e-TiM: Online Program
e-TiM: The Biblical Roots of our High Holiday Prayers

This four part series will take place on Sundays at 11:15am Eastern, 6:15pm in Israel from September 4 to October 2. Please note that there will be no class on September 25.

Topics will include:

  • September 4: Rosh Hashanah: a Day of Judgement or a Season of Judgement? Why the Biblical seventh month is truly a 'New Year'
  • September 11: Mloch al Kol Haolam: The Biblical themes that explain the Rosh Hashanah shmoneh-esrei
  • September 18: Shomeya Tefillah: Prayer or Praise? The Biblical logic behind how and why we recite the selichot
  • September 25: No Class (Erev Rosh Hashanah)
  • October 2: The Seder Avodah: How the events at Sinai explain the ritual of the High Priest on Yom Kippur

Dates

September 4, 2022 October 2, 2022

Time

Sundays 11:15 AM EDT

Topics

Jewish Holidays, Rosh Hashanah, Siddur

Class Audio

The Biblical Roots of our High Holiday Prayers (Part 1)

September 4, 2022

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

Program: e-TiM: The Biblical Roots of our High Holiday Prayers

The Biblical Roots of our High Holiday Prayers (Part 2)

September 11, 2022

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

Program: e-TiM: The Biblical Roots of our High Holiday Prayers

The Biblical Roots of our High Holiday Prayers (Part 3)

September 16, 2022

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

Program: e-TiM: The Biblical Roots of our High Holiday Prayers

The Biblical Roots of our High Holiday Prayers (Part 3)

September 18, 2022

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

Program: e-TiM: The Biblical Roots of our High Holiday Prayers

The Biblical Roots of our High Holiday Prayers (Part 4)

October 2, 2022

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

Program: e-TiM: The Biblical Roots of our High Holiday Prayers

Class Video

The Biblical Roots of our High Holiday Prayers (Part 1)

September 4, 2022

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

Watch The Biblical Roots of our High Holiday Prayers (Part 1) || Rabbi Menachem Leibtag on YouTube.

The Biblical Roots of our High Holiday Prayers (Part 2)

September 11, 2022

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

Watch The Biblical Roots of our High Holiday Prayers (Part 2) || Rabbi Menachem Leibtag on YouTube.

The Biblical Roots of our High Holiday Prayers (Part 3)

September 18, 2022

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

Watch The Biblical Roots of our High Holiday Prayers (Part 3) || Rabbi Menachem Leibtag on YouTube.

The Biblical Roots of our High Holiday Prayers (Part 4)

October 1, 2022

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

Watch The Biblical Roots of our High Holiday Prayers (Part 4) || Rabbi Menachem Leibtag on YouTube.

Source Material

September 4: Rosh Hashanah: A ‘DAY’ of Judgement or a ‘SEASON’ of Judgement? (PDF)

September 11: Meloch aal Kol Haolam: The Biblicla roots of the RH Amidah (PDF)

September 18 - Shomeya Tefillah: Prayer or Praise? (PDF)

October 2 - The Yom Kippur Avodah (PDF)

Meet the speaker

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, an internationally acclaimed bible scholar and pioneer of Jewish Education on the internet, is well known in the Jewish community for his essays on the weekly Bible portion.  His vibrant thematic-analytical approach blends the methods of modern academic scholarship with traditional Jewish approaches to the Biblical text. He is best known for his ability to teach students how to study rather than simply read Biblical passages. As his essays focus on meta-themes in the Bible, his readership…

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