Lectures
Rosh Hashanah
Bilha Ben Eliyahu talks with the poet and writer Rivka Miriam
Bilha Ben Eliyahu talks with the poet and writer Rivka Miriam
Rivka Miriam and Bilha Ben-Eliyahu
Starting from the beginning
The forgotten universal dimension demands its place in existence
The forgotten universal dimension demands its place in existence
Prof. Meir Buzaglo
The Abraham Accord and the universality of Judaism
Meditation, insights, and preparations for the new year
Meditation, insights, and preparations for the new year
Guy Biran
Shuv LaMakom – Return to Your Place
Is amendment still possible?
Is amendment still possible?
Rabbi Elhanan Nir
On the Verge of Forgiveness
What will be the key that will let us into the new year?
What will be the key that will let us into the new year?
Rabbanit Yafit Clymer
Coming and Going through the Gates
The Tishrei festivals in the mirror of language
The Tishrei festivals in the mirror of language
Dr. Ruvik Rosenthal
Between Head and Foot, Between Atonement and Joy
On the place of religious imagination in shaping the holiday
On the place of religious imagination in shaping the holiday
Dr. Melila Hellner-Eshed
Holidays on the Wings of Imagination
Memory and Eden
Memory and Eden
Rabbi Dr. David Ebner
The Sound of the Shofar
Rosh Hashanah as a new opportunity for inter-generation connection
Rosh Hashanah as a new opportunity for inter-generation connection
Shlomit Naim Naor
Let the Conversation and its Blessings Begin
The liturgy in the prayers of the Days of Awe
The liturgy in the prayers of the Days of Awe
Prof. Edwin Seroussi
Our Father, our King, our Judge
On the piyyut and its history
On the piyyut and its history
Prof. Avigdor Shinan
“Unetanneh Tokef”
Conversation with Rabbi Tamar about the start of a new year
Conversation with Rabbi Tamar about the start of a new year
Rabbi Tamar Elad-Appelbaum
Hayom Harat Olam (“Today the world stands as at birth”)
Yom Kippur
Looking at Yom Kippur as an opportunity for letting go and for construction
Looking at Yom Kippur as an opportunity for letting go and for construction
Rabbanit Sarah Segal-Katz
And if We are Given the Azure Again
On the perception of the holy day in the stories of Agnon
On the perception of the holy day in the stories of Agnon
Prof. Ariel Hirshfeld
S.Y. Agnon’s Yom Kippur Stories
On forgiveness and madness in two medieval liturgies
On forgiveness and madness in two medieval liturgies
Dr. Ariel Zinder
Sorry, are you crazy?
Poems of Penitence and Peace; A Quartet of Classic English Poems to celebrate Holidays in a Time of Pandemic
Poems of Penitence and Peace; A Quartet of Classic English Poems to celebrate Holidays in a Time of Pandemic
Rabbi Dr. David Ebner
Yom Kippur on a Rooftop: Bridging the journey
Yom Kippur as an opportunity to zoom in on the spaces closest to us
Yom Kippur as an opportunity to zoom in on the spaces closest to us
Rabbi Elhanan Nir
Do not hide from your own flesh
Mercy and Prophecy
Mercy and Prophecy
Prof. Yair Zakovitch
Jonah – Mercy and Prophecy
The return of forgiveness to the legal world
The return of forgiveness to the legal world
Prof. Yuval Elbashan, Adv
The right to be forgiven, the freedom to forgive
On the Jewish start-up of cancellation of vows
On the Jewish start-up of cancellation of vows
פרופ' אביגדור שנאן
On the riddle of Kol Nidrei
The musician and the poet talk about Yom Kippur in the work of Leonard Cohen
The musician and the poet talk about Yom Kippur in the work of Leonard Cohen
Shlomi Shaban and Amichai Chasson
Who by Fire?
Wrapped in a Talit, we are not alone
Wrapped in a Talit, we are not alone
Rabbi Tamar Elad-Appelbaum
On the threshold of Yom Kippur
Sukkot
Between etrog jelly and a concoction of willows
Between etrog jelly and a concoction of willows
Rabbanit Yafit Clymer
“V’haarev na befinu”
Poems of Penitence and Peace; A Quartet of Classic English Poems to celebrate Holidays in a Time of Pandemic
Poems of Penitence and Peace; A Quartet of Classic English Poems to celebrate Holidays in a Time of Pandemic
Rabbi Dr. David Ebner
The Sukkah of Peace: “Hope” Springs Eternal
The global significance of Sukkot
The global significance of Sukkot
Rabbi Dr. Yakov Nagen
Sukkot – a holiday of creation, nature and revelation
On the Jewish rite of the rain
On the Jewish rite of the rain
Yotam Yzraely
Sukkot – The joy of fertility and the memory of nomadic life
Sukkot as an exposed and vulnerable space
Sukkot as an exposed and vulnerable space
Rabbanit Carmit feintuch
Permanent and transient
Between house and sukkah
Between house and sukkah
Rabbi Ilai Ofran
Our Strength Lies in Our Weakness
Simchat Torah
When one dances with letters
When one dances with letters
Prof. Miron c. Izakson
This Torah will never be completed
On dancing, inner well-being, and joy that does not need words
On dancing, inner well-being, and joy that does not need words
Eviatar Banai
Between forgiveness and joy
On the unique nature of the Torah scroll
On the unique nature of the Torah scroll
Prof. Yair Zakovitch
What is the Sefer Torah?
Bilha Ben Eliyahu talks with the writer Meir Shalev
Bilha Ben Eliyahu talks with the writer Meir Shalev
Meir Shalev and Bilha Ben Eliyahu
Bible now
Poems of Penitence and Peace; A Quartet of Classic English Poems to celebrate Holidays in a Time of Pandemic
Poems of Penitence and Peace; A Quartet of Classic English Poems to celebrate Holidays in a Time of Pandemic
Rabbi Dr. David Ebner
The Joy of Torah
The education of Rabbi Elazar
The education of Rabbi Elazar
Dr. Ido Hevroni
The Rabbi, the Son, and the Cave
On the irrational connection between the People of the Book and the Book of Books
On the irrational connection between the People of the Book and the Book of Books