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Shavuot – Why Keep It a Secret?
Shavuot – Why Keep It a Secret? Rabbi Grunstein discusses how the date of Shavuot is determined, why Shavuot is shorter than the other holidays, why it has no unique mitzvah,...
May 31, 2006
By Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein
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Community Lunch and Learn: Preparing For Shavuot
Rav Herschel Schachter gives a Shiur on understanding the Kabbalat HaTorah. Given Monday, May 22, 2006. He discusses 3 themes: 1) Hashem didn’t give the oral law to Moshe word for...
May 22, 2006
By Rabbi Hershel Schachter
Yerushalayim: The Physical & The Spiritual (1997)
Let’s Open Our Sefarim This Yom Yerushalayim Yerushalayim – The Physical & The Spiritual- presented by Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, Executive Vice President of the Orthodox Union. This shiur...
May 18, 2006
By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
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Jerusalem: Above and Below
Why does Yerushalayim have a mystical claim on us? Why is it always on our agenda; the world is compared to an eyeball, the pupil is Yerushalayim. Jerusalem: Above and Below...
May 18, 2006
By Rabbi Ralph Pelcovitz
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Yerushalayim Ir Hakodesh
Is the Israeli government – and are we – really determined as Am Yisrael and Medinat Yisrael to retain all of Yerushalayim Ir HaKodesh? Yerushalayim Ir Hakodesh- presented by Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld, Rabbi...
May 18, 2006
By Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld
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The Rav’s Zt”l Philosophy on Religious Zionism
The Rav’s Zt’l Philosophy on Religious Zionism – presented by Rabbi Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff, rosh yeshiva and professor of Rabbinic Literature at Yeshiva University’s Caroline and Joseph S. Gruss Institute in Jerusalem....
May 18, 2006
By Rabbi Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff
![If I Forget Thee Jerusalem](https://www.ou.org/holidays/files/Kotel-2-e1462435774231.jpg)
If I Forget Thee Jerusalem
If I Forget Thee Jerusalem – presented by Rabbi Sholom Gold, Rabbi Emeritus of Young Israel of West Hempstead and the Rabbi of Beit Knesset Zichron Yaakov in Har Nof. This...
May 18, 2006
By Rabbi Dr. Sholom Gold
![Sefira: The Countdown to Shavuot](https://www.ou.org/holidays/files/Countdown-1.jpg)
Sefira: The Countdown to Shavuot
Sefira: The Countdown to Shavuot – Given by Rabbi Paysach J. Krohn, noted author and mohel. Part of the exclusive OU Torah Dimensions series on Pesach Themes. We can’t be ready...
May 17, 2006
By Rabbi Paysach J. Krohn
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Shir HaShirim (Song of Songs) Part VII
Rabbi Michael Whitman expounds on Shir HaShirim (Song of Songs) in a seven part series. Topics include Shir HaShirim’s imprint on the siddur, as well as its use of colors, animals, & movement...
Apr 11, 2006
By Rabbi Michael Whitman
![Shir HaShirim (Song of Songs) Part VI](https://www.ou.org/holidays/files/Shir-HaShirim-e1470564534742.jpg)
Shir HaShirim (Song of Songs) Part VI
Rabbi Michael Whitman expounds on Shir HaShirim (Song of Songs) in a seven part series. Topics include Shir HaShirim’s imprint on the siddur, as well as its use of colors, animals, & movement...
Apr 11, 2006
By Rabbi Michael Whitman
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