Recalling the First Day: Din and Creation
To be delivered at GGS on Shabbat Shuvah after MInchah
Also featured on the GGS YouTube Channel and here for those unable to come to Shul
Recalling the First Day: Din and Creation
The Matzah Conundrum: Conflicting Views of a Simple Mitzvah
Featured on the GGS YouTube Channel for Shabbat HaGadol 5780
Primary Sources:
Mechilta D'Rebbi Yishmael Mesechta D'Pischa 8
Pesachim 120a with Rashi and Torah Temimah ad loc.
Tosfot Berachot 26a s.v. 'Ta'ah'
Yad, Hilchot Chametz U'Matzah 6:1
Yom Kippur and the Moment of Teshuvah
To be delivered at GGS after Minchah, Shabbat Shuvah 5780
Primary Sources:
Selections from Yoma 85b, 86b, 87b with Rashi and Rif ad loc
Shevuot 13b-14a with Rashi ad loc
Kereitot 7a with Tosfot ad loc
Yerushalmi Yoma 8:7
Yad, Hilchot Teshuvah 1:1; 2:7-8
An Enigmatic Brachah: The Search for Chametz and the Character of Mitzvot
To be delivered at GGS after Minchah, Shabbat HaGadol 5779
Primary Sources:
Pesachim 7a-b with the following commentaries
Rashi, Tosfot s.v. 'Ki Pligi', Meiri, Rosh Siman 10
Rambam Hilchot Brachot 11:11-15
Delivered at GGS 22/09/18
Preparing to Fast: Children and Yom Kippur
To be delivered at GGS after Minchah, Shabbat Shuvah 5779
Primary Sources:
Mishnah & Gemara Yoma 82a with Rashi, Pirush HaMishnah LaRambam ad loc.
Yad, Hilchot Shevitat Asor 2:10-11
Sukkah 43b with Rashi ad loc.
Shulchan Aruch OC Simon 657
Sukkah 2b with Ritva ad loc.
Sefer HaMitzvot LaRambam Positive 164 & Prohibitive 196
Celebration, Preparation or Culmination? Exploring Erev Pesach
To be delivered at GGS after Minchah, Shabbat HaGadol 5778
Primary Sources:
Mishnah, Pesachim 50a with following commentaries:
Rashi; Tosfot, s.v. 'Makom SheNahagu'; Ba'al HaMa'or; Milchamot HaShem; Ra'avad; Ritva; Me'iri; Ran
Yerushalami Pesachim 4:1
Rambam Hilchot Yom Tov 8:17-18
Yom Kippur Viduy and the Mechanics of Teshuvah
To be delivered at GGS after Minchah on Shabbat Shuvah 5778 Primary Sources:
Vayikra 16:30
Yoma 86b with Rashi and Rif
Rambam Hilchot Teshuvah 2:7 with Ma'aseh Rokeach
Yoma 81a with Sefat Emet
Mordechai, Yoma 725
Rosh, Yoma 8:25