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Rabbi Knopf’s Friday message for Parashat B’reishit (October 17, 2014): The opening chapter of Genesis, teach the rabbis, is an extended metaphor about the nature of the world and the Jewish mission in it. Rabbi Knopf unpacks the metaphor, and charges us with the mission. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/JCastNetwork.org/storage/Tisch/S011.mp3Podcast: Download
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In his Saturday message for the Shabbat of the Sukkot festival (October 11, 2014), Rabbi Knopf offers a fresh take on why the Torah instructs us to celebrate Sukkot. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/JCastNetwork.org/storage/Tisch/S010.mp3Podcast: Download
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“In his Friday message for the Shabbat of the Sukkot festival (October 10, 2014), Rabbi Knopf compares synagogues to sukkot, the Ise Shrine, and Wikipedia. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/JCastNetwork.org/storage/Tisch/S009.mp3Podcast: Download
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In his Yom Kippur message for 5775, Rabbi Knopf explains why we should focus on living a life that counts, rather than on living a life that can be counted. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/JCastNetwork.org/storage/Tisch/008.mp3Podcast: Download
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What two renaissances – separated by centuries and thousands of miles – can teach the American Jewish community about sparking our own. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/JCastNetwork.org/storage/Tisch/S007.mp3Podcast: Download
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In his message for Shabbat Shuvah (September 27, 2014), Rabbi Knopf explains the deeper meaning of a High Holy Day season liturgical change. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/JCastNetwork.org/storage/Tisch/S006.mp3Podcast: Download
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In his sermon for the 2nd Day of Rosh Hashanah 5775, Rabbi Knopf argues that, for the sake of the welfare of the American Jewish community and Israel, our communal conversation about Israel should be guided by our legacy as a people of the Talmud. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/JCastNetwork.org/storage/Tisch/S005.mp3Podcast: Download
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In his sermon for the 1st Day of Rosh Hashanah 5775, Rabbi Knopf calls upon the Jewish community to be more inclusive to intermarried families. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/JCastNetwork.org/storage/Tisch/S004.mp3Podcast: Download
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Rabbi Knopf’s Saturday message for Parashat Nitzavim-VaYelekh (September 20, 2014): Some refrain from Jewish observances because they think they get the point, or think there is no point. But the only way to know the ancient wisdom Jewish practice teaches is by taking a “leap of action.” http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/JCastNetwork.org/storage/Tisch/S003.mp3Podcast: Download
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Rabbi Knopf’s Saturday message for Parashat Ki Tavo (September 13, 2014): A personal tribute to JTS Professor Dov Zlotnick, who passed away on September 13, 2014, and to his scholarly passion, the Mishnah. http://media.blubrry.com/jcasttotalfeed/JCastNetwork.org/storage/Tisch/S002.mp3Podcast: Download
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