Around the Calendar with Drisha

Sefirat HaOmer 5780: ”The Rock-Headed Rabbi: Rabbi Akiva’s beginnings, Stories of Rabbi Akiva” with Miriam Gedwiser

The period of Sefirat ha-omer between Pesach and Shavuot is associated in rabbinic lore with Rabbi Akiva, and specifically the death of his students in a plague.  We will study aggadot about the the master teacher Rabbi Akiva himself - his humble beginnings, his family, his intellectual and emotional power, and his tragic end.

Pesach 5780: ”A Personal Exodus: Egypt as a Biblical Metapor in Biblical Texts - Personal Struggle” with Rabbi David Silber

Pesach 5780: ”Arami Oved Avi: The Core of the Passover Seder” with Rabbi David Silber

Pesach 5780: ”Thoughts on the Korban Peseach” with Rabbi David Silber

Pseach 5780: ”Preparing Our Homes for Pesach: The History Behind Contemporary Practice” with Rabbi Daniel Reifman

Pesach 5780: ”החמץ כמאבק עם היצר הרע - האם רק דרוש חסידי” with הרבנית חנה גודינגר דרייפוס

Pesach 5780: ”מצה וארבע כוסות שני מישורים של חירות” [Hebrew] with הרב חיים וידל

Pesach 5780: ”Mitzvot of Pesach” with Dr. Shana Strauch Schick

Rosh Chodesh Nissan 5780: ”Rosh Chodesh Nisan Message” with Rabbi David Silber

Purim/Pesach 5780: ”Between Purim and Passover” with Rabbi David Silber