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Rabbi Knopf’s message for the eve of the 8th day of Passover (April 29, 2016), about the connection between Shabbat and the Exodus, and why it matters. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/Tisch/S086.mp3Podcast: Download
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Rabbi Knopf explores the permissibility of including the biblical Matriarchs in the Amidah – a stimulating conversation about Jewish history, Biblical intertextuality, Halakhah and legal theory. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/Tisch/Tisch200.mp3Podcast: Download
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Rabbi Knopf’s message for the second day of Passover (April 24, 2016), on the question of the justice of the 5th plague, the death of livestock: How can God seem to be so cruel? https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/Tisch/S085.mp3Podcast: Download
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Rabbi Knopf’s message for the first day of Passover (April 23, 2016), on the growing generational divide over Israel in the Jewish community, and what we can do about it. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/Tisch/S084.mp3Podcast: Download
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Rabbi Knopf shares the final mishnah from Tractate Avot, which teaches a Jewish version of the old cliche, “No Pain, No Gain.” https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/Tisch/Tisch199.mp3Podcast: Download
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The first half of Part 1 of a 3 part series, in which Rabbi Knopf explores, analyzes, and debates various approaches to understanding God in modern Jewish thought. This session: Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch and modern Orthodox theology. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/Tisch/Tisch198.mp3Podcast: Download
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The first half of Part 1 of a 3 part series, in which Rabbi Knopf explores, analyzes, and debates various approaches to understanding God in modern Jewish thought. This session: Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch and modern Orthodox theology. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/Tisch/Tisch197.mp3Podcast: Download
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Rabbi Knopf digs into the Slonimer Rebbe’s extraordinary essay on prayer, “Prayer is the Service of the Heart.” This month: if prayer is about connecting to God, what is the purpose of heaping all that effusive praise on God so characteristic of Jewish prayer? https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/Tisch/196.mp3Podcast: Download
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Rabbi Knopf’s Friday message for Parashat Shemini (April 1, 2016), on the spiritual impact of a very physical act, eating. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/Tisch/S083.mp3Podcast: Download
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Rabbi Knopf’s Saturday message for Parashat Tzav (March 26, 2016), on how a religious life needs both the continual nourishment of tradition and exposure to the outside world. https://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/jcastnetwork.org/storage/Tisch/S082.mp3Podcast: Download
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