This text-based class will delve into the mechanics of repentance, breaking it down into its components of the behavioral and emotional while...
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This text-based class will decipher a section of the Viduy v. Teshuva discourse of the Tzemach Tzedek with a focus on analyzing the mystical...
This text-based double session includes both learning with a study partner (chavrusa) as well as a lecture component with Rabbi Shais Taub. This...
The Talmudic Concept of Ownership Transactions
Analyze the Talmudic devices for legal transactions. What means can actualize an ownership transfer? When a moribund person orally commands that...
This text-based double session includes both learning with a study partner (chavrusa) as well as a lecture component with Rabbi Shais Taub. This...
This text-based class will decipher an excerpt from the Lubavitcher Rebbe s groundbreaking discourse, transforming the way we understand the path to...
This text-based class will explore a small excerpt from the classic Yedaata (Muskve) recited by the Rebbe Rashab. The focus will be on deciphering...
Discover the Talmudic concept of agency and two types of legal agents. When can a principal recall an agent, and when is it too late? When are our...
This text-based class offers the unique opportunity to learn an entire Chassidic discourse from beginning to end in one sitting. The discourse is...
Believe it or not, the silliest and most serious day of the Jewish year have a lot in common. Find out why in this textual analysis of the...
An introduction to the unique world of the ma’amar—the Chasidic Discourse: Using the text from the ma’amar, “V’yvchar...
We expend so much time and energy chasing our dreams, but does it come at the expense of our integrity and happiness? Jewish teachings turn our quest...
On at least two instances the Biblical narrative is interrupted by a litany of horrors that will befall the Jewish people should they stray. How do...
The Tanya’s Guide to Achieving Happiness
Centuries before society realized the importance of the mind to healthy living, chapter 26 of Tanya had already turned itself to understanding its...
The Jewish legal system is a sophisticated network of laws, regulations and customs that draw on centuries of Jewish scholarship. Some are of direct...
If you’re born Jewish, you’re Jewish no matter what. You’re bound by the laws of the Torah and branded with the title “Jew...
Like all Jewish practices, the complex laws of the shofar blasts are rooted in the Talmud. Go back thousands of years into Jewish legal history to...
It’s not easy being human. If we’re not careful, passion turns into anger, kindness into permissiveness, and patience into apathy...
Shed new light on our daily prayers in this intriguing exposition of the early Jewish writings of how a Jew talks to G-d. A yeshivah-style analysis...