17 May 2010

Revelation

Reading the script or writing the story?

LSJS May 2010

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Part 1: Recording failed: hope to re-record at some point

Part 2: Chazal (2) and Rishonim (1)

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Part 3: Rishonim (2) and later sources

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12 May 2010

Shavuot 5770

Shavuot and the multi-faceted revelation

JLE 11/05/10

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22 Apr 2010

Three approaches to Tefillah

Simple prayer, self-development or re-ordering the universe?

Chaburah 22/04/10

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24 Jan 2010

Magic and things that go bump in the night

A look at manipulating creation and Ayin HaRa

Chaburah 24/01/10

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16 Dec 2009

Chanukah 5770

Straight or round arms? The historical, political and philosophical implications of a Menorah controversy

JLE 15/12/09

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Chanukah. 5770 by Rhb  
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14 Dec 2009

Demystifying the Mishkan

Midrashic, esoteric and philosophical perspectives

LSJS November – December 2009

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Part 1 - Exploring the text and Chazal (1)

Mishkan. Lsjs. 1 by Rhb  
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Part 2 - Chazal (2) and Rishonim (1)

Mishkan. Lsjs. 2 by Rhb  
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Part 3 - Rishonim (2)

Mishkan. Lsjs. 3 by Rhb  
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Part 4 - Perpectives from Shem MiShmuel and Malbim

Mishkan. Lsjs. 4 by Rhb  
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24 Sep 2009

Yom Kippur 5770

Sudden and gradual Teshuvah – Rambam and Rav Kook

LSJS 24/09/09

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Yom. Kippur. 2. 5770 by Rhb  
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17 Sep 2009

Rosh HaShanah 5770

The Teruah – rabbinic doubt or social engineering?

Chaburah 16/09/09

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Rosh. Hashanah. Shofar. Doubt. 5770 by Rhb  
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17 Jul 2009

Of concubines and Divine voices

Valid reasoning v. historical truth

Chaburah 16/07/09

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Concubines. Divine. Voices by Rhb  
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1 Jun 2009

The Purpose of Korbanot

Why offer animals? Attitudes to Korbanot in Jewish sources

LSJS June 2009

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Part 1 - Chazal

Korbanot. Purpose. Lsjs. 1 by Rhb  
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Part 2 - Rishonim (1)

Korbanot. Purpose. Lsjs. 2 by Rhb  
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Part 3 - Rishonim (2)

Korbanot. Purpose. Lsjs. 3 by Rhb  
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Part 4 - Later sources

Korbanot. Purpose. Lsjs. 4 by Rhb  
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Rabbi Harvey Belovski's Posterous

Rabbi of the Golders Green Synagogue in London, rabbinic mentor for University Jewish Chaplaincy, teaching fellow at LSJS, lecturer, writer, rabbinical advisor, trouble-maker, and post-graduate philosophy student.

Curious about anything interesting, but particularly enthusiastic about unusual Torah thinkers, especially 19th- and early 20th-century Polish Chassidic leaders, notably the Rebbes of Przysucha, Kock, Izbica-Radzin and Sochaczew.

Trying hard to juggle being a husband, father, rabbi, teacher, iconoclast and independent thinker. Succeeding some of the time.

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