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The Teshuva Of Yom Kippur & The Teshuva Of Life (opens the original)
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The Teshuva Of Yom Kippur & The Teshuva Of Life, or, What Would Rav Aharon Lichtenstein THINK About During Neilah? In the absence of a THINK shiur this week we are excited to share a class that Rav Joe gave at a Yom Iyun at Yeshivat Har Etzion in 2023 where he develops a perspective on teshuva not as an idea or mitzva attached specifically to Yom Kippur but rather as the story of our lives. Among many sources in the shiur is a beautiful essay by Rav Aharon Lichtentstein about the nature of the N
THINK Rosh Hashanah: Hannah & Rachel (opens the original)
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In advance of Rosh Hashanah we delve into the stories of Hannah and Rachel - the two women at the centre of the haftarot of Rosh Hashanah. Wordless prayers for children - for children not yet born and for children born but exiled. Why are these stories of mothers and children at the heart of our Rosh Hashanah readings and what do these two women who have hit rock bottom teach us about our own attempt to navigate life's challenges?Source sheet hereTHINK is sponsored by Dr. Alan Wecker and family,
THINK: The Road To Jerusalem's Destruction (opens the original)
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As we approach Tisha B'Av, our final THINK before the summer break, we focus on the background to the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 B.C.E. exploring the critical events and ideas that were swirling around Jerusalem in the 120 years or so prior hurban habayit - the destruction of the Temple. We explore what Dr Yael Ziegler calls 'the Jerusalem myth' that sprang up in the years after Jerusalem's miraculous salvation from Assyrian attack in 701 and the role of the prophets over the course of the
THINK Malkhut Shel Hesed: America at 250 (opens the original)
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The celebration of 250 years of American independence is an opportunity for us to reflect on what America has meant for the Jewish story. We look at a wide range of sources from poems to the letters of confused immigrants seeking advice to the responsa of the greatest American poskim to see what Rav Moshe Feinstein called Malkhut shel Hesed a kingdom of kindness has meant for the JewsThe Bintel Brief stories are here and the major sources including Rav Moshe Feinstein's letters are here THINK is
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