Around the Calendar with Drisha

Tisha B’av 5779: ”Preparing for Tisha B’Av – Studies and Reflections” (4/7) with Rabbi David Silber 14.12.2023 11:22 ↓

Part 3 – “Select Kinot” is part of the podcast series titled, “Preparing for Tisha B’Av – Studies and Reflections” Rabbi Silber discusses the poem about the 10 martyrs,  ארזי הלבנון אדירי התורה

Tisha B’Av 5779: ”In the Margins of Catastrophe: The Prequel and Postscript to the Book of Eicha” with Rabbi Joe Wolfson 14.12.2023 49:04 ↓

In this class, our character of choice is the city of Jerusalem. Rather than studying Megillat Eicha, the classic text of destruction, we  instead look at the before and after. We begin with the historical background and context to the fall of Jerusalem in 586 B.C.E., examining the 'Jerusalem myth', the notion that had taken hold over the previous centuries that the city could never fall, and then...

Purim 5779: ”Diaspora, Gender, and Politics in the Book of Esther” (3/3) with Dr. Aaron Koller 14.12.2023 1:19:40 ↓

The book of Esther is the biblical book most about diaspora life. How does the book explore this topic, so jarring in biblical history but so central to our own lives as American Jews? What is the relationship between “homeland” and diaspora envisioned? How do the lives of the main characters help build an ideology, and how do their genders contribute to their different existences and different as...

Purim 5779: ”Diaspora, Gender, and Politics in the Book of Esther” (2/3) with Dr. Aaron Koller 14.12.2023 1:03:11 ↓

The book of Esther is the biblical book most about diaspora life. How does the book explore this topic, so jarring in biblical history but so central to our own lives as American Jews? What is the relationship between “homeland” and diaspora envisioned? How do the lives of the main characters help build an ideology, and how do their genders contribute to their different existences and different as...

Purim 5779: ”Diaspora, Gender, and Politics in the Book of Esther” (1/3) with Dr. Aaron Koller 14.12.2023 1:06:22 ↓

The book of Esther is the biblical book most about diaspora life. How does the book explore this topic, so jarring in biblical history but so central to our own lives as American Jews? What is the relationship between “homeland” and diaspora envisioned? How do the lives of the main characters help build an ideology, and how do their genders contribute to their different existences and different as...

Chanukkah/Purim 5777: ”Text and Temple” with Rabbi David Silber 14.12.2023 2:08:52 ↓

The observance of Purim centers around the Megillah, which becomes part of the canon. Chanuka, by contrast, focuses on the lighting of the candles, a Temple ritual. We will discuss the implications of each.

Chanukkah/Purim 5777: ”Megillah and Hallel” with Rabbi David Silber 14.12.2023 2:11:57 ↓

A central observance of Chanuka is the recitation of Hallel on all eight days; on Purim Hallel is not recited. We will study the significance of this distinction.