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Teshuvah That Builds, Not Breaks
Teshuvah That Builds, Not Breaks
Years ago, as a counselor at a Jewish summer camp, I watched a teenage camper leave a shiur in tears after hearing a well-meaning speaker describe the need to do teshuvah...
Aug 30, 2019
By Dr. Chaya Sima Koenigsberg
The Seven Haftarot of Consolation
The Seven Haftarot of Consolation
  Delivered at the OU Israel Center, August 25, 2019, 24 Av 5779 This shiur is sponsored by Mel David in Gratitude to Hashem for the many blessings he has been...
Aug 29, 2019
By Rabbi Dr. Yitzchak Breitowitz
Rosh Chodesh Av: Day of Hallel or Day of Mourning?
Rosh Chodesh Av: Day of Hallel or Day of...
The Gemara teaches that when Av begins we diminish our joy. Yet at the same time, we recite Hallel, a joyous prayer, on Rosh Chodesh Av. What is the nature of...
Aug 8, 2019
By Zemira Ozarowski
Grafting Knowledge to Faith
Grafting Knowledge to Faith
For the yahrtzeit of the Ari HaKadosh, zechuso yagen aleinu, 5 Av.
Aug 6, 2019
By Rabbi Yochanan Bechhofer
The Tikkun of the Ben Ish Chai For 5 Av – The Yahrtzeit of the Arizal
The Tikkun of the Ben Ish Chai For 5...
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Aug 6, 2019
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
The Kabbalistic Allusions to the Arizal’s Revelations and the Source of His Soul
The Kabbalistic Allusions to the Arizal’s Revelations and the...
On his yahrtzeit, 5 Av. Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Aug 6, 2019
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Rosh Chodesh Av: The Yahrtzeit of Aharon Hakohen
Rosh Chodesh Av: The Yahrtzeit of Aharon Hakohen
The Mahari”l Tzintz Teaches How Aharon Only Died THEN Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Aug 2, 2019
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
Av: Dreams of the Beit HaMikdash
Av: Dreams of the Beit HaMikdash
Every feeling heart, every believing Jew, is pained over the Churban, the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash. Yet the truth is, sometimes it’s hard; hard to imagine a Beit HaMikdash centered...
Aug 1, 2019
By Rabbi Reuven Sasson
Chodesh Av : Rebbi Meir and the Churban
Chodesh Av : Rebbi Meir and the Churban
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Aug 1, 2019
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein
25 Tammuz: The Yahrtzeit of Rav Yehishua’le Mikutna
25 Tammuz: The Yahrtzeit of Rav Yehishua’le Mikutna
Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Jul 29, 2019
By Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

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