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Dybbuk: Are you my Demon?A brief overview of some primary texts connected with dybbuks and souls.
Tea and Talmud Pesachim ch 10This is a long source sheet for a Talmud class I teach at our shul. We've been studying Pesachim chapter 10 and I started using Sefaria for this class during the pandemic and at that point we were on page 108a.
Returning to the Common Good: A Torah of InclusionRabbi Meir Goldstein•206 Views•November 16, 2020•Decency,Torah,Common Good,Kehillah,Humanity,Inclusion,Community
Foundations of Jewish Belief: Maimonides 13 Principles of FaithA brief overview of the foundations of Jewish faith as formulated by Rambam.
Mutual Responsibility
Not Published•Rabbi Meir Goldstein•131 Views•February 6, 2023•Responsibility,Covenants,Brit,Mutual Responsibility of the Jewish PeopleCommunity and its Discontents: When and WhySome essential readings on the importance, and a few challenges, of living in community.
Rabbi Meir Goldstein•241 Views•January 18, 2023•Communities,Kehillah,The Community and the Individual,Community,Needs of the Community
Why 2 Covenants: A People or A Family?Essential texts on understanding the nature of why we have 2 covenants.
A New World: Jew Hatred in Gospel of Matthew and the Foundation of Rabbinic Judaism( JDST 212 #3)Destruction of Jerusalem, death of Jesus, and the beginnings of rabbinical Judaism.
Four Fold Song: All LifeCreating a Meaningful Life: 1 of 4 songs from Rav Kook
American Jewish History: President Washington's Letter to Hebrew Congregation R.I.Not Published•Rabbi Meir Goldstein•95 Views•January 11, 2023•President,Freedom,Jewish History,American Judaism,History,Washington,EmancipationBuilding Communitybrief overview of essential community texts and obligations
The Mitzvah of Taharat HaMeyt Preparing the dead for burialHere are some of the sources that are the basis for the work of the Hevra Kadisha, the Holy Society in charge of preparing the deceased for burial. This mitzvah is not easy to perform but deeply meaningful.
Mark Greenspan•113 Views•November 15, 2022•Taharah,Love Your Neighbor as Yourself,Death,Hevra Kadisha,Jewish Funerals,Hesed
Jewish Leadership after Arab Conquesta brief selection of primary sources from the Geonic period after the Arab Conquest
Rabbi Meir Goldstein•168 Views•October 12, 2022•Leaders (פרנס),Conquest and Division,Arabs,Leadership,Jewish History
Sephardi Mystics and Halachistsexamples of Tsfat kabbalah and halacha, with some orientation toward their connections.
Psalm 23 with Translated CommentariesPsalm 23 with selected commentaries in English
Jewish Poetry: Golden Age of SpainA selection of Jewish Spanish poetry from the Golden Age of Spain.
Rabbi Meir Goldstein•194 Views•October 19, 2022•Exile,Prayer and Poetry,Love of God,Poetry,Love,Mysticism,Poem,Sephardi
Life and Death: The Power of SpeechRabbinic and Torah sources on the power of speech
Rabbi Meir Goldstein•139 Views•August 8, 2022•Shmirat Lashon,Lashon Hara,Power,Speeches,Evil Speech,Torah
Souls Rooted in TorahRoot Souls is a key idea of the Meor Eynaiyim. A brief text introducing this idea, learned from his teacher the Maggid of Mezrich. Other 3rd generation rebbes cite this as an important teaching, however the Meor Eynaiyim makes it central to his Torah
Moses, Abraham, Balaam and MeExploring Balaam's place in biblical and rabbinic literature.
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