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Passionate, open-minded Torah study and observance of Jewish law (Halakhah) rooted in classical religious sources and informed by modern scholarship.

Joined September 2016
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Upcoming Webinar: Commemorating the First Yahrzeit Of Rabbi David Halivni ZTZ"L "The Scholarly and Personal Impact of Rabbi Halivni" Sunday June 18 2023, 29 Sivan 5783, at 10:30 AM Eastern / 5:30 PM Israel. Please register at utj.org/events/rdwhyahrzeit/
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Memorial for our Teacher Rabbi David Halivni Z”L Sun. July 31 @ 11AM EDT / 6PM Israel Please register at utj.org/events/rdwhmemorial/ to receive Zoom information.
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Shabbat Shalom uMevorakh! Here is a short thought from Hakham Sassoon on the parasha and the importance of pray.
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NEW DATA SET just completed: House/Senate SPONSORS of rabbis who have prayed in Congress: BREAKDOWN by party affiliation and gender (for those rabbi guest chaplains in U.S. Congress whose sponsors could be definitively identified)
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Shabbat Shalom from the Hakham, Rabbi Isaac Sassoon! Here is short clip of Rabbi Sassoon speaking about sacrifices in contemporary and future Jewish practice. The next Destination Torah shiur with Rabbi Sassoon will be Wednesday, June 16 at 8 pm EDT. youtu.be/o5glogPa7Ug
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Moed Lsimcha! Hakham Sassoon will be giving a zoom class tonight at 8 pm entitled 'One Haggadah Passage Under the Microscope.' Please message us for the link.
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Hakham Sassoon explains that communal prayer was always a group affair. In parts of the service, such as Pezuqei Dzimra and Hallel, there was as much as a 50% split between the parts read aloud by the community and the parts read by the Shliah Sibboor. youtu.be/9h7VBAHDwoU
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Religious Freedom vs. Pandemic: Thoughts on Mixed Feelings - Douglas Aronin >What bothers me most [is] that it was brought...by Agudath Israel. It reinforces a general impression that the chareidi community...has not taken the pandemic seriously…< blogs.timesofisrael.com/reli…
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A wonderfully insightful discussion on Hanukkah led by Hakham Sassoon. youtube.com/watch?v=I6mcC9uj…
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Paddle Boarding on Yom Tov by Rabbi David Novak utj.org/viewpoints/responsa/…
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Shabbat Metzorah “A Symptom of Betrayal” By: Rabbi Jeffrey H. Miller utj.org/viewpoints/parashat/…
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Participating in a Seder Via the Internet During The Coronavirus Pandemic A Two-part teshuvah (responsum) by UTJ President Rabbi David Novak utj.org/viewpoints/responsa/…
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Rabbi Noah Gradofsky's Yom Kippur sermon touches on this week's parashah (Vayechi) as he explores the value of making emotional connections with those around us. 1/3 utj.org/viewpoints/parashat/…
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Israelite Women Find Their Voices by Temima Goldberg Shulman How do the women — despite slavery and terror — find the courage to write their own and their nation’s narrative? Read more at utj.org/viewpoints/parashat/…
I was proud to be part of @UTJViewpoints’s Morashah Annual Conference, which was held on August 6-8. For more information on the conference: utj.org/2018/08/14/utjs-mora… For more information on UTJ: utj.org/
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