Baking Matzah when Erev Pesach falls on Shabbat
To be delivered at GGS on Shabbat HaGadol after MInchah
Also featured on the GGS YouTube Channel and here for those unable to come to Shul
Featuring Professor William Kolbrener, Rebbetzin Dr Hadassah Fromson and Rabbi Dr Harvey Belovski
Delivered for GGS 26/05/20
The Visionary Chutzpah of Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Kalischer
Yom HaAtzmaut 5780
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
The Kielce Pogrom 1946: Blood Libel in the Shadow of the Holocaust
GGS 11/08/19
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