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Center for the Jewish Future

December 20-26 • Kislev 26-Tevet 2

This learning on the site this week was sponsored:

in memory of Hindu & Pinchas Chaimovitz, and Batya Gitel bat Moshe Aaron

in memory of Reb Dan Chaim Haleivi ben Michael / Rabbi Dan Segal z"l and Ben Grossman z"l, and Batya Gitel bat Moshe Aaron z"l

by Alan and Fran Broder to commemorate the yahrzeit of their grandmother Goldie Broder, a'h, Yenta Golda bas Avraham Yitzchak

by the Cohen, Kraut and Silver families in memory of Elaine Bienenfeld Silver z”l

by Solomon Monderer for a refuah shleimah for Leora bat Rifka

for a refuah shleimah for Yehuda Baruch Noam ben Tova Batya betoch shar cholei Yisrael

by Reuben Pludwinski in memory of his mother Edith, Ita bas Yehudah Leib

by Great Neck SBM Chevra in honor of Roey Kohanim's engagement

New This Week

 
Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman

The Eternal Light of Chanukah

To mark the shloshim of Rabbi Berman's father, Tobias (Teddy) Berman z"l.

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Rabbi Tanchum Cohen

Ambition, Context and Four Questions: Entering the Sugyos of Chanukka

Diving into the gemara in Shabbos that talks about the laws of Chanuka lighting.

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Rabbi Chaim Eisenstein

Bringing Kedusha into Everyday Life

The avoda of Chanuka is the avoda of the sublime.

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Rabbi Daniel Stein

Hadlakah vs Havdalah: Which Comes First?

What are the rules of psak when you have two conflicting mitzvos to perform?

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Rabbi Michael Taubes

When is the Best Time to Light Chanukah Candles?

A practical overview of when one can and should light candles.

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Rabbi Moshe Weinberger

The Light of Spirituality in Times of Darkness

How is Chanuka a homecoming for the Jewish people?

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Featured This Week

 

Candle Lighting on Erev and Motzei Shabbat

Navigating the complicated lighting both erev and motzei Shabbat, as well as the shared lessons of Chanuka and Shabbat.

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What is Zos Chanuka?

What's so special about the last day of Chanuka as an end to the Yamim Noraim period?

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Navigating the December Holidays

How does a Jew in a non-Jewish sociey navigate the issues of the holiday season? Brush up on the halachot and lessons relevant to these times.

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What is Nittel Nacht?

Why would there be a time on the Jewish calendar that we aren't supposed to learn Torah?!?

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Kollel & Midreshet Yom Rishon @YUTORAH

There was no program this past week. Please enjoy shiurim from our archives.

The Abraham Arbesfeld Kollel Yom Rishon for Men and Millie Arbesfeld Midreshet Yom Rishon for Women are programs of Yeshiva University's Center for the Jewish Future.

Daf Yomi @YUTORAH

Insights to the Daf with Shiurim for the week of Nedarim 50-56

Rabbi Tanchum Cohen: Metamorphosis: Exploring Yonah's Mysterious Tefilla and Turnaround (51b)

Rabbi Avishai David: Davar Sheyesh Lo Matirin (52a)

Eliana Farkas​​​​​: Gut Pathologies and Treatment During Talmudic Times (50b)

Rabbi Ephraim Meth: Conceptual Foundations of Bittul (52a)

Rabbi Doni Marcus​​​​​​​: Actualizing Your Potential (50a)

Rabbi Isaac Rice: The Responsibility to Donate Blood (54b)

Rabbi Mordechai Torcznyer: Rabbi Akiva: From Pauper to Anti-Welfare Crusader? (50a)

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