- Bracha (Shapiro) Krohn
Просмотров 77Год назад
Was Rivkah really three when she married Yitzchak and if not, what lesson were Chazal trying to convey by saying that she was? Why should it matter to us that 3500 years ago, some stones argued about which one should be Yaakov's pillow? Are Chazal teaching us historical facts with these stories or do they have something deeper in mind? Together we will unlock the deeper meaning behind midrash, ...
Nature vs. Nurture: A Case Study of Rachel and her Descendants with Tamara Spitz (12/3/23)
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In this class, we will delve into the interplay between genetics and the environment we grow up in, focusing on Rachel Imeinu and her descendants. We will discover how her character traits are passed down, not only to her children but to her later descendants as well. We will learn what these traits are and how they have impacted the history of the Jewish people Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz is the...
Can Chazal's Assumptions About Human Nature Change? with Dena Rock
Просмотров 31Год назад
Israeli Educator Series Can Chazal's Assumptions About Human Nature Change? Join us to learn Gemara Kiddushin 41a about marriage by proxy. If one man sends another to betroth a woman for him, is she married to the sender, to the messenger, or to neither? Does a couple have to see each other before becoming betrothed? Can a father betroth his daughter without consulting her first? In the context...
Rachel Danziger- Points of Light in the Shadow of Death
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As the shock of October 7th gives way to the challenges of war, we all seek strength to face the realities before us. How can we keep ourselves together as soldiers die and haters demonstrate? More than that: where can we find the strength to go beyond survival, and actually redeem our broken world? Join us for a conversation about ancient and contemporary tales of strength and resolution, brav...
Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan Rachel Danziger 2023
Просмотров 122Год назад
Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan Rachel Danziger 2023
Emerging Scholar Fellow 5784- With Neti Linzer Penstein
Просмотров 85Год назад
Emerging Scholar Fellow 5784- With Neti Linzer Penstein
How Bad Were the Babylonians? 2023 Elul Lecture with Avi Rockoff
Просмотров 52Год назад
How Bad Were the Babylonians? 2023 Elul Lecture with Avi Rockoff
Rachel Slutsky "The Names of the Wicked Shall Rot"
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Rachel Slutsky "The Names of the Wicked Shall Rot"
Sarah Cheses "Self-Confidence & Self-Actualization"
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Sarah Cheses "Self-Confidence & Self-Actualization"
Falling Out of Time: Rereading Korach with Rachel Danziger
Просмотров 82Год назад
Falling Out of Time: Rereading Korach with Rachel Danziger
Celebrating Ma'ayan's 30th Anniversary with Deb Kram and Rabbi Seth Farber
Просмотров 49Год назад
Celebrating Ma'ayan's 30th Anniversary with Deb Kram and Rabbi Seth Farber
When the Rabbis Laugh with Miriam Zami: Class 4
Просмотров 27Год назад
When the Rabbis Laugh with Miriam Zami: Class 4
When the Rabbis Laugh with Miriam Zami (5783 Emerging Scholar Fellow) - class 3
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When the Rabbis Laugh with Miriam Zami (5783 Emerging Scholar Fellow) - class 3
When the Rabbis Laugh with Miriam Zami (5783 Emerging Scholar Fellow) - class 2
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When the Rabbis Laugh with Miriam Zami (5783 Emerging Scholar Fellow) - class 2
When the Rabbis Laugh with Miriam Zami (5783 Emerging Scholar Fellow) - class 1
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When the Rabbis Laugh with Miriam Zami (5783 Emerging Scholar Fellow) - class 1
5782 Elul Lecture with Dr. Rivka Press Schwartz
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5782 Elul Lecture with Dr. Rivka Press Schwartz
The Creation in Genesis: Literal, Allegorical, or a Third Option? with Rabbi Scott Kahn
Просмотров 702 года назад
The Creation in Genesis: Literal, Allegorical, or a Third Option? with Rabbi Scott Kahn
929 Siyum with Rachel Danziger and Miriam Gedwiser
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929 Siyum with Rachel Danziger and Miriam Gedwiser
3.15 good class group!
And why are you saying we are fundamentally different than the animals? Which ones? We are not fundamentally different than most of the animals on this earth. That’s just not so!
PS … even worse, as I review her video, she’s aware of these issues and consciously refuses to consider them
The problem with Beth’s analysis of the ethics of eating meat is that it depends strictly on Torah/Hebrew Scripture and fails to consider the nature of commercial agriculture and the results of cognitive ethology research on the animals, and environmental issues. If you deal just with Torah the case for veganism is not strong. When you consider the Torah in light of modern knowledge, the case for veganism and animal rights is very strong! She’s not seeing the larger picture for some reason!
Thanks for the very insightful words. I remember when you came to us for a Shabbos (through my cousin Orin). Hope to see you again some time.
why not export the model? Come to Pittsburgh!
Very informative news about tanach. Appreciated.