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Parshat Vayeira – Rabbi Goldin (Video)

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R. Shmuel Goldin, author of Unlocking the Torah Text, on Parshat Noach for OU’s Take 5 for Torah series:

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Review of Covenant & Conversation – Exodus

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Review of Covenant & Conversation: Exodus – The Book of Redemption by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks in the Washington Jewish Week (link): Cheat sheet for rabbis — mind-stretcher for laypeople Covenant & Conversation: A...

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Parshat Lech Lecha – Rabbi Goldin

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Finished and Unfinished Journeys by Rabbi Shmuel Goldin, author of Unlocking the Torah Text Context: God appears to Avraham and launches Jewish history with the commandment: Lech lecha mei’artzecha…, “Go for yourself from your...

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R. Shmuel Goldin, author of Unlocking the Torah Text, on Parshat Noach for OU’s Take 5 for Torah series:

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Parshat Noach – Rabbi Goldin

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Across the Great Divide: Between Jew and Non-Jew by Rabbi Shmuel Goldin, author of Unlocking the Torah Text Context: A monumental shift in focus takes place as the Torah moves from Parshat Noach to...

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Parshat Breishit – Rabbi Goldin

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Not Good for Man to Be Alone by Rabbi Shmuel Goldin, author of Unlocking the Torah Text Context: God creates all creatures in pairs – male and female – except for Man. Only after...

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Review of Fresh Fruit in Tradition

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Simi Peters writes in the journal Tradition (43:2, Summer 2010 – link – registration required): The question of how best to understand aggadot Hazal goes back as far as the Geonic period. While centuries...

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Review of Mind of the Mourner

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R. Shalom Berger writes in BookJed about The Mind of the Mourner: Death and tragedy are part-and-parcel of our lives as Jews – both as individuals who will suffer the loss of a loved...

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